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The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-02-08
ICE KING
CAUGHTO ONSTEAMER
IS HURRYING HOME
Charles w. Morse, Missing New York Multi Millionaire Banker,
While Rushing for the Continent Under Assumed Name
Cornered by Cable--Comine Back to Face the Music
FINANCIER FEARING TO LEAVE VESSEL STICKS
TO STATEROOM UNTIL BOAT Is DESERTED

LIVERPOOL, Feb. S.--Charles w.
Morse, the missing New York banker,
is on his way back to America. He
arrived on the Campania this morn
ing and left on the Etruria a few hours
later.
This complete change in Mr.. Morse's S
plans was caused by the receipt of a
cablegram from New York. The
message changing his plan was re-
ceived by wireless between Queens
town and Liverpool, and when he
landed here today he engaged return
passage at once instead of proceeding
to the continent, as he had contem-
plated.
Mr.. Morse was the last OF the Cam
pania's saloon passengers tostepashore.
His face bore distinct traces of worry
when he finally appeared at the gang
way. down which he hurried. 1t was
evident that he was anxious to escape
interviewers, and he FASTENED in the
direction of the baggage room.
Interrogated regarding his future
movements Mr.. Morse showed a de-
cided disinclination to talk of his af
fairs or plans. He did say. however
that he had received cablegram from
New York which had decided him tc
return home Immediately on board the
Etruria.
1t had been his intention to proceed
to the continent to look after certain
business which demanded his atten-
ticn, but the urgency of the cable ad
vices from the other side had caused
| a reversal of his plans
Mr.. Morse, who Travelled as c. NJ
Moore, declined to discuss in any way
the status of his financial affairs oil
his prospects of getting out of his re-
ported difficulties. Asked why he haG
left New York he replied:
"oh. don't mind that; l have recti-
fled matters"
Questioned regarding the genera
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PROBE REVEALS
SUSPECTED RICH
SUICIDE SLAIN
Murdered and Poison Poured
Down His Throat During
Death AgOnies.

NEW HAVEN. Feb. S.-Charles A..
Edwards the rich New Yorker who
came here to see his brother -in-law.
Judge Hitler, in, regard to a fortune
left to Mrs. Edwards by her mother,
was murdered in Judge Killers home
on January 3, 1906, is the verdict of the
two years investigation just completed.
A eoroners jury had declared Edwards
committed suicide
w. FL. L. Edwards, n brother of the
dead man. and other relatives. We're not
satisfied with the verdict OF suicide,
and they made an investigation OF
their own.
The evidence procured by the investi-
gators convinced n commission ap-
pointed by the Fidelity and Casualty
Company. and Mr.. Edwards's $4,000
policy was paid.
The decision, coming two years after
the inquest held by Coroner Mix. of
New Haven, had practically sealed the
case with verdict of suicide. leaving
no doubt as to the manner in which
Mr. Edwards met his death.
The assassin was in waiting for Mr..
Edwards in the attic of the house, and
after Mr.. Edwards was asleep he was
shot behind the left ear. Then, to make
il appear like suicide or to make death
doubly sure, while the man was in his
death agonies poison was poured down
his throat.
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1t was pointed out to him by Lawyer
Braun that 1t was the wish of the asso-
citation composed of all the moving
picture machine men that Couture
should stand as the man to bear the
brunt of test.
Just as soon as the first ticket of ad-
mission is sold tomorrow evening for
the show Captain Ryan's men will
arrest every one concerned.
II am not in favor of these places
as they exist today" said Captain
Ryan today. 'In my opinion they
are not sufficiently safeguarded for the
public. and 1 fear to think what would
happen if fire should ever start in
one of them while the place was filed
with patrons. Then again. there are
other reasons why I do not favor
them. Hereafter / win not sign any
application for a license, nor will |
sign for any renewal If the chief
of police wants to do this he can,
but l will not, and in that way l will
not have to bear any responsibility"
In the meanwhile Lawyer Braun
says that Couture will open his place
for the public tomorrow night.
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POLICE SEEK FOR
|NCEND|ARY WHO
SET NIGHT BLAZE
Sick Children Carried Out by
NeighbOrs Through Smoke
filled Halls.
LIVES OF FORTY PERSONS
WERE PLACED IN DANGER
Fire, Which Started in UnOCcu-
pied Apartment, Spread to
an Adjoining House. i

Forty persons had their lives endan-
gered last night by stubborn blaze Of
supposed incendiary origin in the four
story tenement house at 22 Sixth ave.
nue., which extended to the adjacent
property at 40 Cutler street before it
was gotten under control.
Only because the fire started on the
top floor in a vacant apartment and
ate its way upward We're the forty
members of the six families occupying
the house enabled to escape in safety,
as the smoke was sitting and lilled
the rooms and Railways to suffocation.
The two children of Raffello Bel
troni, who were i'll in bed in room
directly below where the fire started.
were carried out by several of the
neighbors and given shelter i'll house
In the neighbGrhood.
The house at 40 Cutler street. to
which the flames spread, was only
slightly burned. while the damage 70
that in which the fire started viii
amount to several thousand dollars.
The police regard the starting of the
fire i'm an unoceupied apartment as
suspicious and are making search for
incendiaries,
A false alarm from box 146, in the
vicinity of the fire, was sounded while
the fremen were battling with the
flames. and created the impression that
a second alarm had been turned in.
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CALLS MOVING PICTURE
PLACES TRAPS IN CASE
OF FIRE; PLANS ARREST
When Couture Opens Up for Test First Precinct Captain Will Act
Ryan Won't Sign Any New Applications or Renewals!
To Refer Applicants to His Superior.

Police Captain Ryan, of the First
Precinct Station. has set his official
foot down on the moving picture ma
chine places in his precinct, and today
he told Chief of Police Corbitt that
hereafter he would not sign any appli-
cation of those desiring to conduct
places of amusement of this kind, but
would refer them to the head Of the
department.
In Captain Ryan's opinion, there are
too many moving picture shows, and
he says that in his precinct there are
six such places. While the captain was
talking on this subject he received
notice from Lawyer Rudolph A. Braun
that tomorrow night Frank Couture, of
&C Market street, would open his place
and test the legality of police inter
ference
Captain Ryan did not mince words
when explaining what would happen to
Couture if he threw his doors open to
the public LAS soon as this man at
tempts to break the law l will arrest
him." declared Captain Ryan.
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THOUGHT PRISON
WOULD REKINDLE
W|FE'S LOST LOVE
Lucas, Negro Husband of White
Spouse, Who Fled, Wanted
Her Committed.

William ii. Lucas, the negro who
brought about the arrest of his wife
Agnes, white woman, and native
of England, on the ground that she
left him and took up with Charles d.
Jones, another negro, was unable to
bring about a reconciliation with his
wife, who was paroled Thursday by
Justice, of the Peace Henry Bossett.
Jones' who had previously been ar
rested in Bloomfield and brought to
this city by Constable Frank Smith
and committed under bail, was released
last night when a friend furnished the
necessary bonds.
1t was said today that the Lucas
woman intended to obtain a position
and support herself and thus live apart
from her husband whom she married
two years ago. Jones said today that
he wasn't aware the Lucas woman was
married and said that he intended to
travel alone in the future.
1t is alleged that Jones is a married
man with a wife and seven children in
Virginia, and that he left that State
when the authorities discovered that
he was selling liquor without a license.
Justice Bossett stated today that
Lucas asked him to commit his wife to
jail under bail. "If you do that I will
bail her out and then she will be glad
to make up with me again. was the
advised Lucas not to suggest any such
proposition or he would likely get him
self into trouble.
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SICK MANS ROOM
A COURT CHAMBER
IN CORDIALLY CASE
In the Absence of Jury, Former
Constable Williamson Testifies
in Alleged Police Scandal.
---
BEDSIDE REVELATIONS
TEMPORARILY A SECRET
Evidence to Be Read in Open
Court on MOnday-Sher-
iff Makes Denial.

After court had adjourned until
Monday morning in the trial of De-
tective Sergeant Thomas j. CORDIALLY,
indicted for nonfeasance in that he
wilfully neglected to suppress disor-
derly houses, deposition was taken yes
terday afternoon at the bedside of the
most important witness for the defense,
George G. Williamson, a former con-
stable attached to the Sheriff's Office
that developed the police scandals. He
Is suffering from heart disease in his
home, 55 Thirteenth avenue. and as he
was unable to testify on the witness
stand it was decided to take his state
ment there.
The twelve patient men in the jury
box who had heard for nine days the
story of alleged nonfeasance, which
also brought out charges of graft
against the accused official, were not
present but will probably hear the de-
position read Monday.
In the room where the sick man lay.
while Court Stenographer Frederick l..
Salmon took the notes, which 1t was
enJDlneu were not 10 be mado PUBIC
until they are read in open court. were
Judge Ten Eyck, Prosecutor Henry
Young, Assistant Prosecutor Wilbur
A. Mott, Sheriff Frank ii. Sommer ard
counsel for the accused, Samuel Ka-
'isch and Frank M. McDermit. At the
bedside of the sick man and keeping a
strict watch over his condition, was
DR.. Richard G.. p. Dleffenbach.
Mr.. Falisch, who conducted the di-
rect examination, sat next to William
son, while Mr. Young, in charge of the
s-examination, was at the foot of
the bed, and spared the sick man as
much as possible under the circum-
stances.
The examination took somewhat
more than an hour. and at its end Mr.
Williamson was much exhausted
man. 1t covered his visits to the al
legged disorderly houses as a represent
ative of the Sheriff's Office in COM
pany with the accused detective
geant as representative of the Police
Department.
Sheriff Sommer was questioned
last night as to the truth of Cordially s
assertion that he had promised to have
the indictment against him quashed,
and replied:
"All care to say shall say on the
witness stand"
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n.ix-up OF his affairs he answered.
That's my business.

n,ix-up of his affairs he answered:
That's my business
NEW YORK, Feb. S.--A small army
of deputy sheriffs who were hunting
all of yesterday for Charles w. Morses
assets to satisfy the National Bank OF
North Americas $243.000 claim sue
ceeded in finding in cash only s105. This
balance was found standing to the de-
posed bankers credit at the office OF
Primrose & Braun. his brokers.
Apparently Morse has closed out all
his accounts in New York banks. His
largest standing accounts We're with
the National Bank of North America
and the New Amsterdam National. He
wound up both those accounts before
the banks closed.
He also had a good-sized account
with the Knickerbocker Trust Com
pany but it is understood that that
was drawn down to a nominal amount
before that institution closed it's doors.
Receiver Charles A. Hanna of the
Bank of North America will, however,
take no chances on missing any of the
| Morse assets. He win have attach
ments served on every bank and trust
company in the city. In the hope OF
| landing a few where Morse may at
least have some equity in collateral on
| loans.
| About seventy-ive banks and trust
companies were served yesterday and
today. The thing has become so ex-
tensve that counsel to the receiver has
given up attempting to have the at
tachment papers drawn in regular
form on a typewriter Instead, blank
forms have been printed, and these are
being filed in and turned over To
Sheriff Foley's deputies by the Dozen.
! 1t is expected that fully $50 institu-
tions will have been served with the
attachments before the case is ended.
and that Is saying nothing of the
numerous brokerage houses with which
Morse had dealings.
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SYMPATHY FOR FELLOW CRAFTSMAN

There is much sympathy expressed
by organized labor men for Joseph
Sonnabend of the International Associ-
alton of Mach nists, whose wife died
Thursday night. The funeral will be
held tomorrNw afternoon from her late
residence, IL Cottage street. Mr. Son
nabend is a former president of the
Essex Trades Council and a general or
ganizer of the Machinsts' Association
1t Is expected that many of the local
and state officers of the association
will attend the funeral She leaves q
young son besides her husband to
mourn her loss.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-02-08
PASTEUR CURE TO
HEAD OFF RABIES
IN SMALL CHILD
Little Son of WelI-knOwn South
Orange Couple Had Played
with Dog that Went Mad.

AS a precaution against hydrophobia,
a young son of Mr.. and Mrs. Edmund
c. Stout, of 56 Ralston avenue, South
Orange is undergoing the Pasteur
treatment at the hands of DR.. d. w.
Poor. of Orange.
The youngster had played with the
bulldog belonging to Miss Emma Spen-
Ger, of South Orange. which, it was
found. had the rabies, three weeks
ago, and afterward was put to death.
The treatment is being given ON the
recommendation of the family ply
sician.
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PLAYS JOKE ON CORONER.

RUTHERFORD. Feb. s.-Coroner
Collins is looking for the man who
last night 'phoned to him that rich
Hacl1ensack man had been killed by
falling from a train ON the Erie road
near the Hackensack bridge. Send a
crew for the body" the message said.
rhe coroner got out his wagon and had
his men wait at the Rutherford depot
until the Erie crew returned with the
body on the handcar. The crew came
back at L a. m and said they couldn't
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-02-08
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Tocf A Penny Worth $40
LOOL ! In Gold to You!
Look in your pocket today.


There may be penny there worth $40 to you. In Newark
immediate vicinity there lonesome penny. drifting
around in lonesome way from mechanic to newsboy from
newSboy banker from banker to nickedome from there to
no one knows where For the discovery of this penny The
EVENING STAR will pay double eagle On its sd in
unusual design queery executed the letter R. This is close
the nose of the lady who is labeled Liberty There may be
other pennies with the ladyS nose but it unlikely
Watch for the penny with an R. But that is not the only
distinguishing mark this mysterious coin that longing to
make richer by $50 Yet your grocer your butcher
the conductor who always tries to get rid of his
pennies in change may have the lucky cent.
WATCH YOUR PENNlESt And watch the EVENING
STAR Monday when other marks upon this curious coin will be
revealed your curious mind It's worth while. Twenty dollars
in gold not to be Sneezsd at by most of us these days
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find the body. Then the undertakers S
men made the trip. They, too, came
back with the came report. Coroner
Collins waited until O'Clock for the
corpse, but there wasn't one, and he
retired pledging vengeance on the
Joker
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BASEBALL MANAGERS NEW AIDE.

The Seton Hall College Athl stic Asse-
citation today elected Mathew Too ey
as assistant manager of the baseball
team for the coming season. Thomas
Mullins is manager of the nine, which
will represent the South Orange college
on the diamond
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-02-08
FARMER KILLS WIFE AND sELE.

TALLADEGA, Ala, Feb. Sd. c
Cotton. farmer, living near Lincoln
yesterday shot and killed his wife aat
then blew out his own brains.
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Several hundred Newark commuters
narrowly escaped death last night when
the Dover express of the Lackawanna
Railroad was ditchcd at the junction
f the main and Boonton line. two nun
dred feet west of the Bergen tunnel IN
Jersey City.
The engineer, John Lyman, stuck
10 his post like a hero to save his pas
sengers and was killed when the engine
turned turtle. His fireman, Joseph
BECKER saved his life by jumping.
Spreading rails caused the wreck,
which blocked west bound traffic for
two hours, and the east-bound tracks
were used to send trains over. In
charge of Conductor William Sprague,
of Montclair, the train left Ioboken
at S:15 p. m. A combination baggage
and smoker and four coaches COM
pllsed 1t.
When the engine left the rails it
broke away from the first three cars
and ploughed it's way over the ties for
about two hundred yards. Then it
struck crossed switch, and turning
. luIi itb DuliOo ILtE9iiiCti LS OSAAS~ee'A
it. Becker, the fireman, had jumped
TO safety when the engine first left the
rails.
That the three cars from which the
engine parted on it's mad plunge stuck
to the rails, alone prevented other
fatalities, for the passengers were
thrown in all directions by the first
dash Oh the engine frons-ttle rail- many
escaping serious bruises by the mar
rowest of margins.
Men Fought women.
When the cars finally stopped some of
the passengers made a bolt for the
DOORS while others crawled through
the windows. Men were no respectors
of women in this maddened scramble
for safety, the gentler sex being thrown
aside none too gently as the rush for
doors and windows commenced.
A number of the women tainted and
would have been tramped under foot
such an occurrence by knocking down
several of their fellows who were wild
ly running about In a frantic effort to
escape.
When the excitement had finally
calmed down many of the Essex County
residents climbed the Bergen hill and
continued their homeward journey by
trolley cars.
From the Hoboxen terminal a wreck
ing crew soon arrived, and the body of
Engineer Lyman was found near one
of the wrecked coaches, where he had
evidently dragged himself. He had
been scalded to death.
The fact that the accident occurred
SO near the mouth of the tunnel alone
prevented a worse wreck. Trains speed
across the Hackensack meadows at a
pace approaching seventy miles an
hour. The Dover express had not
picked up speed, however, when the ac-
cident occurred.
Fireman Talks.
II had Just stepped back to the ten
der after coal.'' said Fireman Becker
after the wreck, land at the time
glanced along the track ahead of the
train. l distinctly saw the switch sig
nal shining a clear green. 1t signified
an open track for us, and turned to
my coal. An instant later l was flung
through the air.
The first thing l looked at when my
senses returned was that switch light.
1t was shining red. The switch must
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NEWARK COMMUTERS in
PERIL in D., |. 4 ". TRAIN
WRECK; ENGINEER KILLED
Accident Occurred Junction Of Boonon and Main Lines and
Dover Express Was DChed--Spreading Rails and Switch
the CauSe--Men Fought Women to Escape.

have been turned just as, our train
reached it,
Conflicting reports of the accident
that reached the Hoboken terminal
added to the nervousness in the crowd
of waiting commuters. The LacNa-
wanna installed a new compressed-alr
switch and signal system on its hnes
last fall. Many persons believed last
night that the accident would be found
on investigation, to have been due to
the faults of this system.
According to the commuters, 1t mas
frequently got out of order, and on last
Monday and Tuesday nights the yard
lights suddenly went out for about an
hour on each occasion, trains being
guided through the maze of tracks ana
switches in the meantime by yardneh
with lanterns.
Switches Out of order.
Residents of Montclair, who use the
road frequently, held an indignation
mass meeting ten days ago, and op-
pointed a committee to protest to Presl-
dent Truesdale, of the Lackawanna,
over the frequent delays that have fol-
lowed the adoption of the new system.
Trainmen themselves admitted last
night that the switches and signals
frequently got out of order, but none
would say that such trouble caused
last nights wreck
The peculiar location of the accident
caused the long tie-up. Seven main
line trains and one on the Paterson
branch were blocked just west of the
wreck, which blocked both the brancf
and main line tracks. They carried
many persons who had intended tC
spend the evening in Manhattan the
atres. The trains did not get into the
Hoboken terminal. however, until near
ly IL O'Clock. Five outgoing trains
were also held up until after 10:3C
clock, when one track on the main
line was cleared.
Several hundred commuters crowded
the station. When they learned of the
trouble they either telephoned to anN-
ious relatives or went back to Man
haitian on the ferries, returning to Jer-
sey to take other lines to their homes.
Lyman's body is at the Hoboken
morgue. He was a resident of that city
and unmarried.
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BUTCHERS AND GHoCEH0 Supplies.
Macknet & DoTemus Co. i9s-7as Broad st,--Ad.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1908-01-29
BUILDING OF new BANK
SOON TO BE FINISHED
Handsome Home of Ameri-
Gus National.

With the placing in position yes
terday of the huge granite column
supporting the corner of the Allen
House at Cotton avenue and FORSYTH
street, the work of completing the
new headquarters of the Americus
National Bank will now be pushed
rapidly.
And within a brief time now this
bank will occupy quarters as hand
some as that of any other in this Sec
tiOn of the State.
The building has been entirely re-
modelled to that end, and the Ameri-
Gus National. with a long lease of
years, will occupy within sixty days
its elegant new quarters.
The bank building will be upon the
corner, and most advantageously To-
Gated The great vault has been COM
pleted some time since, and the or
namental steel ceiling finished as
we'll, yet much other work still re-
mains to be done.
The tiled marble floor is to be laid
and the bank fixtures put in place.
All of these will be Of mahogany and
plate glass, the greater portion of
which has already arrived from the
manufacturer and awaits being put
III position in the bank
The new bank building will be one
of the handsomest and most com
plete of any in the State,
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1908-01-29
RESULT IN POSSUMS is
GOING TO BE CLOSE
AmeriCuS Has Best Record
in State.

In Col. j. e. D. Shipp and Capt. w.
R. Paschal both of whom wear well
their titles, Americus has two citi-
zens who boast state-beating records
in catching possums, this being a
sport greatly enjoyed by both. Each
has a pack of fine possum dogs, and
the rivalry between the valiant moon
light seekers otter the toothsome
marsupials is exceedingly keen. Last
season Capt. Paschal carried off the
honors by catching 106 possums, but
this season the genial Colonel had
the lead up to midnight last night,
having caught 103 possums against
SO for his valiant competitor. But
there yet remains a whole month OF
the possum season, and Capt. Pas
chals friends, especially those who
have been his guests at so many pos
sum suppers recently, are willing to
back him a winner when the last
horn is blown and the torches eX-
tinguished in the final possum hunt
in March.