Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-26
SOME CHRISTMAS CASUALTIES
FIGHTS, ACCIDENTS AND TRAa-
EDIEs IN MANY SECTIONS.
Day Ushered in at New York With
Two Murders-CrucifxU Used in
Early Morning Mix-Up.


two murders.
Because he refused the price of a drink
. to a passing stranger. John Sweeney was
struck over the head with a blackjack
and died later at a hospital. The assault
occurred on 10th avenue and 55th street,
and John McKeever was arrested, &C
cused of being the assailant. He was
held without bail.
Mariana Gaeto was called to the door
of his apartment on West 2Sth street
and shot to death by an unknown man.
John Frank, janitor of the building. pur-
sued the murderer. who fed up the stair
way. but Frank stopped to arm himself
with an iron bar. and by the time he
reached the roof the fugitive had disap-
peared. Although Gaeto's wife said her
husband had no quarrel with any one
the police believe the crime was the re-
suit of a vendetta.
While the family of Joseph Kundensen,
who lives at 10 North 9th street, Will
. liamsburg, and his two boarders Anthony
Rominsky and Joseph Hanay. were wor-
Shipping a wax figure of the Infant Jesus
early yesterday morning, two country
men, Max Seamon and George Heiks,
dressed as ragamuffins, wearing a Polish
shepherd costume and carrying crucinxes s,
appeared.
too. When Kundensen tried to eject them
he was hit over the head with one of
the crucifxes and sustained conclusion
b of the brain. A general fight extended
+ to the sidewalk, and when the reserves
/ got there from the Bedford avenue sta
! ton Seaman was insensible. The police
arrested Rominsky and Hanay on a
: charge of felonious assault. kundensen
was removed to the Eastern District Hos
pital.
POTTSvILLE, Pa, December 26.-Stan-
islaus Coteash. a boarding house boss.
was shot and killed here yesterday by
. Frank Cashmere, following trivial quar-
{ rel at the dinner table. Cashmere, who
I was a boarder. complained because CO.
( teash had not provided turkey for the
7; Christmas dinner.
/, Coteash, according to witnesses, arose
! from the table in a rage. rushed to the
I side of the room and seized a shotgun,
I with which he sshot at Cashmere. The
I charge of shot went wide and Cashmere
fed up stairs, where he got his own
gun.
Il AS Coteash was mounting the stairs
Z! Cashmere shot at him. The charge struck
Coteash in the side, tearing an immense
Z hole and causing death in short time.
= Cashmere surrendered.
< CHICAGO. H.. December 28.-Stanslaw
II Stolatz, three years old, while reaching
/ for Christmas goodies when his mother,
!, Mrs Samuel Stolatz, was at the washtub
yesterday fell from his high chair into a
/, large tub of hot water and was scalded
/, to death. The family Is poor and Mrs.
Stolatz was endeavoring to finish her
! work in order that it might be delivered
and the money obtained for a Christmas
celebration, in which the baby was to
g have been principally considered.
I. LITTLE ROCK, Ark. December 90
Farmers and planters in the neighbor-
hood OF Moss, six miles from Conway. in
Faulkner county, spent Christmas in
hunt for Jim Hall. who is alleged to have
L shot and killed Mrs. Emma Hearness and
4; her eight-year-old son on Christmas eve.
K The man is said to be heavily armed and
4 desperate fight is expected. Hall Is
4 charged with having gone to the Hearness
\ house on the Moss plantation and ac-
\ cused Mrs. Hearness of throwing scalding
n water on his hound. AS the frightened
woman attempted to flee into the house
the man is alleged to have fired three
shots into her body, killing her instantly.
I1er little boy. who was struck by one of
the bullets, fell dead across her body.
4 INDIANAPOLIS. Ind. December 90
\ John Mitchell. president of the United
If Mineworkers of America, spent Christmas
4 propped up in bed. reading epistles of love
I and good will from the members Of his
organization. His strong desire to spend
Christmas at one met with disappoint-
-yfspt. for he is Unable to sit up much less
trAfrt>to Spring Valley. Ill. While conf
de4Se e expressed that he will again be
aDkVO get dDQut, MS knowledge or the
fact Mat he win always be an invalid has
disheaftened him. Mitchell was deeply at
. fScted(When the letters from "the boys in
f1se-rnir1es" were handed to him. He read
Z as>mdny as he could and others were read
to him. -
BOSTON, Mass, December 26.-Christ-
mas inZHew England was green one
n The SSe1nd, except in the northern Maine
land New Hampshire woods, was clear Of
snow. while the day itself was like one
left over flom the Indian summer or
ePught on from next spring. With such
I ur31sual weather the customary Christmas
I sports. such as skating. ice hockey, coast
= ing and similar amusenents, were fmpossi-
BILE. Through the efforts of the Salvation
Army and other organizations thousands
of destitute people were given good din
Ders for the first time in months, and
Z many children who never before knew the
: n1oening of Christmas were made glad
vie small presents.
ELI. New. December 26.-One thousand
feet below the surface of the earth three
miners spent the strangest Christmas In
the world. Bailey, Mcdonald and Brown
have been imprisoned in the Alpha shaft
of the Giroux mine since December and
8 the rescuers still have three weeks work
. to do before they can reach the men. But
Yesterday they had fine holiday meal
beginning with straight WHISKY and top
ped of with coffee and cigars Those
facts came up to light via the modern
telephone with which the mine is equip
u ped at the 1000 foot level. The imprs-
oned men sent the most cheerful Christ
mas messages to all their friends by this
means, and said they had supplies enough
to last until the debris above them is
= removed.
BOSTON. December 26.-Burglars fore
ed their way into the big liquor store of
Flahman Bros. yesterday and got away
with the Christmas receipts, amounting
to about 5000. The burglars gained an
r., entrance through rear door after scaling
a ten-foot fence and wheeled the big safe
from the Office into a rear room. 1t was
then tipped over on its back, and with a
- drill a hole was cut through the bottom
i. The entire bottom, consisting OF a thick
layer OF cement between two sheets of
iron. was removed. and in this way the
burglars distracted the cash box This
- receptacle contained 81, 400 in cash. $500 in
- checks. two gold watches two gold chains
and signet ring. The robbery was not
: discovered until about o'clock last night,
none of the proprietors having been in
the store since 12:15 yesterday morning
louisville, Pa. December Do
Harry Morrell of Turkey Run, a small
mining settlement, was shot and killed
81 while trimming a Christmas tree in his
-. home early yesterday by Fred Taylor. a
- fellow miner. Taylor had been visiting at
Morrells home, but was asked to leave
after a quarrel He went home. accord
y ing to the information secured by the DO
G lice authorities, and securing a rifle re-
turned to Morrell's house Taylor n IL