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The Washington times., 1906-07-30
MAYOR BELCHER
GOES TO PRISON
Of OWN ACCORD
Embezzler and Forger of
Paterson SurrenderS
After Year.

PATERSON. n. J., July 2o.-A man.
wet and detected early today lodged
through the darkness and rain, hiding
now and then behind freight cars. push
ing open the gate AT the entrance ~
the Paterson jan ana timidly rang The
bell.
Dan Berger. brother OF the sheriff.
opened the door.
Il want TO get in" said the man.
shaking the rain from his hat.
You can't said Berger.
''But I'm William II. Belcher. former
mayor. I'm a forger and embezzler,
and I surrender"
Then come in replied Berger, now
thoroughly excited. and the door claug-
ed on the man. who had robbed rich
and poor alike and for whom the po-
lice OF the entire country had searched
for a year.
Former Mayor Belcher. penniless,
fTiendless. and broken down in health,
was behind the iron bars at last TO
await punishment for his crimes.
Has Changed But Little.
Mayor Belcher has changed little in
his year or wandering, except that his
hair has become grayer. 1t has been
a year of hell" BelCher said 70 Sheriff
Berger. Il don't care 10 talk about
what / did after I left Paterson. / did
not leave the country. though, except
Tor a short trip in Canada When 1
found / was not followed there I re-
turned 90 the States I travelled as far
west as California. Y did not stay long
in any one place.
Il was not logged by detectives. but
I never got over the haunting feeling
that II ! settled down anywhere some
one would turn up on my trail.
could not keep moving on. A rolling
stone. as you know, gathers no moss,
and in time my money as well as my
health began TO give out.
Il went 10 Bartlett, y. H. and lived
at a hotel there, hoping to recover. My
nerves got worse. so l determined when
my year of wandering was up to sur
When the news spread that he had
returned the jail was besieged with
callers who were personal friends OF
the former chief executive Of the city.
Lawyer William J. Barbour. of Hale
don, who was one OF his closest per-
sOnal friends. was the first man for
whom BelCher asked. After several
hours conversation he left, but re-
fused to divulge anything.
His only words were: Mr.. Belcher
has returned and will take his medicine
like a man, just as I have always
maintained he would do"
Later in the morning several city
officials who had held Office under
Belcher, visited the jail. They all held
short conversations with him, but none
would utter a word Of what Belcher
said or what he proposed to do.
Mayor John Johnson was an early
caller, and he had a long talk with
BeIcher. BelCheF may apply for trial
in special sessions before Judge
Francis Scott next Friday afternoon.
he has not yet engaged counsel. but
there is a strong rumor that State Sem
ator Mckee would be engaged to de-
fend him
BeIcher had between $4,000 and So
900 when he went away one year ago.
and when asked for his valuables this
morning he handed over a gold-hlled
EIgin watch and $17.40 in cash.
The Washington times., 1906-07-30
FOREMAN MILLER
FAILS TO RESPOND

At noon today W. A. Miller, the sus-
pended assistant foreman OF the bindery
at the Government Printing Office. had
still. neglected TO respond 70 the Public
Printers communications requesting
that he appear personally before Mr..
Suilings and state his side of the ease.
1t was stated by an official or the
Office this morning that Mr.. Stillings IS
particularly anxious 10 reach some
definite conclusion in the case. and il
is more than likely that he will take
some action in the matter IN the imme-
date future,
The Washington times., 1906-07-30
HARTJE LETTERS
WERE STOLEN
Detectives Got Into the
COachman'S Room With
Skeleton Keys.

.PITTSBURG, Pa. July 30.-The
Hartje divorce trial beagn on its sixth
week this morning. with promise OF
lasting fully two weeks longer. The
trial started June %, and but for sew
eraI delays Of a few days each, has
been on trial ever since, and develop
ing new sensations and more startling
testimony daily regarding the home life
and alleged acts of Millionaire Augustus
Hartje and his beautiful wife, Mrs.
Mary Scott Hartje, regarding her al
legged intimacies with the family coach
man.
Strangers on the Stand.
Curiosity was excited before the trial
opened this morning by the appearance
Of three men. strangers thus far AT the
trial who accompanied Attorney Fergu-
son into the court room. II developed
that these were detectives who pur-
ported 20 have obtained the famous let
ters from Coachman Tom Nadine.
W H Staub, a private detective. of
Pittsburg. was called at once 10 the
stand.
"Did YOU obtain any letters from the
possession of Madine?' he was asked.
Yes. sir"
Where did YOU get these letters?''
asked the attorney
Out Of Madness Trunk.
Il got this one May 81. out of Mad
ines trunk" said the detective, hold
ing exhibit a. the enevelope.
when did you get the others?"
June Is"
Where did you get them?'
"Out of Madness trunk"
Then the detectives told in detail how
he had been employed by the brother
in-law of Hartje 20 60 10 Madness room
and steal the letters. He used a skele-
ton key 70 get into the room, and
forced open the trunk This explains
how the letters came into possession
OF the prosecution.
The Washington times., 1906-07-30
Belcher Stands Alone
In Facing All Charges

NEW YORK, July 30.-Ex-Mayor Bel
cher was discovered IN a New York
hotel last night by two newspaper men,
Before starting for Paterson, where he
delivered himself 10 the sheriff, he said:
There's only one man going 20 be i'm
plicated. That man Is William H Bel
cher. who was mayor of Paterson. And
he's going TO take his medicine I'm
going to walk into the Office Of Prose-
cutor Emley, who has wanted me for
so long, and then the music Will begin
But there will be only one dancer. and
that's myselfh
The Washington times., 1906-07-30
DARING THEFT OF HORSE,
VEHICLE ALSO TAKEN

Bold horse thieves. whom the police
are hunting diligently TO find, broke
open the stables Of the Monumental
Granite Company, A Patterson street
northeast. early yesterday morning and
deliberately hitched one of the COM
pauv's valuable horses 20 a rig and
drove of before daylight. The thieves
entered the stable by breaking through
a window and then unlocking the big
door from inside. At a late hour to-
day the police had unearthed no clue
TO the guilty parties.
The Washington times., 1906-07-30
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The Washington times., 1906-07-30
HUSBAND DROWNED
RESGUING HIS WIFE
After Woman and Child Had Been Car
ried Ashore RescueTs Found
Man Missing.

BUFFALO n Y. July 9O.-Frank l..
Wing was drowned in a mill pond at
Watts Flats. near jamestown. while in
bathing with his wife and little son
The woman got IN deep water and her
husband went 70 her rescue, Selling and
holding her above surface until help
came.
After Mrs. Wins was carried tC shore
it was found Wing was missing He
was found dead, standing upright in
the water, the weight Of MS wife hav-
ing pressed mis- feet so deeply in the
mud of the bottom that he could not
release them.
The Washington times., 1906-07-30
CROWD FLOORED
BY LIGHTNING
Dozens Knocked Down and
a Photograph Printed on
WOman'S Back.
DANGER UNDER THE TREES
Fearful Power Of Bolt That Struck
Grove Sheltering Many
People.

WELLSTON. Ohio. July 30.-A strange
fate yesterday overlook the members Of
picnic party that went from the neigh
boThOOd OF Coalition 10 a grove near
Springfield Switch. The affair was given
by the local members of the Golden
Eagles and was largely attended by
families OF miners. About 9 O'Clock.
when The merTy-makiug was at It's
height, a great bank Of black clouds
rolled up from the west and darkness
fell over the picnic grounds. A terrific
storm broke and seemed 70 center over
The grove There were about 800 per
sons on the grOunGs, most OF them
women and children.
Frightened people ran 10 md shelter.
There was none, however, except
clump Of giant forest trees whose thick
foliage seemed 10 Offer protection from
the rain. The people appeared 10 forget
the danger of standing under trees dur
ing a storm. Terrifying thunder and
lightning accompanied the dOwnpour.
adding 10 The distress OF the merry
makers.
Crash From Clouds.
Suddenly a vivid blaze OF lightning
flashed from the clouds and descended
straight into the group OF trees under
which most Of the 800 people were
covering.
The thunder crash that followed was
drowned IN the screams Of women and
children as the huddled mass Of human
ity Tarted. disclosing nearly thirty OF
their number writing on the ground.
Nine were found 10 be unconscious
from the shock and two were so badly
injured that they cannot recover These
two are Susie Warner, aged thirteen,
and Felix Woody. young man. Tho
shoes were burned from the feet or
both. but their flesh was not even scar
red II is believed the bolt ran down
their spines. producing injuries which
reacted on the brain,
Resides these seven others were rem
dered unconscious, and remained so sew
eral hours. Those so affected were Mrs
Woody, Marvin SOuders and wife, Oliver
West and son, and Edgar Tnley and one
whose name was not ascertained.
Picture on Woman's Back.
The strangest feature Of the affair was
the fact that while Mrs. Souder's cloth
ing was not burned or displaced the out
line OF a branch Of a tree was photo
graphed on her back by the electric
fluid.
The crowds had gone TO the grove on
the trolley cars. q distance of three
miles. and when news Of the accident
reached town there was intense excite
ment and q rush by rela tives 10 the
grove. The injured were finally brought
back 10 town on the cars.
During the storm lightning struck the
grocery OF Ed Stanton. a nephew OF the
Well-kpOWn politician OF Portsmouth,
Ohio. and rendered him unconscious. The
home Of Harrison Conner, adjoining, was
struck. ard Mr.. anG Mrs. Conner were
slightly shocked, but not injured.
The Washington times., 1906-07-30
QUEST FOR THE BROTHER
OF FORMER RESIDENT

Maj. Richard Sylvester has received
word from the police OF St Louis. No.
advising of the death OF Patrick SuHi-
van. a former resident Of Washington,
and requesting aid of the local authori-
ties in locating the dead mans relatives
IN this city. Timothy Sullivan. a bar
tender. who has lived here for over
twelve years. is d brother of Patrick
Sullivan and the police have made a
futile attempt to locate him He is
thought TO be out Of the CITY, and he
Will be notified upon his return.
The Washington times., 1906-07-30
FIFTEEN DAYS IN JAIL
FOR STEkLIf-G PAPER

Because he stole newspaper, Jesse
Ponnell colored, was fined IS in Police
Court this morning by Judge Kimbau
POnnell told the court that he did
rot know il was a crime 10 steal a
paper, but the judge is in hearty sym
pathy with the movement TO break IN
the practice and considers s. a nom
inal sum for the offense, In default
of payment. Ponnell will spend fifteen
days Ia JAIL
The Washington times., 1906-07-30
BEATEN BY EMPLOYER,
BOY ENDS HIS LIFE

BAY CITY. Mich. July 3a-Oscar
Root, fourteen years old. Coldwater
state school charge. who was bound out
TO a farmer living a short distance
from this city, sprang into the river
here and was drowned, because the
farmer had beaten him,
The Washington times., 1906-07-30
WHY SHE CAME.

Young Husband Cto wtfe)-Didn't I tel
eFraph 10 you not 70 bring your mother
with you?
Young Wife, know. That's what she
wants 10 see you about. She read the
telegram.-Army and Navy Life
The Washington times., 1906-07-30
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The Washington times., 1906-07-30
THREE LOSE LIVES
AND THIRTY HURT
Continued from First Pagc.)

tracks to signal any train coming in
the opposite direction.
Harry Taylor. shortstOp OF the Pough-
keepSie baseball team. Whc was badly
injured internally and about the legs
was ia the first day coach He ran 10
the rear door where there was a crush
of paniC-stricken men and women. Mrs
Emma d. DOucette. of Schenectady,
who was holding a baby above her
head. cried for some one to take the
child. as she could hold Il nc longer
and would have to let il fall and be
trampled. Taylor took the baby and
carried 1t out Of the car.
His Back Broken.
Edward Warner. the fireman. was
found dead on the river bank Wells
. the engineer. was lying beside him.
with his back broken, ard his skull
crushed.
a special train carrying doctors and
a wrecldng outht, was rushed to the
scene Of the disaster. The injured were
taken TO hospitals.
Had the wreck occurred a few sec
onds sooner the list OF dead would have
been aDDalling. as a freight train had
Just passed down in the opposite di-
rectiOn on the next track. The wrecked
cars were thrown across this track.
The last car of the freight had just
cleared the rear Pullman, when the eX-
PRESS hit the landslide.
Last nights wreck IN some particulars
recalls the wreck Of the Buffalo and
New York special near Garrisons, forty
eight miles from New York, at day
break. Sunday. October "a, 1897. Six cars
and the engine of that train of nine
cars took the dive into the river. Nine
teen persons were killed ana eight in
iured in that wreck.
Conductor Is Found.
Conductor John F. Mcintyre. Of the
wrecked train, who disappeared for sew
erai hours after the catastrophe, return
ed 10 his home in Rensselaer, on the first
train after the wreck. He positively re-
fused TO make any statement other than
that the disaster was caused by a land
Mrs. Arthur J. Franklin. Of Pough-
keepsie, was a passenger on one of the
day coaches, Accompanying her were
ten-year-old son, Arthur. She said to-
day:
Caught in Debris.
My children were asleep on each side
OF me. The lights in the car were dim
and everybody was doing. When the
crash came we were thrown forward
with terrific force. Our car seemed TO
whirl about in the air. I was flung into
the aisle and for time was stunned.
When / regained my senses, my first
thought was for my children, Alice was
ptnioned beneath a seat which had been
crushed.
II was still unable 10 move when a
train hand appeared and, wrenching the
seat up. lifted the child out and al the
same time picked up my boy, who had
been stunned by the shock.
1t seemed only a few moments after
ward when several of the men carried
me out. In the excitement l failed to
md out who the train hand was. He
certainly acted with great presence OF
mind. ] dimly remember his assuring the
other frightened passengers that there
was no further danger,
The Washington times., 1906-07-30
EaSby-Sn1ith Resigns,
Succeeded by Proctor
Leaves Office of u. S. Dis
trict Attorney Baker for
Private Practice.
MADE ENVIABLE RECORD
Official Superiors and Court Associates
Regret His Decision to Quit The
Public Service.

James Stanislaus Easby-Smith today
severed his connection with the Office
Of the United States Attorney for The
District.
He rendered his resignation last Fri
day 70 District Attorney d. w. Baker.
the head OF the office. who accepted il
with acknowledgements Of regrets for
the loss of his services as an assistant.
In speaking Of Mr.. Easily Smiths ser
vice Nj Baker said il was Of tine high
est order in every respect" especially IN
connection with a large number OF ap-
pelIate cases in which he represented
the Government In the District Court
OF Appeals.
Proctor Promoted.
Attorney James n. Proctor. who for
many months has been head clerk in
the district attorneys office, was pro-
NOTED by District Attorney Baker 10
the position OF assistant district attor-
ney, to FIJI the vacancy.
Mr.. Easby-Smith was appointed as
sistant United States attorney by Nor
gan Il Beach. thep United States at
torney, on September !, 1904 The ap-
pOintment was the result OF a voIun-
tary exchange OF positions between
Peyton Gordon, then assistant district
attorney, and Mr.. Easily Smith, then
pardon attorney in the Department Of
Justice Mr.. Gordon now holds the
last named position.
Fought jury Fixers.
Shortly after his appointment, Mr.
Easby-Smith was put in charge OF one
OF the criminal courts. and soon made
4 reputation as a fearless and efficient
prosecutor, and at the same time a
fair one. While prosecuting IN Grim
lnal Court No. !, then presided over By
Justice Wright. he made a determined
effort to break up perjury and jury
liking" and sent several such law
breakers TO prison.
Among the many important cases
prosecuted by him. those which at
traced most attention were the Geist
and Richardson conspiracy case. the
Hamilton murder case. the Gassen-
heimer railroad ticket case. the Nc
Caully contempt case, which involved
an alleged attempt TO corrupt q jury
in Gassenheimer's favor. and the
Fields en-bezzlenlent case Mr.. Easily
Smiths last work in the Office was
the investigation OF the violations Of
the eight-hOur law
When asked why he had resigned.
he said, Il wish 20 devote my time and
energies entirely 70 my private prac-
uce, and I shall do so
Native Of Alabama.
James s. Easby-Smith was born at
Tuscaloosa, Ala, in 1870 His father was
formerly a member Of Congress and q
circuit Judge and was president Of the
University OF Alabama. His parents re-
moved permanently 10 Washington when
he was boy. He was graduated from
Georgetown College in 1891, dividing the
h9nors Of his class with Charles P.
Nell. now Commissioner Of Labor. sub
sequertly took the degree Of VI. A, and
studied law at the Georgetown Law
School. and was admitted to the bar in
1894 The sarle year he married Lillian,
daughter OF the late Frank Strong, Of
Arkansas. and has a son and daughter
Before his appointment as Assistant
District Attorney he held the position OF
Examiner and Pardon Attorney in the
The Washington times., 1906-07-30
Perry Succeeds Proctor.

Mr.. Proctor viii be succeeded as chief
clerk In the District Attorneys Office by
Frank Sprigg Perry. son Of the Rev.
Dr. Perry, rector Of St. Andrews Epis-
copal Church.
lie is a graduate Of the University
or Virginia, and after being admitted
20 the bar was associated Nth Aftor-
neys Herbert and Micou in the practice
OF his profession. Recently he entered
upon the practice Of law on his own ac-
count. with offices in the Bond building.
The Washington times., 1906-07-30

Department Of Justice. He has made
considerable reputation as a classical
scholar and author his best known
works being his translation into English
verse OF the Greek poems or SapphO and
OF Alcaeus. He has an extensive private
library, which is particularly rich in
classics and history.
Easby-Smith's Successor.
James n. Proctor Is a native Of
Washington city. and was born TWEEN
ty-fouT years ago When a young boy
his parents moved 10 Montgomery
county. Nd. where he has since re-
sided. Mr.. Proctor was educated in
the public schools OF Maryland and
Washington. and after leaving the pub
lie schools took up special studies un-
der private tutors. At the age OF
fifteen he entered the law office Of
local attorney, but soon resigned 10 de-
vote his entire time 10 a special course
Of studies. His next employment was
with the Columbia Title Company, and
after short period he went with the
Washington Title COMPANY where he
rose 70 the position OF examiner While
with this latter company he entered the
law department OF Columbian J-niVeT-
sltv. now George Washington. obtain
ing the degree OF Ii D., and upon
reaching MS majority was admitted 70
the bar OF the Supreme Court and
Court Of Appeals Of the District.
About the time Of his admission 10 the
bar lie was appointed private secretary
10 Justice Ashley NJ. Gould OF the SUI
preme Court OF the District. and re-
manned in that position until his ap-
poiutment IN the District Attorneys
office two years ago
MI Proctor is married, his wife beins
formerly Miss Mae S. Harrington. OF
this city He is also the father OF a
little boy two wears old. AID Is now re-
siding with his family at ks-slngton.
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