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Evening journal., 1907-02-14
DEATH OF JURORS Wife
HALTS THE THAW TRIAL
HAS ABRAM TYRE
BECOME "NON EST"
His Case Set For Monday
But No One Appears to
Know His Whereabouts

Speculation is rife as to the whereabouts
of Abram l.. Tyre whose trial for alleged
conspiracy in the shelpot election district
is set for Monday next before the Court
Of General Sessions as no one appears to
know just where he is at present.
At the last term Of court the jury IN the
Tyre trial disagreed and the case was
carried over until the present term which
began on February 4.
When court opened and the case was
called former Judge Ball. his counsel,
stated that he was surprised that it was
stil upon the docket as no special mo-
ton had been made to routine IT and as a
consequence he had presumed that 81 had
been abandoned by the State.
Attorney-eGnerai Richards on the other
hand contended that tho Tyre case was M
cluded in the general motion made prior
to adjournment last term to carry over
all unfinished business until the February
term Mr Richards opinion was sustained
by the court and at his request forth
with capias was directed issued for Tyre
in order that he might be brought into
court and the matter Of bail adjusted. The
capias was issued accordingly but so fai
officers in whose hands it was placed tC
serve have been unable TO locate Tyre II
being announced that he was 'out Of
the city.
It appears also that he has been out Of
the city" ever since as no one can b,
found who had seen him. Inquiries at hi
marble yard at Ninth and King street
there appears TO be some mystery as 4
whore he ts at.present
The question Of Tyres bail Is now caus
ing some comment IN. view OF the fact th
State at the November term of court ne
elected TO ask for a renewal Of the BON
and there appears TO be some doub
whether Tyres original bond Of 5000 stil
holds good.
Evening journal., 1907-02-14
LAY WOUNDED IN
ROAD FOR HOURS
Boy Struck By Train Nearly
Dies While Companion
Seeks Help

Charles Hlnson. i6-year-old colored
boy. living at No 1905 liberia street, had
a narrow escape from death by exposure
early this morning. Tho lad while in the
company Of another boy, was struck by a
freight train on the Baltimore and Ohio
railroad at the Concord Turnpike crossing.
and was severely though not seriously in
iured.
The accident occurred about o'clock
last night and leaving his wounded conn
panion. the other boy walked an the way
to Wilmington for help and It was nearly
O'Clock before the Phoenix ambulance
arrived at tho place where the boy lay on
the ground. The lad was almost frozen
and the ambulance crew hurried him TO
the Delaware Hospital, where he was re-
vived. To-day no was discharged from the
institution mono the worse for his trying
experience.
Evening journal., 1907-02-14
FLOOD OF BILLS
in BOTH HOUSES
Mr.. Paradee Gives Notice oil
Act Taxing Public Service
Corporations
Special to Tho Evonlng journal.

DOVER, Feb. n.-In the Senate to-day
Mr. Monaghan gave notice Of an act om-
poworng the Mayor and Council Of VIII.
mington by ordinance TO exempt from tax
alton FOR city purposes certain unlmprovcd
lands within the curporatel limits OK the
city of Wilmington.
by Nr. Barnard. making the terms Of
an members Of the Department of Eloc-
tions fer Wilmington hereafter appointed
TO Office for full terms. under chapter 90,
volume % Laws of Delaware. TO six years.
By Mr.. Monaghan. an act In relation to
the taNlng of unlmprovod lands In the
Second ward OF Wilmington.
By Mr. Monaghan. assessing certain fire
insurance companies doing business in
the cities and towns of this State ccr-
tain percentage of their receipts for the
improvements and maintenance Of tho
Fire Department of said municipalities
BY Mr.. Sparks, en- act relating 70 pay
for the maintenance Of persons committed
TO the Delaware Industrial School for
Girls
BY M.r Sparks, an act defining certain
misdomoanors concerning the books of tho
Law Library Association Of New Castl,
county, and prescribing penalties therefor
In the House
The House was notified OF new measure.
as follows. BY Mr.. Keenan,. TO amend sec.
ton eighty, chapter 20l volume II. Law
Of Delaware, by assessing franchises al
real estate.
Hy 4. o. Cooper, authorizing the Mayo
land Council Of Wilmington to borrow
money to acquire a park In the Flrs
ward
BY Mr. Garrison making an approprin
ton Tor improvements Of tho schoc
houses for coiored children within th
State
Mr. Cam. an act IN relation to the pre-
ycntion of tuberculosis
by Mr.. Panldee authorizing the Mayo
and Council Of Wilmington. to exact
tax on the gross earnings of public ser
vice corporations doing business With
or partly within Wilmington.
BY Mr.. Paradee. TO compel prison au
therities who manufacture articles 4
mark such articles prison made"
BY Mr.. Paradee, 10 classify certain land
within Wilmington for purposes Of munl
cipal taxation.
BY Mr.. Paradec, TO compel the philadel
phla. Baltimore and Washington rnilroa
Company to stop an passenger trains a
French street station in Wilmington.
BY Mr. Mossick. providing amendment
10 eGorgetown's charter.
by Mr. Evans to repeal the present iay
taxing manufacturers and TO re-establisi
the manufacturers tax law repealed tw
years ago; to amend the present manufac
turers tax i'm event Of that repealed tvs
years ago not being rc-established.
Evening journal., 1907-02-14
ARMY TO LABOR
AGAINST SUICIDE

lis probable that within a short
time an anu-suicide bureau viii be
opened in Wilmington by the Saliva
tion Army with view 10 reclaimlnt
from themselves those who contem.
plate taking their lives.
Several weeks ago General Booth
commoander-in-ch Of the Army
established a similar buretu IN London
and Il is said that already neary 200
persons have been saved. In Phna-
( delphia a bureau was opened to-day
and its operation will be watched with
interest by the public.
When the local bureau is opened Il
will be unds- the direction OF Ensign
Wiseman, and every day from prob
ably 10 I'm the morning until o'clock I'm
the evening. both men and women
members of the Army will be present
at headquarters and listen TO any fates
of woe or distress and give their SYM
pathy and advice. Under no circuns-
stances will the attendants seek ia
ascertain the identity Of the callers. In
speaking OF the project to-day Ensign
Wiseman said: THE work done by the
bureau since its establishment speaks
for itself It seeks TO retain from sell
destruction those who are bowed down
with the weight OF cares which seen
too great for them TO bear Many q
poor unfortunate might have beer
saved from 70 suicide grave could h,
have hut had someone TO whom HI
could have confded his troubles with.
out fear Of ridicule or exposure"
On Sunday next the Army will begiT
its prison gate mission work by
holding a meeting at the county work
huose.
Evening journal., 1907-02-14
CAPTAIN PUSHED WOMEN
ASIDE TO SAVE HIS LIFE

true that his boat was one OF the first.
IL not the first, to leave the ship. but
that this was because a seaman upon
the ship cut the rope that held her to
the vessel This statement is in strange
contrast 10 the story Of Lewis McFar-
lane, a negro member of the captains
crew, who to-day said;
When I reached boat No. Captain
McVay was already there. We swung
her out and the captain shouted: Come
on. come on but / twas dark and no
body came. Then we found a rope was
caught and We were IN an awful pre-
dicament. Nobody had a knife II the
ship went down she would take US with
hor. We were desperate when Boats-
vain Tobscon looked outside " ne
shin and with an axe cut us loose.
Poor Tobscon stayed oh the ship"
The bittorest arraicnnent of th- cape
tain is nagc by rrcderick IIiorscseii
of Richmond IIill who says hc saw tho
captain and his six men take fho 1rst
boat and that negro sailors crowded.
into the second until they swamnoi II
He said the captains only Idea seemed.
70 be his own safety Hiergesen saw
women and children beaten down BY
men and he GOT into a boat hy jumping
from the side Of The ship. The boat
was cspsized and he swain a mile to
the shore.
Evening journal., 1907-02-14
" or own We. PubIlshers' Pross.

BY our own Wire. Publishers Press.
PROVIDENCE. r. l., Feb. 14.-As
the shock caused by the sinking Of the
JOY Line steamer Larchmont from
which only nineteen Of the $50 or 200
persons aboard escaped. subsidies, a
terrible Indictment is shaping against
captain George W. McVay, who left
his ship in the first boat. As the sur
vivors gathered strength 10 tell their
stories. the evidence against the cap
tain grows.
"Cowardice' Is openly charged.
More eloquent than the words Of tho
survivors are the simple facts i'm pos
session Of the officials OF $50 or 200
passengers only eleven were saved Of
n crew of thirty eight including the
.oaptain. reached the shore IN safety
only two women and no children
Survive. This gives strength to the all
legation that members OF the crew.
negro walters and men passengers
pushed back tho women and children ia
la furious fight for the llfohoats. One
of the wome nsurvivors. Mrs. Harris
'Feldman owes her life TO the fact that
the part Of the deck on which she stood
broke away. forming a raft. after she
had been hurled back from the boats
Captain Admits His Own Concern
Captain Mevay to-day said 1t was
Evening journal., 1907-02-14
WOMANS s TRIBUTE
TO HARRY THAW
~ noRoTHY DIX.

NEW YORK. Feb. 1.-THE
Thaw trial is like wonderful
mosaic. A little stone of evidence,
red as blood is brought from the
tenderloin. Another gray and APP
parently meaningless, is brought
from Pittsburg. Others are brought
from London, and others from else
where.
Sometimes these stones are
fetched by his wife: a business
man; a learned scientist. but they
are brought endlessly and laid
down before the jury.
Always the picture grows; the
picture that might be called Law
and Love
"And as the picture grows there
stands out more and more distinct
ly the figure Of a man who. with all
his faults. has known how TO love
nobly, unselhshly, supremely-
Harry Thaw.
"The one surprise of the case has
been Harry Thaw. The world has
known him as the chief exemplar
of how a reckless young millionaire
can s,}w wild oats. but in this trial
IL has been shown that he was a
man who could be loyal and faith
ful. chivalrous. and very tender
and pitiful 10 the weak.
II do not believe there Is a moro
miserable man on earth than Harry
Thaw. but remorse for his crime
has no place in his misery
His sorrow IS for himself and
his wife. II his blood could wash
cut the stain of Evelyn Nesbit's
past he would give it as freely as
he has given his money and his
name.
mo one looking at Thaw to-day
can doubt that he was mentally
unbalanced when he killed White
and that II he is sane now t1at any
great shock would again unhinge
his mind.
This is merely a woman's
speculatlon--what IS true that ne
has shown us the wonder OF
great l0ve-'and 10 him who loves
much said the master. much shall
he forgiven.
Evening journal., 1907-02-14
DECLARES THAW
IS A PARANOIAC
nv an own Nc. pnhlIshsrs, Press

BY Our Own Wire. Publishers Press.
NEW YORK. Feb. l4-If the twelve
good men i'm the jury box are to find
Thaw crazy, and IT is at least an even
chance that they will--in what way
will they reach this conclusion? This
question to-day is the dominant one
among those who discuss the case in
tn ecorridors of the Criminal Court
Building. From out of the intrica-
cies of expert testimony a fairly clear
and direct answer can be obtained.
This answer supplied by the experts
is that Thaw has been and is crazy
and that he shot Stanford White under
the influence of an insane delusion.
The form Of insanity attributed to
Thaw is paranoia. This is distinct
from paresis, and is considered more
dangerous than paresis.
Paranoia begins in childhood with a
form Of intense morbid self conscious
ness. The child of a paranoiac tenn
perament is in many ways bright and
precocious. but eccentric and inclined
Ito be always believing he is being put
upon by his teachers and by other
children.
Unless this tendency is checked the
child grows into a morbid and &C.
centric youth who believes himself the
victim of Misunderstanding lack OF
sympathy and prosecutions. These
delusions constantly grow.
From believing that everybody Is
against him, the next step with a
paranoiac is to conclude that if he IS
the victim Of such universal jealousy
he must be a terribly important per-
son. This is what the doctors cal
exaggerated egotismor. the delusion Of
grandeur.
In this second exalted stage o
paranoia the patient imaginos himself
of such enormous Importance that h,
is above ordinary laws and rules Of
conduct. In this state he is liable tC
turn upon his imaginary prosecutor.
and commit crime while fully con.
vinced he is doing a righteous act.
Cases in Point.
An instance is cited Of a well-knowr
clergyman. one who was also greai
student Of the Hebrew language II,
got the delusion that the Jews had
universal language which they wer,
trying to conceal from him. He imag.
med he discovered certain cryptogram.
ion the Hebrew texts. Later he imag.
in5d he discovered similaR oryptogram'
IN tho dali papers. lie ccgcluded thai
(Conunued on Second PaEe.)
Evening journal., 1907-02-14
COASTERS in
ANOTHER SMASH

Another serious accident occurred
hast night on East Eleventh street,
where hundreds Of people congrcgate
10 enjoy the excellent coasting John
Barclay. who was guiding bob sled.
colllded with the sled OF the Phoenix
Fire Company while going at a speed
of thirty miles an hour He. with the
Others riding ON the sled, were thrown
off. but Barclay being 10 'front.' re-
ccived the force Of the collision. A hole
more than am inch IN diameter and two
inches deep was torn In his right leg
and he was injured internally. His
companions put him on the sled and
took him TO his home at Twenty
fourth and Tatnall streets. None Of the
Phoenix Company members was in-
iurcd
Evening journal., 1907-02-14

obligation to impose upon the other jur-
crs to keep them aggregated until the trial
is resumed than the state has the right
20 demand
clifford W Harridgc for the defense
announced the willingness Of Thaw att
torneys to allow the jury to disperse
Justice Fitzgerald. in dismissing the
jurors said significantly TO them that in
allowing them TO go to their homes he
trusted they woull not be annoyed in any
way.
II appeal to you ALL" he said in con-
clusion, mot to read anything in the
newspapers about this case-not to speak
to any one abou tit and allow no one to
speak to YOU. Guide yourselves by your
conscience"
After the jurors had filed out Mr..
Jerome asked the courts permission to
take the depositions Of Doctors Deemcr
and Lingeman that they might return TO
Pitsburg. and it was granted. Their tes-
tmony relates to collateral insanity in the
Thaw family.
At 2.lo thep roceedings of the day were
concluded.
Evening journal., 1907-02-14
FUNERAL OF MRS. REYBOLD
Aged and Beloved Resident Borne to
Her Last Resting Place.

Funeral services were conducted this
morning over the remains Of Mrs. Ann
S. Rcyboid at her late home. $40 West
street, the Rev w r. u. Lewis. minls-
tor Of Rodney Street Presbyterian
Church. being the officiating clergy
Clergyman.
Very many relatives and friends of
the deceased were present and tho
floral offerings were beautiful and In
large numbers. Following the service
the funeral cortoge proceeded 20 tho
railroad station where the body and
mourning friends boarded a train for
ST. Georges, where interment was made
privately in the family plot.
Evening journal., 1907-02-14
FOUR CHILDREN DIE
WHEN HOME BURNS
Father and Eldest Child ES-
cape Before Flames Reach
Them
PARENTS EMPLOYED BY
REPRESENTATIVE NEWTON
sro0l1I % Th0 EVonIng J0u MI


brldecullc Fem MA tenant houa %
the imm OF Rcpreseniauvc A. Newton.
was burned oarly this morning and ious
children met horrible death IN the Ore.
Tho house wos occupied py Isaiah Johns
son and his family who were sleeping on
ulo second floor When the fire. which had
originated on tho ipst noof was tsrov-
cred q had made such Roadway ths
only Johnson ana Che oldest chrd name
aged 90 escape by jumping from phc Sec
ond story window.
The father made an attempt 10 save his
children but the hent was 30 Intense Uiab
ho was compelled 20 noe and just as ha
lenpcd from the building Il fcn with a
crash and the children wore roasted to
death while ne looked on powerloss. His
wife was at a ncighbors. The chndrcnd
ages ranged from two to ten years.
Evening journal., 1907-02-14
COURTS SHORT SESSION
Several Cases Called wsde Carried
over Until Next Term.

Superior Court held but a short scs-
sion this morning, the few cases calen-
dared for to-day being quickly disposed
Of and adjournment ordered until to-
morrow morning
The cases of Annie NJ. Pennell VS.. the
Mayor and City Council. Of Wilson
Close g. Co. VS.. Peter NJ Sherwood,
Henry w Anderson VS.. Daniel B. An
dcrson, the American Nulcanized Fibre
Company vs. White Clay Creek supply
Company. OF tilomena Conri VS. Tony
Pinto. of Michael Laskowski vs. VIII
liam T. Nyc. and OF Modford Brooks vs.
Clara James were continued either
pending settlement or until the next
term Of court.
Evening journal., 1907-02-14
FISHERMAN DIES
ALONE in CABIN

Coroner callaway went 10 Delaware
City at noon to-day to investigate the
death Of William Steele, a fisherman Of
that place. who died suddenly. yesterday
afternoon. He was about ss years OF age
and occupied q c2pln clone, nearDelawars
city
Fellow fishermen found stcele ~ and 4
was while they were after a physician
that he expired. Death is believed to havs
been due to apoplexy.
Evening journal., 1907-02-14
COLE FINED AGAIN

Among The unfortunates who ap-
poarcd before Judge Cochran IN City
Cuort this morning was william r.
Cole. the blind man who has frequent
~ appeared there Tor various offenses.
This time It vas inooxication and MS
penalty was 81 ana costs. Emma
Thompson. "A colored servant girl WIS
fined $50 ana costs for. creating a dis
turbancc az the home Of MIS-. Cora
Ryan, former employer.
Evening journal., 1907-02-14
NOON DAY SERVICE
The Rev. S. p. Keeling, Of German
town, Addresses First ST Andrews
Church Meeting.

The first OF the nooday services for
business people was held at St. An-
drcw's Church at 1890 o'clock to-day
and lasted 25 minutes. The attendance
was large The address was made
by the Rev. Stewart p. Keeling. rector
Of 81. Peters Church Germantown.
His text was WHO shall deliver me
from the body OF this death Al
the service tomorrow the address viii
be made by the Rev. l.. n. Galley rec
tor Of the church Of the Maturity I'm
Philadelphia.
Evening journal., 1907-02-14
WILL PAY TAX
ON GROSS RECEIPTS

AS a result Of the second conference
held last night between TIE members
of the law and finance committee OF
City Council and representatives OF the
various public service corporations, do
ing business here, an agreement was
reached. which insures the payment to
the city by the companies in question
Of a certain percentage on their gross
receipts A bill to this effect will now
be presented to the Legislature and
viii be passed by that body.
The companies agreeing to pay the
tax will, when the measure becomes a
law. present to the chairman Of the
finance committee a sworn statement
of their gross receipts, and upon this
the committee win base an estimate
on the percentage the various COM
panies shall be obliged to pay.
II passed, the measure win increase
the revenue of the city so that num-
Der OF the needed improvements can
be made without the necessity OF in
creasing the tax rate on real esttte,
which is already high enough.
Corporations Represented
At the meeting last night John F
I
City Electric Company, the Whining
ton City Railway Company and the
Delaware and Atlantic Telegraph and
Telephone Company Charles c..
Kurtz represented the Wilmington
Light, Power and Telephone Company,
Edmund Mitchell the Wilmington Gas
and Electic Company and r. w. Crook
the Peoples Railway Company. A let
ter was received from William S.
Hies. counsel fer the Peoples Railway
Company. expressing regret that he
was unable to be present and also
stating that in his opinion the plan OF
taxing the gross receipts Of public SER
vice corporations was the fairest plan
which had been suggested.
The bill, which has already been pre-
pared. provides that the public service
corporations shall pay a tax on their
actual real estate. and IN addition, a
tax on their gross receipts. sA
The amount to be taken I'm percent-
age of the gross receipts Vas not
fixed.
Another Conference Tonight
This evening there viii be another
conference with the Pennsylvania,
Baltimore and Ohio, aud Philadelphia
and Reading Companies and the West
ern Union and Postal Telegraph Com
kpanies. These companies cannot be
taxed on their gross receipts forN the
reason that such action would be in
violation Of a Federal law, but another
plan. that Of taxing the roadbeds as
real estate. has been evolved and the
companies viii be asked TO either agree
to it or state their opposition.
Evening journal., 1907-02-14
WnI EntertaIn vIsIlIna rs.

In German Hail this evening the
Elks' bowling team. of Philadelphias
Will be royalty entertained by VIII
mington Lodge, No. 500. A fine program
has been arranged by a committee ot
the local lodge comprising r. Wallace
Connolly. DR. ID. ]. McColiey and NJ. b.
Wright
Evening journal., 1907-02-14
LaroenY Csc propped.

In the case of the state against a
co'ored man named Wright, accused OF
the larceny of cash and merchandise
from a store at Glasgow, the prosecu-
ton abandoned their efforts to convict
and he was released from custody last
evening.
Evening journal., 1907-02-14
WOMAN CUTS
OFF A FINGER

While welding a hatchet at her home
No. CPS West Ninth street. Mrs. a. NJ.
Acton cut OFF the end of her finger The
wound itself is very painful but complica-
tions have set in and her physician is
afraid blood poisoning viii follow.
Evening journal., 1907-02-14
Anothsr c0nferenes 10 0-night
BACK FROM SOUTH AMERICA

r. H Thayer Jr.. Of the Pussy and
Jones Company. has returned from South
America where he spent the last three
months booking up business Tor the local
company His report 10 the officials is
very cncouraging. Mr.. Thaycr came back
BY way Of London.
Evening journal., 1907-02-14

Sunday School Union Anniversary.
The wilmington city Sunday School
Union will hold It's annual convention at
the Washington Heights NJ. p. Church
next Tuesday.
Evening journal., 1907-02-14

1t is Just My Luck, Exclaimed
Thaw Upon Hearing of Mr.. BOI-
tons Great LOSs--JurorS Will Re-
turn to Their Business Vacations
Until Monday When Trial Will Be
Resumed
Evening journal., 1907-02-14

The best, most read OF any
newspaper in Delaware.
Evening journal., 1907-02-14

reads The Thaw trial in The
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1907-09-19
MAKING EASY MONEY
BY SIMPLE PROCESS OF RAISING
TWO DOLLAR BILLS TO TwEN-
TIES.

Huntington, Sept 18-Probably
the most important case In the fed
eral court yesterday was that Of
Cassander Kane, indicted for raising
two dollar notes 10 twenties. Kane
piled his vocation with unqualified
success for several weeks along the
Norfolk and Western, his operations
being confined chiefly 10 the coal
fields Of Mercer and Mcdowell And.
with him the work Of raising the
denomination Of greenbacks seemed
to have taken on all the qualities OF
a fine art. SO adept had he become
IN the work that the inflated bills
were usually accepted without aueg-
tion, and scores Of them had been
passed before the deception was dis
covered. Finally the federal author
tiles were apprised Of Kane's actions
and he was placed under arrest and
held to the federal grand jury. When
brought before Judge Keller yester-
day he pleaded guilty and was seh-
fenced TO seven years in the peni-
tentiary when arrested "A number
Of the raised bills were found I'm
Kane's possession. Last night per-
sons having these bills in charge
went 70 a number Of business places
about the city and offered them in
payment for expense Incurred I'm
every case the bills we're accepted
without question and the change
promptly handed over Officials of
the United States marshaI's office de-
clare that the counterfeit is the most
skIlliul ever encountered IN West
Virginia