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The sun., 1905-08-25
UICKES IN CONTEMPT.
Ordered to Return ~ ,242 He Got From
City Chamberlain.

Supreme Court Justice Fitzgerald de-
cided yesterday that Thomas P. Wickes,
the lawyer whose Lewis Jarvis correspon-
dence got him in touch with the District
Attorneys Office and the Grand Jury some
time ago, is in contempt of court for failing
to return to the City Chamberlain 3,242
which he withdrew from the Chamberain's
Office on March IS last. Justice fitzgerald
gave him ten days within which to pay
the money, with interest, and directed
that In default he should be lodged in
the County Jail.
The contempt order was obtained by
Edward s. Hatch, formerly Wiokess law
partner. They dissolved partnership in
1902, and have been litigating over the
funds ever since. Wickes was employed
as counsel by Mrs. Ellen B. Cudlip to sue
a newspaper for libel. A final judgme mt
for $4,000 was obtained, and Wickes said
that his services in this action were inde-
pendent Of the partnership and that he
was not liable to Hatch and the other men,
bers Of the firm for any share Of his fees
which amounted to 1922. Hatch and the
others wart half this SUM, however, and
when they found that Wickes had with
drawn the money without consulting them
they began the contempt proceedings.
A Judgment for 81 ,097 was entered yes
terGay against Wickes in favor Of DR.. William
T. Bull for professional services between
March "a and May II, 1897, for which judg-
ment was obtained in the City Court. Exc
oution was issued to the Sheriff.
The sun., 1905-08-25
KILLED BY FORMER MISTRESS.
Apparent Duel Between Negroes-Woma an
Ii Badly slashed With Razor.

Ii Badly slashed With Razor.
Adam j. Smith, negro, 50 years old,
who kept saloon and upstairs restaurant
at 54 Arlington street, Newark, was shot
to death just before noon yesterday by
Emma Norris, % years old, a negress with
whom he was talking in an enclosed back
room Of the saloon. The Morris woman
was found on the floor at his side with her
throat slashed deeply and the dead man
had in his clenched hand a razor, the handle
OF which was concealed by a handkerchief.
Between the two was a new revolver. and
on the table were the box the woman bought
it in and few cartridges. The woman
was hurried to st.. Barnabas Hospital.
She has slight chance Of recovery. Smi tn
was shot in the head twice, one ball enter
ing his right ear and the other passing
through his jaw. His own revolver was
behind the bar.
Nobody seems to know how the apparent
duel occurred. The bartender King
Adams, told the police that he went up
stairs into the restaurant when the woman
came in and Smith took her into the back
room. He ran downstairs on hearing
and the woman on the floor. he notified a
policeman living across the street, Adams
and half a dozen others who heard the
shooting, but could not or would not tell
anything clear about 1t, are held as wit
nesses.
Letters found on the woman show that
Smith had lived with her q long while and
up to q few weeks ago. It Is said that he
recently had married another woman.
The sun., 1905-08-25
GCILELESS MIR. MARTIN.
Gives $40 for Tin Watch and Glass Jewels
OFFERED by "SOuth Am erican Engineer"

Gives $40 for Tin Watch and Glass Jewels
Onered by "SOuth Am erican Engineer"
The police OF the Gates avenue station,
Brooklyn, are looking for slick confidence
man who buncoed F. E. Martin Of ls9 Ryer-
son street on Wednesday, out Of $40 in ex-
change for tin watch, brass chain and
brass ring with three glass stones, which
are worth less than quarter.
The stranger, who represented himself
as a mining engineer from South America,
made Martin q acquaintance at a street corner
and asked for a small loan on the alleged
jewelry, because, as he explained, he hap
pened to be short Of ready money and un-
able to get his checks cashed, being strang-
er in the neighborhood.
Martin was so much impressed with the
South American engineer that he parted with
the $40 in the most complacent manner
and confidently expected to renew the
acquaintance yesterday, as the stranger
promised. A visit he made on Wednesday
evening to Acting Capt. Harrington at the
Gates avenue station convinced Mr. Martin
that he had been swindled.
The sun., 1905-08-25
WAS WITH "SOCIETY LADIES"
Couldn't Have Stolen $3.50, kenilworth
Says, as lie Was ut Roof Garden.

Magistrate Pool held another hearing
in the Essex Market police court yesterday
in the case OF Walter Wilson Kenilworth,
who says he is palmist and who Is charged
with stealing $3.50 from Helen Harrison.
The hearing was In the Magistrates private
room.
Five we'll dressed young men appeared
In court and announced that they we're
witnesses for the woman. They told Sergt.
Ivory that 1t was rude Of him not to let
them into the examination room, after
the Magistrate had issued orders to the
contrary. Five young women said they
were witnesses for Kenilworth. They had
to wait In the clerks private office.
Kenilworth and the woman were first
called. She told Of making gifts Of money
to Kenilworth. She said that part Of the
money was from her fathers estate and
the rest she earned. She said that she
gave the money to Kenilworth because
OF his hypnotic influence over her.
Kenilworth testified that on the night
he Is accused Of having stolen the money
from a bureau drawer In her apartments
he was on roof garden entertaining some
society ladies' Tho Magistrate aalEed
him II he exercised any hypnotic control
over her. Kenilworth said that n 10 did
Il was unoonsciously. He dsnied ovbr,
is2txtag Aay NqaH. .1zaA - 10 !
The sun., 1905-08-25
MAZE AND HIS LAUNCH BURNED.
Mishap to the Proprietor Of the Grand
Central Palace.

Central Palace.
Montgomery Maze. who runs the Grand
Central Palace at Lexington avenue and
Forty-third street, is laid up In his home at
Grand View on the Hudson with bad burns
on his neck and arms. His hurts are the
result of little excursion in his naphtha
launch on Wednesday night. Mr.. Maze
is thanking his lucky stars at getting on
so easily.
Mr.. Maze had friend, Mortimer Moody
Of Nyaok. to dinner on Wednesday evening.
After dinner Mr.. Maze proposed little run
down the river for the cool air.
Sure" said Moody. A few minutes after
the start one OF the two proposed that they
stop at Capt. Lyall's roadhouse on the west
shore. The engine was stopped and the
boat moored, but they forgot all about turn
tank.
The boat got pretty we'll filled up with
gasoline. Maze and Moody, for some
reason or other, did not notice this when
they returned and started to get the launch,
going again. Mr.. Maze put his lighted
cigar on o locker and gave a turn to the
wheel. Then Mr.. Moody put down his
lighted cigar and, with Mr.. Maze leaning
over anxiously at his shoulder, took his try.
Whether the sparker sparked or one OF the
cigars fell INTO the gasoline VIII never po
known.
There was sudden flash and an explosion
that, according to spectators, sent flames
fifty feet into the air. Maze and Moody
went over the side and started to swim in
the direction they happened to be headed.
Moody was pointed for the shore. thirty
happened to fall toward Tarrytown, three
miles way across the Tappan Zee and struck
out for that port. His friends say that he
would have been swimming yet had not a
party in another launch headed him of
and brought him to shore.
Their wounds were dressed by DR.. George
Leitner Of Nyack. They were painfully
though not seriously burned The launch
was burned to the waters edge.
The sun., 1905-08-25
WRESTLERS COME TO BLOWS.
Connecticut Judge Holds Them for Trial
as PriZenEhters.

STANFORD, Conn.,, Aug. 24.-Arthur Gott-
hiH, real estate agent Of Bridgeport. who
is the champion middleweight wrestler Of
Connecticut, and James Prokos, a Greek
Of Lowell. Mass, who claims the middle-
weight championship Of Vermont, were
bound over to the Superior Court under
bonds Of 81, 900 each here to-day for engag-
ing in a prizefght. George Manos and
Peter Vanech Of Stamford, mana gers for
Prokos, charged with aiding and abetting,
were put under the same bond.
The charge was the outgrowth Of q
wrestling bout between Prokos and
Gotthilf last night. 1t ended in a riot.
which was quelled by the police with their
clubs, after Prokos had struck Gotthilf and
pitched him through the ropes to the floor,
Four feet below. After hearing the case
to day j Judge Downs said that prizefght,
as contemplated by the statutes, is not
necessarily fight with the fists. but Is a
fight for q reward or prize In any public
place, and in view Of the breach Of the
peace occasioned by the con duct Of the prin-
cipals he would hold the accused for prize
fighting. II the higher court does not re-
verse the decision the men will have to 60
to Jail for not more than five years.
The sun., 1905-08-25
SCHOONER RAMS KEARSARGE.
BATTLESHIP KEEPS TIE GALLUP
FROM SINKING.

TOws Her Into Newport Harb0r, Laslied
to Her Sidc-The COllidon Occurred
In . Thick Fog, When the kearsarge
Was Running Only Five Knots an Hour.
NEWPORT. R. l., Aug. 24.-The little two
masted schooner N. s. Gallup. owned by the
National Oil Company Of New York and
commanded by Capt. John Andrews, with
his son, William Andrews, for crew, was
In collision with the battleship Kearsarge
this afternoon off Point Judith In q thick
fog,and it was only the prompt action OF the
crew Of the battleship that prevented the
schooner from going to the bottom. The
crew were taken Off.
The battleships were outside for maneu-
vers and while off Point judith thick
fog set in, one OF the thickest Of the sum-
mer, and it was impossible to see q ships
length ahead. At about noon. when five
miles southeast OF Point Judith, there
suddenly loomed UP off the bows OF the
battleship small schooner and before the
engines could be stopped or the course OF
the schooner altered she crashed into the
bows of the big steel ship. The Kearsarge
was running five knots at the time and
constantly blowing her whistle. but those
on board say that they heard no foghon
from the schooner. The schooner struck
the battleship square on the bows, making
q hole in her own starboard bow. The
schooner began to fill at once and was soon
on her beam ends.
Two whale boats were lowered from the
Kearsarge and the two men were picked
up.
The anchor of the Kearsarge was then
dropped and work was begun to save the
schooner. Steel hawsers were broken out
and they were passed under the schooner
and she was lashed to the side OF the Kear-
sarge. Then divers were sent over the
side and the hole in the bow was patched
up, and soon the ships pumps were at work
and the schooner righted with the cranes OF
the ship. Carpenters then set to work to
repair the damage and as soon as possible
the Kearsarge got under way, and with
the schooner lashed to her side proceeded
o'clock. Even at reduced speed the Kear-
sarge towed the schooner under, and as the
two vessels came into Newport harbor
1t looked as if the schooner was being held
up from sinking. When the ship came to
anchor the schooner came to the surface
An examination Of the Kearsarge was
made and it was found that she was not
80 much as scratched by the collision.
The carpenters Of the Kearsarge will be
kept at work on the schooner, which Is OF
SS tons, and 1t is expected that she will be
as good as before the accident by tomorrow.
No blame is attached to the battleship,
as it was impossible to see the vessel, and
no fog horn was heard.
The sun., 1905-08-25
STOLE ESTATES FUNDS TO BET
HENNESSEY TOOK $4,000 OF THE
ID. p. MORGAN MONEY.

Most OF 1t Went to One Po0lr Oom and the
District Attorneys ONCE Suspects .
WiretappinE Game-Cashed Forged
Checks and Fixed Bank Books.
James P. Hennessey, who was a confiden-
tial bookkeeper and cashier for the d. P.
Morgan estate, was arrested yesterday for
stealing 81, 900 from the estate. He says
that he lost all but $4,000 Of the money in
one poolroom in this city. Hennessey
Is said to have been under the impression
that he was betting the stolen money on
real raoehorses, but there Ia q suspicion
that he got In with a gang Of wireless.wire-
tappers and that they separated him from
the money very easily.
Hennessey was employed by the estate
for more than ten years. He was consid-
cred a very conservative man, without any
knowledge Of horseracing. From the
way In which he lost the money 1t is still
believed that he knew little about the racing
game. He has a wife and five children at
Morristown, N. j.
The D. P. Morgan estate represents the
joint holdings of D. Percy Morgan, j. Hewitt
Morgan and Mrs. Rudolph Herman Kissel
who was Caroline Morgan. The esta te
amounts to several million dollars and it
was said yesterday that the 81 900 odd
that Hennessey stole would not seriously
embarTass any one. The manager Of the
estate is Rudolph H. Kissel.
Hennessey had charge Of the cash account
OF the estate. The estate has money on
deposit at the Garfield National Bank. the
United States Mortgage and Trust Com
pany and a couple OF other banks. Hem
neesey's method was very simple: He
would forge the name Of one Of the trustees
Of the estate to a check, make 1t payable to
himself and get the money. When the
checks were returned after passing through
the Clearing House he would tear them up.
books 80 that the account in the bank tailed
with the checks he left for the inspection
OF the manager Of the estate.
One day Mr.. Kissel was notified by
messenger from the Garfield Bank that
there was an over draft for s. 500 on the
estates account. Hennessey was stand
ing by. Must be some mistake he said,
grabbing his hat. I'm find out about
that. III be back in a minute" He did
not return. Private detectives were hired
and expert accountants put on the books.
Since then Hennessey has been watched.
The detectives learned that Hennessey
had lost the money in a poolroom in West
Twenty-fourth street. An effort was made
to trap the poolroom men, but it failed.
The estate figured out il there wasn't some
way OF getting the money back and Clar-
ence LeIow, as counsel, thought Of taking
proceedings, but finally gave 1t up as USE
less.
Henneesey was arrested at his home
in Morr1stown. He is about SS years old,
but he looks rs. He readily admitted that
he had stolen the money and said he was
prepared to 60 into court and take his medi-
cine. He was indicted on two counts, both
for forgery. He will be arraigned before
Judge Mcmahon in General Sessions this
morning and sentenced. i.zsn Il :,
The sun., 1905-08-25
BLACK SEERESS IN TROUBLE,
Dominies Cause Ner Arrest-Says "Terribls
wild Animal' VIII Come to Eat Folks.

DOininies Cause Her Arrest-Says "Terriblo
Wild Animal" VIII Come to Eat Folks.
AsBuRY PARK, N. j., Aug. A.--Johanna
Gaynor, a weird looking negress who passes
as a mystic in West Park and wears a loose
flowing robe Of white, with long sleeves
and large silver oruciiz. was brought be-
fore Justice Cross to-day charged with being
an impostor. Her accusers are three negro
ministers, the Rev. ]. w. Moore, the Rev.
E. D. Drumgoole and the Rev. w. H. Wal
lace, all Of West Park. The woman pro-
claims herself as medium between God
and man." She says also she has the heal
ing touch.' At one Of her meetings 1t is
charged she prayed God to come and kill
the Rev. Mr.. Wallace. The Rev. Mr. Moore
she characterized as wife beater" and the
Rev: Mr.. Drumgoole was referred to as
whisky fiend.'
When the pastors heard this they caused
her arrest. At the trial this afternoon the
woman sat on the floor and argued for two
hours with the court and lawyers. The
plea was In vain, however. and she was
held for the Grand Jury.
The woman predicted that God would send
terrible wild animal to devour the peo-
pie, and tae oolored folk are agitated
The sun., 1905-08-25
SCARED MANY BY CRY OF "FIRE."
Youth in Court on Charge Of TER rrorizing
Crowded. Tenement.

STOWucl lcucmcnts
There were a dozen men and women
in the Yorkville police court yesterday, all
anxious to make complaint against Michael
Laquada, who lives at ss1 East Fourteenth
street.
The complainants represented the twenty
six families which dwell in the double
deck tenement at ssl East Thirteenth street.
The $50 men, women and children in the
building have been living in terror during
the last month because Of the conduct OF
a gang Of young roughs.
week ago several Of the roughs entered
the halls Of the tenement and shouted:
Fire! Fire!" Men, women and children
swarmed from the rooms at the alarm. In
the halls the young men who raised the
alarm added to the confusion by knocking
down women and children. Some OF the
tenants made for the fire escapes, and g.
year-old Alfred Rosen tumbled from the
third to the first floor and was seriously
in(gred' INJURED
fire some Of the tenants missed articles
from their rooms. The gang visited the
tenement two nights later and again raised
the cry Of "Firel" There was not 80 much
excitement this time, but other tenants
complained that they were robbed OF small
articles.
Some Of the gang went to the tenement
Tuesday night and set up great shouting
in the Railways and had a fight with some
Of the tenants, who tried to drive them out
When the police arrived the roughs dis
appeared
Laquada was arrested yesterday on the
complaint Of Louis Lipowitz, the janitor
who met him on First avenue and declared
to Policeman Finn that the Italian was one
Of the gang that had terroriHed tho tene-
ment.
The janitor told Magistrate Barlow that
Laquada had punched him in the eye.
Abraham Asner, another tenant. said the
and Serafino Seracino declared that the
young man had given him a punch that
Knocked him into the cellar.
The prisoner declared that he had never
been in the double decker and had not
assaulted any OF the complainants. Half
dozen women and several more men
said that the youth was one Of the gang
that caused so much trouble in the house.
The Magistrate held him for trial.
The sun., 1905-08-25
POLICE TOO OFFICIOUS.
Magistrate Finn on what They DO In His
District, the First.

A young man named Joseph Corrigan,
who tries to make a living by carrying
packages for Jersey commuters, was ar
raigned before Magistrate Finn in the
Tombs police court yesterday for soliciting
business. Magistrate Finn said the police
man was too offcious.
-Why," said the Magistrate, -this boy
has as much right to the streets as any one
else He pays the city for his license-for
the right to be protected and not arrested.
Policemen think they own the streets,
he said later. -Ive noticed that they
always arrest the cab driver who has one
cab and these poor boys. But IL man
ployed by railroad no arrest is made.
have been familiar with the state Of affairs
in this district for thirty years, and intend
to put stop to the abuse Of authority by
policemen."
The sun., 1905-08-25
BIG COAL BREAKERS BURNED.
Tramps Suspected Of Firing Them May BE
Lynched II CAUGHT.

PoTTsvILLE, Pa, Aug. 24.-The burning
of two Of the biggest breakers in the anthra-
cite region within forty eight hours has
created great excitement. and IL the party
OF tramps who are believed to be responsible
are eau ght they will probably be lynched.
The burning of the Marion Heights
breaker yesterday was followed by the
destruction Of the Pine Hill breaker to-day.
The total loss Of the two breakers is $3OO, 900,
and /, 100 men are thrown out Of work in
definitely The flames at the Pine Hill
breaker to-day were only prevented from
70 sne 81 ner. or e, sne nes wne
by blowing up the trestling with dynamite.
The sun., 1905-08-25
SEEK Much MARRIED DENTIST.
DIR. Witzhon Under Indictment for Taking
Two or Three Wives.

TWO or Three wives.
DR.. George Witzhoff, who is described as
a glib tongued chemist and dentist, is
wanted in this city for .bigamy. He was
indicted few days ago and District Attorney
Jeromes dectives are looking for him.
witzhofr, who is known as Winnitzkoff
and by other names, is said to have sought
to rival the record Of Hoch, the Chicago
bigamist.
Miss Anna Parkhill OF Brooklyn Is the
specific complainant against Witzhof. She
says she married him about a, year and a
half ago, and that he borrowed 81 900 from
her and skipped. Miss Parkhill went to
John II. Rogan, lawyer at lis Nassau
street, with her story. Next door to Rogan
is another lawyer. who had a client named
Miss Dora Dorf, young German girl look
ing for Witzhoif. Since then the lawyers
have found a Miss Randall Of Boston, who
says that she married Witzhoff. From the
Investigations that have been made it Is
now said that Witzhoff married other women
in several neighboring towns and in Western
citIea
The sun., 1905-08-25
HE WELCOMES TAINTED MONEY.
Governor Of Connecticut Says He'd Take
It and Uee 1t for Humanity.

STAMFORD, Conn.,, Aug. 24.-Gov. Roberts
OF Connecticut went on record at the pic
MO Of the Farmers Club Of Greenwich,
held at Stanwich yesterday, as in favor OF
accepting so-called tainted money The
Governor was present with State Treasurer
Walsh to address the farmers, and at the
outset he talked about tainted money in
connection with the recent donation by
John D. Rockefeller to Yale University.
about tainted money, he said. For my
part, would taka 1t and would give it for
the GOOD Of humanity. I cannot see how
else ysu can get it back to those to whom it
NAV rightfully belong.
The sun., 1905-08-25
Wants the whole Board OF Police Sur geons
to Examine Him.

Richard T. Hickman Of Queens borough
is one Of the police captains retired last
May by Commissioner McAdoo on the
physical disability theory. Yesterday he
Court, Brooklyn, an order requiring the
Commissioner to show cause why he should
not be reinstated. Capt. Hickman says
only three out Of the twenty-three police
surgeons examined him. He thought the
whole board should have taken aok at
The sun., 1905-08-25
CAN'T aAvK HER JEWELS NOW

Mrs. Higginson Told That They viii Have
to De Kept ~ Evidence.
Ralph Warner, who was arrested charged
with being an socomplice in the theft Of
the Higginson jewels. was arraigned yes
terday In the Essex Market police court.
Mrs. Higginson was present and identified
some Of the stolen property, which was
recovered In pawnshops. She asked tho
Magistrate how soon she could not the
jewels back, and he told her they would
have TO b kspt for some tina . evidence,
Wasner waived, sxaminaAlpe .and Wae
The sun., 1905-08-25
Denial From Mary Baker Eddy

Mrs. Mary Baker Eddy says that it isn't
80 that she received her first instruct on
in mental healing from Miss Sarah o. Bag
ley, as reported on Thursday morning in
q despatch to THE Sun from Amesbury,
Mass.
y taught my first student in Lynn, Mass,
in 1887, said Mrs. Eddy. Il never saw
Miss Bagley until about 1870, while was
stopping in Amesbury, Mass. She applied
to me for admission to q class in Christian
Science, but declined to accept her as stu
dent
The sun., 1905-08-25
The weather.

The warm weather continued over the Ohio
Valley middle Atlantic and New England States
Yesterday where the maximum temperatures
ranged between 30 and 90 degrees. The heat will
be partly dsspated 10 day In these sections BY an
area Of high pressure, which was travelling south
eastward from the Northwestern States. where the
temperature had dropped from ten to twenty de-
erces. The sudden fall Of temperature was caus-
ing heavy showers and thunderstorms In the
western part OF the Lake regions. the central Mis-
sIs,ippi states and In the Ohio and Tennessee val
ieys, and threatening showery conditions settled
over the middle Atlantic and lower New England
States In the afternoon.
Temperatures touching 100 degrees continued
In the Southwest.
In this city the day was fair In the morning.
cloudy and threatening. with light showers In the
afternoon; wind light TO fresh easterly: average
humidity 50 per cent barometer, corrected TO read
20 sea level at A. NJ, SO.02; p. NJ 5000.
The temperature yesterday. as recorded by tho
of,cinl thermometer. Is shown In ths annexed