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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-01-12
SHOOTS HIS WIFE
|. THEN KILLS SELF
| FOLLOWING DIVORCE
Double Tragedy in a
Brooklyn Hotel Be-
hind Barred Door.

NEW YORK. Jan. 1.-Arthur Martin.
whose beautiful young wife secured a
decree Of separation against him in
the Kings county supreme court yester-
day. shot ana probably fatally wounded
the woman in his apartments at the
fashionable St George Hotel, in Brook
the same revolver.
The Martins moved to the st. George
last summer. Several Quarrels fol-
lowed. aud in August Mrs. Martin left
her husband. She returned a few weeks
ago. Then followed the decree of sepa-
ration, giving the wife the custody Of
their f0ur-year-old daughter.
Mrs. Martin came 10 the hotel during
her husbands absence today. and went
20 his rooms. He came in a few mo-
ments later No one knows whether
there was a quarrel. but guests in ad-
joining rooms soon heard two shots.
They summoned an elevator operator
who broke open the locked door He
found Martin dead on the floor with a
bullet wound in the temple. His wife
was unconscious on the bed, wounded
in the br5ast
The woman was hurried to the Brook
lyn Hospital. where she revived. and
said her husband shot her. She was too
weak 70 he questioned further. Doctors
say she will probably die. Martin Is
said TO a rich brokers' son.
a feature of tbs tragedy was the
fact that Mrs. Martin. after her hus-
band had shot her and killed himself.
erawled 10 the telephone and notified
the BROOKLYN police, So that an am
buiance arrived mt the hotel before the
management could summon aid. IN the
meantime she had lo7sed into uncon-
seriousness.
Tie wuman's uncle is said TO be
Francis Trevelyian, widely known
horseman, Judge of race tracks, writer
OF books on racing topics, and cor
respondent on the same topic for news
rapers in this country and Europe.
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Police Clear Falling Mass
of Babes Only to In
crease Stampede
ON StairWayS.
Catastrophe Caused by
OVercroWding Gale
ries at Youths En-
tertainment.

BARNSLEY, England, Jan. 1.-THE
frightful overcrowding Of the gallery Of
the theater here this afternoon was re
sponsible for the panic in which six
teen children lost their lives and doz-
ems Of others were seriously injured.
The throng was attracted by a chill
dTens show, and few but little ones
were in the house. At the box office a
far greater number was admitted to the
galleries. usual in English theaters,
the best part of the house-than could
be accommodated there.
When the crush became dangerous
the ushers began to hero the excited
children toward the stairway leading
10 the pit Near the head of the flight
enc of them fell, and the others, pushed
forward from behind and plunged over
the body The stampede grew with
the screams and confusion. and almost
in an Instant the winding stairwaw was
six feet deep from top to bottom with
struggling forms.
The police, rushing TO the scene, could
net make :heir way up the flight over
the mass of little ones. but We're COM
PEELED to drag those on the lower steps
into the lobby, permitting the bodies
further up TO tumble to the floor level.
News of the disaster had spread, mean
time, through the town, and the en-
trance TO the theater was soon packed
with hysterical and weeping parents
whose children were inside.
Among the dead were several infants.
None was more than ten or twelve
years OLD. Four members Of the same
family were killed. II is feared that
several others Will die.
The disaster Is attributed largely TO
the faulty construction OF the theatar,
and rigorous inquiry will be held to fix
responsibility.
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BROTHERS Of GIRL
HELD AS SUSPECTS,
HER LOVER SLAIN
Massachusetts, Authori-
ties = ek to UnraYel
Murder Mystery.

PEABODY. Mass, Jan IA beauti-
full Polish girl. Laura Lenandovsky. is
believed by the police to be the cause
behind the murder or Ludzky Kubak.
whose body, mutuated. was found 20
day in a lonely field on the outskir s
Of this town.
Whether it was Jealousy inspired b.
his successful suit that autuated the
murder. or punishment for the manner
in which he treated the girl. is yet to
be ascertaIned.
Kubak was a handsome Pole, twenty
years old. An investigation of his love
affairs sent the police 20 a Polish
boarding house at 80 Mason street,
where Miss Lenandovsky resides. She
admitted that Kubak paid her atten-
ton, and that he had many rivals
What other Information she gave the
police they have not disclosed, but inn
nediately after examining her they ar
rested her two brothers-yOung Poles.
vino boarded at the Mason house. To-
.nieht the brothers are being put through
the third degree at the Lynn police sta
ton. one of the brothers wore a new
suit Of clothes. while another had spots
on his trousers which may be blood
Kubak was last seen when ne left his
boarding house Thursday. At that time
he had $136 in money and a gold watch.
When his body was found. with the
arms end legs cut off, both money and
watch were gone, but the authorities
are confident that the principal motive
for the crime was not robbery.
Their theory IL that the young man
was Iured to the field by a forged note
supposed to come from the Lenandov-
sky girl.
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POWERS SEEKS PARDON,
SENDS OUT PETITIONS

LEXINGTON. Ky, Jan. u.-Five
thousand petitions we're mailed today
by caleb Powers pardon committee to
postmasters all over this and other
States, which will be signed and re-
turned to the committee. which viii pre-
sent them to Governor Wilson.
Petitions are arriving daily from many
States. one came from Oklahoma hav-
ing fOrty-siX signatures Powers
friends believe Governor Wilson Will
grant the pardon.
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COLD? WELL, YES!
YOU BET YO' LIFE,
SAYS WEATHER NAN
Wind and Rain and Maybe
Snow, Coming Today,
He Adds.

Get out your great coats, put on your
ear muffs, and drag your goloshes from
the chimney corner, for Jupiter Pluvius,
or his understudy. has picked out today
on which to wreak vengeance on all hui
manity within the District boundaries.
It's going to rain, and it's going TO
blow, and act Just as disagreeable as
II knows how.
At least, that is what the weather
man said late last night, and it looked
as il he knew something about It, for
the wind had started 10 tear things
loose just after dinner time. Il came
shooting around the corner Of the house
and pretty nearly took one of ones feet
Cry for More Clothes.
All the girls who had their Fluffy
Ruffle suits on went scurrying home to
get on their fur-lincd jackets. All the
men who had sauntered out early in
the morning without overcoats beat
their way home against a driving wind
for more clothes.
Early yesterday afternoon the fore
caster put on his weather specs and
took a look around. Gloom was writ
ten all over his face when he took his
eyes from the sky and he said some
thing that sounded very much like
Something coming up"
Driven to Slang.
The forecaster has never been known
to use slang, but he was much dis
tressed in mind when he found out how
things looked, and when he was driver
10 say GOSH" by a big black cloud
headed toward the Capital, everybody
around the building knew that things
were going wrong.
The fOrecaster Is also known to be a
person of conservative turn, and wheT
he said that today would be a very bad
GAY. IT meant something If il doesn'
DO as the weather man said. there Is
a bare chance that folks may lose faith
in his predictions but, bury the thought
The weather man knows
And the night was wild and stormy.
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Returned Home Late.
ENGLISH CHALLENGE
YALE AND HARVARD

BOSTON, Jan 11-Gkford and Cam-
bridge have challenged Harvard and
Yale to an international dual athletic
meet. the contests to take place in Lon
don next summer. The challenge came
to the captain of the Yale athletic team,
who in turn communicated the news to
Can't. l. P. Dodge, Of the Harvard
team. Yale wrote Harvard she was
anxious to go. but Captain Dodge says
it is a question whether Harvard can
accept.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-01-12
MISSIONARIES ARE SAFE
IN CHINESE RI0TING

Further details OF the riOting in Che
kIarg, China, in which the American
Presbyterian school property was de
stroyed. brought assurances to the State
Department yesterday from Consul Cen
eral Denly at Shanghai that the au-
thorities have promised protection to
the mission les, who thus far have all
escaped harm.
The riOtng was the outgrOwih of op-
position to government taxes and was
not particularly directed against the
foreigners. The local magistrates Off
cial residence was among other build
ings destroyed.
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Mrs. Frank Gibbs, Viz
ginia HOrS woman,
Brought to Washing
ton Dying.
Family Rupture Shortly
Before Shooting Given
as Cause of Trag-
edy.

Mrs. Frank 3. Gibbs, a prominent
horsewOman and member of the
Warrenton Hunt Club, attempted
suicide yesterday afternoon at 4
o'clock at her home at Cedar Run
farm. near Calverton, Va, by shoot
ing herself in the abdomen with a
revolver,
She was hurried to Washington
on fast train and taken by her
husband to Providence Hospital, ar
irving there at 1890 o'clock this
morning. She was Immediately
placed on the operating table. At
an early hour this morning she was
reported as still being in the oper-
ating room and in a critical condi-
ton. DR.. Harry Kerr is attending
her.
Just what circumstances led up to the
attempted suicide could not be learned
last night
Suit Brought for Divorce.
It was known, however. that Mrs.
Gibbs has had differences with her hus-
band, and, according TO dispatches from
Caiverton last night, she had brought
suit for divorce.
Yesterday afternoon the couple had a
heated discussion at the country man
sion and Immediately afterward Mrs
Gibbs rushed up to her boudoiF
Shortly afterward the report Of a pis-
tol alarmed the household. and when
Mr.. Gibbs and the servants rushed to
the room they found Mrs. Gibbs living
on the floor with the revolver beside
her.
This tragic turn OF affairs nearly drove
her husband frantic, The Gibbs home is
some disance away from CaIverton and
Mr. Gibbs decided Immediately that II
would be best to rush to Washington
for the proper TaedicaI attention.
Race to Save Life.
The wounded woman was placed in a
/ carriage and with two thoroughbreds
dashed to their topmost speed the race
| to save the society leaders life was
begun.
Fearing that ne would be too late.
| Mr.. Gibbs rode beside her, doing ali
/ in his power to alleviate her suffering,
Despite his fears a train wes caught
and then came the stin longer and
more aSonizing ride to Washington.
kilograms had been sent ahead to the
Providence Hospital. and when thu
/ train pulled into the Union station the
ambulance was waiting.
/ Another quick drive, and the wound
/ ed wife was in the hospital She was
rushed to the operating room and FOR
/ more than two hours DR. Kerr and his
/ assistants worked with all their skill "a
/ find the bullet and dress the wound.
/ All concerned were too busy to give
/ out any details of the nature of the
wound and tie condition OF the patient.
Condition Not Determined.
At o'clock this morning The work
/ of the surgeons had not Dsen com
pleted, and 1t was not yet known
whether the race from Calverton had
been successful in averting the dreaded
result
The shock and surprise occasioned b.
/ the tragedy will be felt not only amonf
/ the exclusive families Of Virginia and
/ the hunting set of WGrrenten and tina
/ vicinity, but also in Washington, New
/ York and st. Louis, where both Mr.
| and Mrs. Gibbs are equally well known
/ Mrs. Gibbs has always figured promi
! nens1- as horse woman, having earned
/ for herself a reputation as a fearless.
/ rider, especially in the chase.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-01-12
ARREsT ALLEGED EMBEzzLER.

ROCKVILLE, Nd, Jan. u-Georse
W. Cooper. eoiored. was brought here
yesterday and lodged in jail on a charge
of embezzIiag SIS from Maj. John Nc
Donald, formerly A member of Congress
from The Sixth Maryland district now
engaged in farming at Potomac this
county. Cooper hauled load Of corn
10 the washington market for the ma
5cr, for which be received the amount
named. he made no return to his en-
ftloyer, claiming to have lost the money.
He VIII be given a preliminary hearing
Tuesday
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Omit Reference to PriS-
oner'S Present Mental
Condition in Open
ing Address.
Jerome May Ask for
Lunacy Board Early
in The Present
Trial.

NEW YORK. Jan. 1L-At no time
since the night Of June .. 1895, when
lie sent a bullet crashing into the brain
OF Stanford White the famous archi-
teCt, has Harry h Thaw been IN as
little dlngeT OF sing Sing or the death
chair as he is ncw--on the eve OF the
actual opening OF his second trial foT
the killing Of Stanford White.
At 40 time has he been in such immi-
nent danger OF Imprisonment in a cell
a. the Mattewan Asylum for the Grim
nal insane.
| Ask ten men in New York tonight If
/ they believe Thaw win be convicted and
nine Of them VIII tell you: No,
! The tenth will be IN doubt.
I Ask ten newspaper men or court a.
taches who have followed the course OF
/ the two trials II tEey believe Thaw IN
! sane at Che present time and the
/ chances are excellent for the entire
ten answering in the affirmative.
ASK Martin ". Littleton if he be-
lieves his client sane at the present
time, and
But here is the answer as LittletOn
/ will give Il eitLsr late Monday after
noon Or early in Tuesdays session when
the defense viii make its opening state
/ ment. following the prsssntation of the
States case, which is only expected to
| consume "a few hours.
LittletOn's jury Address.
The present plan is for Littletcn to
| open with a two-hour speech 10 the
| Jury. He will mention no unwritteu
| law, nor hint at self-defenst He will
not undertake 10 prove that T,naw had
a brain storm, nor will be argue that
/ this brain storm passed ana that a few
/ days or few weeks later his client
was sane. Dolphin NJ. Delmas, Thaws
former attorney, tried those tactics oli
a New York jury with disastrous re-
| suits.
| On the contrary Littleten, having
/ first secured control OF Thaw, who in
| the previous trial controlled his at
| torneys, will make a plain, blunt insan-
| ity plea for hts client He will announce
| to the jury that he intends to show that
/ Harry Thaw was the victim of prenatal
| Influences which affected his mind; that
| he was born in commissions; that during
| his youth Thaw was of deficient men
| tality and that to cap the climax the
| story OF Evelyn Nesbit-the harT owing
recital Of her alleged ruinauJn by Stan
ford White-toppled the fral structure
! Of Thaw's already weak mind and con-
| verted him into a violent man, unac-
| countable for his actions.
In support OF his statement Littleton
will declare his intention of introducing
most Of the evidence presented at the
/ former trial
Two Memorable Nights.
LittletOn will dwell on the state of his
/ clients mind from the night in Paris
when Evelyn told her story to the night
! at the Madison Square Roof Garden
when the whirlwind eliminated. There
/ he viii stop.
The shot that killed White viii ring
| down the curtain on Littleton's lurid
narrative. He will make no attempt 10
prove that his client is a sane man now.
| de viii not seek te show that he has
been aided in the preparation of his
| case by tie wild-eyed. nervous and I'M
| doubtedly Sceentria young man who sits
Continued on Second Page)
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EuRoPEAN PRICEs FAIsED.

European globe-trotteTs are warned
by Consul General Mason, of Paris, 20
prepare for unusually high prices in
the French capital this year
Rents and foodstuffs have advanced
cafes end restaurants have raised
prices, and even the cabman, formerly
content With d three-cent tip, will here
after demand his nickel. Official re-
ports from Germany tell Of similar in
creases there.
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REMOVE INFECTED LUNG,
WOMAN GAINS STRENGTH

LONDON, Jan. IA startling innova-
ton in the treatment OF consumption
was tried here today in the case of a
woman in the last stages of the disease.
As a forIorn hope an opening was made
IN the patients back. the diseased por-
ton of the lung was cut away and
drawn out between the ribs
A special instrument was used TO
stanch the blood, and the woman is
making satisfactory progress.
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CROWDED CAR IN PANIC
WHEN COLLISION OCCURS

A serious accident was narrowly
averted yesterday afternoon when a
south-bound Ninth street car collided
with an east-bound G street car at
Ninth and G streets northwest. Both
cars were crowded with women and
children, who were barely restrained
from leaping from the car windows by
the conductors and motormen.
Both ears we're slightly damaged No
one was hurt. A misunderstanding of
signals by the motorman of one of the
cars is said to have caused the excite
ment.
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ACTOR KILLS SELF,
FORGOT HIS LINES
IN NEW ATTRACTION
Body Found Hanging by
Trunk Strap in Room
in Hotel.

NEW YORK, Jan. Temporarily
deranged. as his friends believe. be-
cause lie h.-d been unable 20 master
the lines OF the new play IN which he
was TO appear. and fearing his sudden
incapacity would cost him the engage
ment. which he regarded as one OF the
most important in his career. Charles
Jackson. an actor, well known to Broad
way, committed suicide by hanging him
SELF in his room at the Gerard. West
Forty-fourth street. some time last
night.
The body was found by a hotel en-
ploye tOday. \ strong trunk strap had
Eeen used by the actor to end his lie.
Wen Known in New York.
Jackson had been on the stage for a
great many years and had frequently
played in New York. He took character
and juvenile PARTS. his unusually boyish
appearance. although he was forty-foUr
years old. fitting him for sucn acting.
He had appeared in recent years under
the management OF Charles Frohman
with Willie Collier. and at the Casino.
His greatest hit was made several years
ego. wnen he Mayed the part OF the
dUc!ion.
jackson had not been in good health
for some time and this had affected his
mind somewhat. He had signed to play
a part in The WitcbiEg Hour" shortly
to be put on In Chicago. When reHear-
sails began. Jackson found himself at
ficted with an inability to remember
his lines. He was given more time by
the management. but was unable to
overcome the difficulty.
Returned Home Late.
Last night the actor went to the
HaCkett Tneater. where he witnessed
a performance. Of the show in which he
had expected to appear. He returned
to his motel late ana went directly TO
his room That was the last seen Of
him alive.
Jackson was well known in theatrical
circles. He came of a theatrical family,
his mother, Cornelia Jackson, having
been a stage favorite He was a mem
Der of the Lambs Club, anG his suicide
caused a sensation among the members
to whom he was we'll known.
jackson was also a nephew of the
late Joseph Jefferson.
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Two Memorable Nights.

(Continned on s cond &c }
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Arrested in TreeHOuSe
Where Money Was
Ordered Placed.
Admit Finding Paper,
Deny Taking Part in
Blackmail.

"Mr. Wood s Co.:
"If you do not put 800 in the top
of the tree house in the Agricultural
Department inside Of three days
your store viii be burnt by the Black
Hand Society. BEWARE.'
The Spanish American. [volume] (Roy, Mora Co., N.M.) 19??-19??, 1908-06-27
Base Ball Park Imlrovemets.

There has been some talk OF having
the baseball park enclosed and-is pa-
lieved that if the Roy team makes a
good showing the Fourth, the baseball
fans of the town will gladly part with
enough money to see that they have
the best grounds and a good baseball
team.
The Las Vegas Optic puts it this
way; Take a town so small that it is
mere flyspeck on the surface of the
map. Let the town put out winning
base ball team and instantly it grows
nntil you think of it in the same class
as Milwaukee where the beer grows, OF
st. Paul, where the Swedes come
from.
There has been some discourage
ment among the boys since Manager
Harmon went to Dever on account OF
his health but the boys have got to-
gether and will try it again.
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Broken at Last.

The drought at last has been broken
by heavy rain on Thursday night,
which lasted about two hours, during
which time an inch of water fell. This
will put the crops in excellent condi-
ton, and will mature crops which
were in the ground.
Indications are that we will get some
more this week. Never was it known
to the old timers to be So dry during
the months of May and June. None of
these people who have been here for
the past twenty-five years remember of
ever seeing such a long lasting drought
in the months of May and June. The
sheep men claim it was one of the
worst years in the history of the
sheep raising business.
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Out Again..

Carrie Nation has been on a ram
page again. This time attempting to
wreck some of Chicago'S thirst par
Iors. In one place she became en-
gagged in a rohgh and tumble melee
with the bartender, the latter throwing
her bodily into the street, where for a
while she roasted the President, the
Mayor, the proprietor of the saloon,
the pugilistic bartender whom she
didn't think handled her in a gentle
manly, christian way, and the Devil,
then resuming her journey down the
street looking for more trouble. This
is evidently Carries season. Other
than few broken chairs and the
wounding of Carries feelings at being
worsted, there was no damage.
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HOmeWard Bound.

The excursion train passed here
on its return from Ell Paso, Texas,
Monday evening about 1870, carrying
six coaches of Dawson's jolly base
ball fans and visitors. Dawson played
three interesting games there last
week, coming out winners in two of
them and leaving one with Ell Paso.
Dawson is playing the fastest ball
of the southwest this year, and are
now touring the southwest through Ell
Paso, Texas; Bisbee, Arizona: Cami-
nea, Mexico: Tucson and Phoenix,
Arizona, and other points.
They will play Tucumcari on the
Both, and return home to be ready fol-
a game on the home diamond July
4th.