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New-York tribune., 1908-11-08
VARIETY THEATRES
ALHAmeRA THEATRE

Mcintyre and Heath viii be the leaders ot ths
r,.rrtrnert at Mr.. wII1iams's Alhambra Thsatrs.
beginning tomorrow afternoon. Those performers
are a show IN themselves. Eunulet Dewey and con-
pany Harry Tighe, T Nelson Downs John End
Bertha Gleeson and Fred HouIihan win contrfouts
70 ths amusement. There will De concerts today
New-York tribune., 1908-11-08
GAIETY THEATRE.

Mr.. Forbes's comedy OF "The Travelling Sales
man. s still popular. II succeeds in filing this
little playhouse nt every performance. Frank Nc
Intyre and Gertrude Coghlan the central figures
in the picture. Those who enjoy a real laugh viii
do well visit the Gaiety during the engagement
OF Mr.. Mcintyre and his associates.
New-York tribune., 1908-11-08
DALYS THEATRE.

Both the play and Mr.. Favershams acting in
It having been favorably received by the public
and the critics. the hope is expressed that that
actors engagement at Days may be a prosper
GUS one. "The World and His Wife" will be Of
fered for several weeks. II is Mr.. Faversham's
intention to present other dramas during his
cupatton of Days stage The usual afternoon
performances will be given.
New-York tribune., 1908-11-08
CRITERION THEATRE.

Despite adverse criticism. the drama OF Sam
SON." IN which Mr. Gillette is the central figure,
has filed this theatre every night The advance
sale is said to be encouraging. and the manage
n1eut expects Samson" will be the bill at the Cri-
terion for many months The usual afternoon
performances are given.
New-York tribune., 1908-11-08
EMPIRE THEATRE.

Mr. Drew as Jack Straw is still the attraction
here His engagement has been prosperous.
Maude Adams VIII come TO the Empire during the
holiday season.
New-York tribune., 1908-11-08
HUDSON THEATRE.

Yama" song which is particularly attractive at
this season OF the year.
New-York tribune., 1908-11-08
CIRCLE THEATRE.

Miss Emily Ann Wellnan has succeeded Edith
Brewing the erring daughter in THE Man
Who Stood STILL now current at this theatre
and In which Mr.. Mann is the leading actor The
Incidental character of Bessie. which was found
offensive has been taken out of that play. Mr.
Brady expects a long for It.
The evening world., 1908-03-05
TWO WOMEN FREED
FROM B|GAM|STS
Get Marriages Annulled After
Men Who Deceived Them
Disappeared.

Justice Crane, sitting in Special Term
OF the BrooKlyn Supreme Court. granted
the annument of two marriages to-day.
In both cases bigamy had been COM
mitted, but no criminal proceedings
were brought
The first annulment was that of the
marriage of Agnea Thompson. OF No
2o3 West one Hundred and Forty-fourth
street, Manhattan. On March To- lyJo
she was married to William Moore
4 thompson, cashier in Wall street
brokers' Office. Two years later she
met Mrs Fannie Adrea Thompson, Of
No. 63 Broad street, Elizabeth, n. j..
and the two women discovered that they
shared the same husband. He disap-
The second annulment was that of
the marriage OF Rose w. and Alfred c.
Noll. Mrs Noll Is thirty and lives at
No "A kossuth place. Brooklyn. She
met kuol. .. naIl N lSsS and he pro
posed sudden marriage After one
dav of welded life he disappeared.
later it was learned he had a wife and
child in TompkinsVllc, Conn. This
discovery Was not made. however. until
thr stature o' Limitations had run
against hlEamy proceedings and a suit
for annulment was brought
The evening world., 1908-03-05
Brutality Attack Her When She
Tells Them SIS Is All
She Has.
RANSACK THE HOUSE.
Threaten to Set 1t on Fire I'm
less They Got More
Money.

Mrs Mary Harrienstrom, tho wife OF
John Harrienstrom. a Long Island mar
ket gardener. to-day told the police OF
the Glendale station how two men.
wearing masks and armed with clubs.
iorced their way into her house last
night while her husband WAS absent
and choked and beat her in the effort
to make her give them a large sum Of
money which they believed was in the
,ouse.
The Harrienstroms are reputed to b.
very prosperous. The live in Second
street, Maspeth. 1t Is the husbands
custom to go to his garden every night
70 superintend the shipments of veget-
ahles, which go cut early in the morn
ing. and the robbers must have known
this.
There was no one else in the house,
Mrs. Harrienstrom told the police. and
was sewing by the light of a lamp
in NY bedroom. l found out afterward
that the men came in by the backway,
but they made no noise in entering
The first ] knew of them was a rough
voice behind ME ordering me to get up
and not make any noise
They were two medium sized men"
she continued. and one wore a black
mask and another a handkerchief tied
about the lower part of his face. They
both had sticks in their hands and they
stood close to me.
IL you holler out, one Of them said,
We will kill you
l was too frightened to say word
and the men told me that they wanted
the money that was in the house.
We know you got bank roll
here and We want it. and want 1t quick.
he said l told them they could have al
| had II they would go away. and l
went to the bureau drawer and got out
so. which was ali the money in the
Iouse. When they saw 1t wasn't more.
they began to curse me and accused me
Of keeping some back from them.
Il swore the $i5 was all there was: but
they wouldn't believe me-. ana while
the other beat me over the head and
shoulders with his stick. L c9uIdn !
scream, and thought | was going TO
die Finally they flung me over on tne
sofa and then they began to ransack ths
place They broke open drawers and
smashed furniture and threatened to set
the house on tire and lock me IN II II
didn't give them more money.
"i was so weak l couldn't move. ans
even after they had gone all l touia
AZ was TO lie still until my husband
came home"
The evening world., 1908-03-05
M'KEE BEAT WIFE,
MADE LOVE To
KITCHENMA|DS
Lawyer in Beautiful Ameri-
cans Divorce Suit Tells of
Other EcCentricitieS.

PARIS, March 5.-While Judge Dllte
is Lgestng the twenty-three atiidaVits
handed him by Maitre Barbour yester-
d. in behalf of Mrs. A. Hart Mckee.
Maitre Labor, counsel for the husband.
is busily preparing his reply. which VIII
be delivered next week.
The accusations contained In Maitre
Barboux's opening address in Mrs Nc
KEGS divorce suit were lurld eonugh to
keep society buzzing excitedly for some
time. The fair complanant's represen-
tative made the most of Mr. Mckee's
alleged "eccentricities,' describing with
keen sarcasm his habit of making love
in his pajamas to scullery maids, max
ing hrs wife live on stale cheese and
gherKins. threatening to shoot her, and
other doings equally sensational
His speecn tilIeu me uay.
This man." he said. more than once
tied cord arouno his wifes neck and
tried to drag her across the room at the
enc of the cord.
Threatened to Kill.
Monsieur Mckee had the habit Of
walking around his w!fe's home wearing
no InuEc lIidil A'u III '"''''
remote days OF primeval innocence" the
lawyer declared. "Or. If he pleased to
clothe himself. it was in some fantastic
costume: perhaps his pajamas, with MS
wifc's blue silk dressing gown as a
mantle. In this garb he would go to
the kitchen and make perferv!d love to
the maids. who flew from mis- advances.
NO other word can describe Mr Nc
Kee than 'cochon' (hog)."
Obeying etiquette. none of those most
Interested was in court. Col George
w. Baxter, his wife and their dlugh-
Ter. Mrs. Mckee. stll remain at Nice.
Even Maitre Labori Mr.. Mckee's
counsel, did not appea ar in court, He
was making an address at some cee-
pration, his secretary explained.
Few Clothes, or Ione.
M. Mckee's crUelties began verv
soon alter their marriage" the LAWYER
went on. He always carried re-
volver. always slept with 1t under his
pillow ana often threatened to take MS
w!fe's lie unless sne gavS money L
him. Later he threatened TO kill he!
for any cause taat came into his mind.
He had a mania tor traye.linE, bu:
the centre of his circle of trave. WAS
Monte Carlo, where he lost sums lik
s!5.t60 in single nights play Nine,
Nc l<ee never gambed, but her hush d
took her money 10 stake II. compelled
her to sign checks. even signed her
The evening world., 1908-03-05
LAFAYETTE'S SWORD
IS On THE MARKET
Baron Perrone Hates to Part
With 1t, but Can Use
the Money.

When the North German Lloyd
steamship Kaiser Wilhelm der Crosse
arrived at Hoboken to-day there were
many friends of the skipper, Capt,
Heinrich Blocker. at the pier 10 con-
gratulate him on the celebration of his
silver wedding and also on tho ami
versary of his twenty-fifth year In the
service OF the German line.
The actual celebration occurred on
shipboard on Feb. Is. The captains
wife and family were with him, the
company breaking one OF Its ironclad
rules In order to let the wife and
children take part in the silver we'd
ding. The officers and cabin passengers
made gala day of it thai wound up
with a splendid banquet.
Among the speakers who congratu-
lated the skipper and his wife at the
banquet were Gen. Clarence L. Col
Inns. Capt. Robert L. K. Niche. L. S.
A.. and c. F. Harms, millionaire
lighterage man, of Hoboken. A feature
three feet tall and two and one-half
feet in diameter
Baron Fernando Perronc. of Tou-
raine, France, great-great grandson OF
the Kaiser Wilhelm. and he brought
with him the sword carried by his
famous ancestor in the American Revo-
luton. The Baron admitted that he had
brought the relic to the States to sell,
and expected that the Government or
mentally, he hated to part with 1t, but
his conscience tells him that this coun-
try Is the appropriate place for 1t. In
cidentally he can use the cash.
The evening world., 1908-03-05
HUGHES NAMES
STAPLET0N FOR
SUPREME BENCH
Governor Likes Brooklyn
Democrats Record and Gives
Him Abbott'S Place.
Especial to The Evening worh.)
ALBANY. March 8.


To-day Gov. Hughes appointed Luke
D. Stapleton. of Brooklyn. Supreme
Court Justice. to fill the vacancy caused
by the death of George b. Abbott. The
appointment of Stapletor. which was
sent to the Senate for confirmation.
caused q considerable stir IN that body.
Gov. Hughes, 1t is known, had Mr.,
Stapleton's name under consideration
for long time.
Repeated reports came to him that
Mr. Staple eton was McCarren Demo
crat He investigated the record OF
Stapleton both in politics and In law
and concluded that he was At man
tn sit on the Supreme Court bench.
The Senate referred the nomination
n, Stapleton to the Judiciary Commit
tee.
While Mr.. Stapleton is we'll known,
the following sketch OF his career. given
Ant at the Executive Chamber. might
prove interesting:
Mr.. Stapieton occupies leading POSI-
tion at the Brooklyn bar. He was bore
4, Brooklyn on Dec. II, 1869. He gradu-
,ted from the st. James Cathedral
Acs sdemy in 1856. and from Manhattan
College in 1889. taking the degree OF
NJ. A. two years later. He studied law
at the New York University Law
School, from which ne graduated in 1881.
entering the office of George C. Brewer.
Of Brooklyn. He was Assistant Cor
poration Counsel in Brooklyn from 1888
to 1902, and in that ofiice dealt with
many questions arising under the new
Charter OF New York City. HIS trial
practice has been exceptionally broad
Mr.. Stapleton was nominated for the
Supreme Court in Brooklyn In 1906
and received the highest vote cast for
any of the candidates named upon the
ticket with him. Mr.. Stapleton enjoys
exceptional popularity among the men,
bers OF his profession and business men
generally in Brooklyn. and he was
strongly indorced by leading citizens
irrespective of party.
He married Miss Catherine F. Now
len. a niece OF Archbishop Farley. and
has two children, He lives ut No. 94
Garfield place, Brooklyn. and he is
president OF the ST. Patrick's Society
OF Brooklyn, a member of the Catholic
Club OF New York and of the National.
State and Brooklyn Bar associations.
The evening world., 1908-03-05
\. H. ROGERS SAID TO BE
IN VERY POOR HEALTH.
Visitors Returning From Bermuda
Say He Is Too Feeble to
Walk Unassisted

Passengers arriving to-day on the Que.
bee Line steamer Bermudian. from
Hamilton. declared that II. FL. Rogers.
who went there Two weeks ago with
Mark Twain. appears to be in feeble
health Roland ]. Cummings. . civil
engineer. OF Pittsburg. ono Of the pas
sengsrs said that Mr.. Rogerss strength
seemed to be declining rapidly, and that
he was too feeble to walk unassisted up
end down even 4 short flight OF steps.
Mr.. Rogers and Mr.. Clemens are In
health. He remarks every now and then
that no feels as frisky as colt He
devotes all his wit and the vitality OF
his oompanionship, to arousin9 his
son-in-law. Mr.. Benjamin. Is also with
him
The evening world., 1908-03-05

Justly characterized as rotten.
Loans to directors have been
changed from time loans to de-
mand, and from demand loans
back to time loans.
"Several of the officers and dtrec-
tors of the bank have obtained
loans and used the names of their
wives or brothers as the apparent
borrowers, while they have stood
in the background under indOrsc-
ments as guarantees for them, in
order to cover up the fact that
they themseIves were borrowing
from their own bank"
The depositors OF the Oriental Bank
encountered a setback OF twenty-four
hours to-day when their counsel ap-
peared before Justice O'Gorman in the
Supreme Court TO try to have the tenn.
porary receivers thrown out. The ar
gument on the application to have the
temporary receivers should not be re-
moved will he heard tomorrow.
The evening world., 1908-03-05
name 10 checks. She never knew how

name 10 checks. She never knew how
her financial affairs stood.
For awhile NJ Mckee succeeded in
prejudcing his wife against her father
persuadinE her that Col. Baxter robbed
her. And while NJ Mckee was spend
Ing his wife's money he was eXtraor-
dinariy mean TO her often she SUI
fered for food. Even wnen she was
expecting his child she had TO live for
two days on gherkns and stale cheese.
He gave banquets while she remained
home without money enough to buy a
meal.
ment OF her was abominable He
worked on her feelings BY 5e!ng gross
~ cruel TO her child, Hugh the post
numous babe of ler first husband. who
lived in terror of his stepfather. Two
hours before his own child was born
N Mckee refused 10 telephone for a
physician and left the room, left, his
woman can know She dragged herself
TO the telephone and called doctor"
The evening world., 1908-03-05
LED POLICE CHASE OF
9 MILES AND GOT AWAY.

EGO HARBOR CITY. n. j.. March 8.
After leading the police through nine
miles of dense swamp lands, swimming
two rivers and performing other equally
arduous feats. Charles Ford. Of Green
Bank. An alleged burglar and desperate.
finally escaped after the sleuths had
surrounded the house in which he had
gone to sleep.
Ford Gwoke from his nap just In
time. ana made a flying leap over the
heads OF his pursuers from a window.
He Jumped into the river and got
away.
The evening world., 1908-03-05
AND FRAUD
CHARGED AGAINST
THE ORIENTAL BANK
Preliminary Report Made Since Re-
ceivers Took Hold Declares Appar.
ent Defalcations Have Taken.
Place During Last Two Years.

been conducted sIipshod,
ilrceuIari-
crime Within the last
has been
foreeies, perjury
State the
he he of
directors attorneys On
a94re2atin2 IsiderabIe have been
eed profit ed 10
penalty of law, apparently
for of greater serious
the of those hiener up the
dmin straiio oil e banks affars.''
This the language of report of preliminary examination
of the books the Oriental Bank by examiners EN-
poyed by the receivers Criminal are almost certain to
The evening world., 1908-03-05
SANFORD DID NOT APPEAR.
Mrs. Hunt, who shot Him, Held
for Carrying Concealed weapons.

Mrs Jennie Blunt. who week ago
walked into the office OF Lawyer
Charles NJ. Sanford in the Garfield
Building. in Brooklyn, and shot him in
street Court to-day, Mr.. Sanford was
not in court. ana there WAS report
tAat he was not inclined to press the
charge of felunious assault against the
woman. An additional charge of carry
ing concealed weapons was made
against her uy Policeman Schultz. on
which her bail was iiXed At sl,Oa and
an examination set for March L..
IL is not unlikely that the District
Attorney will ask for the appointment
OF commiss 10 find out II Mrs.
blunt IL Sana :
The evening world., 1908-03-05
FRANCIS c. MATTlNeLY DEAD.

WASHINGTON. March 8. - Francis
Carroll Mattingly, a member OF the As
soc,ated Press staff of the Washington
office. died to-day after an illness OF sew
eral months. Mr. Mattingly was thirty
eight years Of age and had been married
a little over a year. He was member
~ the Bar, Of this city. and for some
years was connected with the washing
ION post, coming to the Associated Press
from that paper.
The evening world., 1908-03-05

to be done. will deplete the vaIu. n,
'he assets or the Oriental Bank. and
make the collateral 10 the loan mads
on the stock OF the International Trust
company of little or no value"
Inc report criicises loans made ,o
Ludwig Nissen. vice president and one
o. tne directors Of the Oriental; Charles
=. Z, Levya director OF the bank. and
Stanwood Menken.
Report on Loans.
Concerning the loans made to friends
of the directors OF the bank, the report
says:
"Loans were made 10 friends of
nneotHS she rse'Ss' s@ vii ~ ME S"nt cow In
jenkins. burr, Maxwell and Dar-
linxtOn. the names of many of
whom are already notorious IL,
49,. .'.i"n with the investiga ii ons
ms in reference to
the various banks in BROOKLYN,
which loans were made by thc
the knowledge of the mem hers OF
the board. and within few
months latcr-,iz. In December,
1907, a month previous to the clos
TO the extent of several hundred
thousands of dollars. and nOtwith-
stnndfr% this. there are still loans
nsainht same names of several
'"ouS"huS or OOllars more
counted as good. SO that several
hundred thousand dollars are re-
Eardcd ms good by the board of
dlrertors , "EnInst set of men.
charge OF several hundred thou
sands Of dollars as had arain.t
the same men,"
The report gives as an illustration of
t,e,,i tre loans charged Off the following:
Jenkins. Cow, Burr. Maxwell SssSSS SSS
Jsnkins. Dnrllngton and Maxwell 25.aSS
Darlington and jenkins ...... 10000
Other loans bring the total to about
500 Ooo
Charge Of "kltIng" Drafts.
doing business the report says: "
In the last two months Of tho banks S
drafts We're drawn against securities
held by the bank as collateral to loans
which We're taken from the bank and
foreign drafts would be paid which
drafts aggregate between three-quarters
drafts the Oriental Bank had engaged ast
help but result In a material loss to the
bank. owing to the methods that were
employed in the conduct of its blsi-
ness. to say nothing about the oues-
ton as to the right to pledge the Sc
CurltleS that We're so taken and pledged
with knowledge and by orders OF the
members Of the hoard-evidently for
raise temporary credits, in order to
keep the bank open for a little longer
period.
Securities Of the Quito and Guyaoui,
Railroad Company have been put into
the bank by directors. as securities TO
loans against some OF the directors OF
the bank. and have been allowed to re-
main past due and unpaid and not even
renewed. In the assets of the bank
there are bonds of publishing com
panies. the interest OF which has been
IN default for considerable time. and
the coupons have never been detached
because they could not be collected; and
other securities of a low class and i'm
proper character had been from time
to time included among the bank &
ssets by one method or another, with
the result that the bank must sustain
considerable loss"
Direct Charge Of Fraud.
In conclusion the report says:
"FrOm all these facts IL will be
seen that the Oriental Bank ts
',oncycOmbcd with fraud. deceit,
falsificntion of the books of the
bank, the making of false reports,
and the condition of the bank 10
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).
"One defalcation is attributed to
William L Hermance. coin teller OF the
banx, and was charged off on May 8.
49,. on the banks books. Another de-
falcation. attributed to the employees
OF the foreign department. was charged
of on Dec 81. 1907. Still another defal-
cation occurred and yet never was
charged of on the books before the
bank suspended. a forgery was charged
OF on July 81. 1907
Criticises Management.
The report crit!cises the banks bust
ness methods in the following Ian
guage:
THE accounts OF the bank have been
strxHled,' transfers being made from
one account to another account, with
out any seeming right in law so to do.
and statements verified by officers OF
the bank. made on the basis OF these
alter I'd and changed figures OF the con-
ditfon of the banks affairs. to the
Banking Department of this State and
by publication in the newspapers"
In regard to favors' received by di-
rsctors OF the bank from the institu-
ton, the report says:
rsctors At tho request OF some OF their
number. who were also directors in
some Of the banks in Brooklyn which
have since failed and gone into the
hands OF receivers.
"A CLAIM AGAINST THE BOR-
OUCH BANK OF BROOKLYN FOR a
QUARTER OF A MILLION DOLLARS
WAS ON NOV. s. 1907, CANCELLED
AND DISCHARGED BY THE BOARD
OF DIRECTORS OF THE ORIENTAL
RANK. BECAUSE OF THE INTER
RELATIONS BETWEEN THE BoR-
OUCH BANK AND ORIENTAL
BANK, AND THIS TRANSACTION Is
SAID 10 HAVE BEEN MADE WITH
THE ENTIRE KNOWLEDGE AND
UNDER THE ADVICE OF THE
COUNSEL FOR TILE BANK. and vet
. little later. on Dec. Il, 1907. this trans
action was voted to be entirely set
a.ide and the claim against the Bor-
o,,vb Rnnk to be still held and re-
taIned by the Oriental Bank. because
at that time 1t was feared that this re-
unouishment OF the assets OF the
assets OF the Oriental Bank would In
volve II. directors. Still later. Jan. 8,
1905 the Board of Directors again voted
Notwithstanding the two previous ac-
lions TO once more cancel and re-
unouish all claims to the se5o,ooo against
the Borough Bank"
Other Complications.
The report further states:
~T>hs AFFAIRS Of the bank arc still
moro complicated by perfect maze
or ohain, tying this institution with
the affairs Of tho International Trust
Company of New York. the Borough
Bank OF Brooklyn. together with sew
srI other institutions. Tho Interna-
tional Trust Company has a claim fol
10000 against tho bank; the Borough
Bank 10 indebted to the Oriental Banl
Aor $4,000; the Oriental Bank has
loaned ON stock Of the International
Trust Company 30 large amount t<
the Borough Bank. and now It is pro
posed to cancel the indebtedness be-
tween the Borough Bank and the In.
tsrnationsl Trust Company on ten
oents On the dollar which, II allowed
The evening world., 1908-03-05
. SONG HIT ABOUT THE FIREMEN.

.-Anc AIuy = ANNA rIGnt the ria...cs
A. the h,le OI the song hit OF
george NJ. COhnn's new musicRi
play '.Fifty Miles from Boston." ns
,.~senteu at the Gurrick Theatre
...ter u sncccssful run In BostOn.
rhe words and music, complete.
viii he given in The nagnsine src-
I'm Of next SUNDAYS World. Music
hygpermission of r. A. Mills, pub.
RasAAA ..,..H. ~ --I-lA- u-iA~aS
The evening world., 1908-03-05
Disabled Steamer In Tow.

British steamer. apparently dis
ohled and in tow of an American oil
tank steamer. passed Nantucket Light
ship last evening bound west Tho ves-
sels were heading either for this port
or Philadelphia.
The evening world., 1908-03-05
ASSEMBLY CALLS FOR
CITY FACTS FROM METZ
tspeclal to I'M. Evening World }

ALBANY. March 6.-The Assembly
today pa ssed by a party vote the
Rernr,t resolution. calling on Comp
troller Metz to give the Assembly IN
Formation concerning the dty's financial
condition
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Direct Charge Of Fraud.

In conclusion the report says:
"FrOm all these facts IL will be
seen that the Oriental Bank IL
',OucycOmbcd with fraud, deceit,
falsi sification of the books of the
bank, the making of false reports,
and the condition of the bank 10