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The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-02-26
TO DEATH
AS HIS HELPER
UTTERs WARNING
Newark Boss Painter at Work
in MiIlburn CrusEies Skull,
Dying instantly.

Morris Scfer, a boss painter, of 317
kittleton avenue. Newark, fell from a
building where he was working on
Millburn ave nue., MiIlburn, n was
Instantly killed. The house belongs to
Edward Hado.
Scher and a workman were on the
slate roof. the workman painting the
ridge. and Scher standing on a step
ladder handing him the paint. The
workman cautioned his boss to be care
full. The words were scarcely out OF
his mouth when the ladder slipped and
Scher was thrown to the ground,
distance of twenty feet. He landed on
his mead on a pile of stones, crushing
his skull and breaking his neck.
scher was about "a years of age. He
leaves a widow and baby two weeks
old.
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HARRIGAN IMPROVES.
Police Board President Has
Nearly Recovered.

President Of the Police Board. Will
lam Harrigan, who came near death as
the result of a fall down a night of
stairs at his horne. AZ Fillmore skreet.
has almost recovered from the result
of the accident, and today at his Nome
said he was feeling fine and expected
to be out next week.
The doctor allows him to sit up an
hour or two every day, but withholds
from the commissioner the privilege of
smoking, which he regrets exceedingly.
Mr. Harrigan has been receiving visits
from numerous friends for the past
week.
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READY FAILS TO
GET NEW TRIAL;
TO APPEAL CASE
Lawyer Accused of Forging Rus
sell Will to Take Case
to Supreme Court.
JUDGE HITS AT JUROR WHO
SWORE HE VOTED WRONG
Prisoner to Be Sentenced Satur-
day-COunseI Says Con-
victiOn Was Improper.

After lengthy argument in the our
of Quarter Sessions today, Judge Ten
Eyck refused to grant a new trial to
Matthew ]. Ready. the young lawyer
charged with forging the will of John
Wells Russell, the East Orange octo-
genarian, and remanded him for sem
tence on Saturday morning.
AS oon as sentence is passed. Ready,
who is out now on $500 bail, will make
application for a writ of error. and
as this is a writ of right. it will not
be refused. and the case will be carried
to the Supreme Court, 1t will probably
be a yea before that tribunal decides
the case.
Before Samuel Kalisch had begun his
argument for tho defense. former Judge
Thomas S. Henry startled the cour by
saying;
"The record is false on its facet
False on it's face?' echoed Prosecu-
tor Young.
ooh. l don't mean that in an often
sive sense Judge Henry said.
The record referred to was that of
the clerk of the court. who had certified
that the verdict was received in proper
form.
Thinks Sentence Improper.
Mr.. Kalisch's longest and strongest
argument vas directed on the point
that the verdict was improperly re-
ceived, because it was taken without
the presence of Judge Ten Eyck. coun~
sci for the defendant and defendant
himself.
The court remarked tina it under
stood that this applied only to capital
cases, but that it ought to be a question
for the Supreme Court to consider.
Hits at Juror.
Prosecutor Henry Young was bitter
on the point of the presentation of the
affidavit of Juror David Davis, who
had sworn that he wanted to vote for
acquittal, but only voted with the ma
jority because he got sick and wanted
to get home.
IF such affidavits are permitted
were his words. 1.-THE writs are useless.
juror who %impeaches his own verdict
should not be tolerated.
II don't think that it is a very good
thing for jurors to make such affida-
commented the court. "A juror
should not impeach his own verdict"
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KILLED IN
SMASH DUE To
BLANKET OF FOG
Disaster Near Pelham Manor, on
New Haven Line-Sig.
mails ObSCured.

NEW YORK, Feb. 26.-One life was
lost in a rear-end crash of freight
trains on the New York, New Haven
and Hartford Railroad near Pelham
Manor, today. Charles Deenier, brake.
man, was killed.
One Of the trains, was standing be-
tween Pelham Manor and Barlow. It's
signal lights were obscured by a fog,
and the other train, running thirty
miles an hour. crashed into it. The
caboose was hurled into the air and
several cars derailed.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-02-26
CITY FATHERS AWARD
3 PRINTING CONTRACTS.

The printing and stationery commit
tee of the Common Council last night
awarded three contracts for city print
ing.
The Essex Press Company was tho
lowest bidder for the printing of the
annual reports of the city departments
for 1908, both bound as a whole and i'll
pamphlet form. For 500 copies of the
former the bid was $1.27 per page, and
for the latter 1927 per page, per 1000
copies.
There will be $500 copies of the city
manual published, the contract being
awarded to the Baker Printing Com
pany for 1899, and the contract for
supplying the stationery for the va
rious departments in the City Hall was
awarded to r. Russell Brant for ST.
141.03.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-02-26
LEWIS NOMINATED" FOR
GOVERNOR BY SCRIBES,
Trenton Correspondents Club
Gives Dinner to Former
EVENING STAR Man.

TRENTON. Feb. 2~6.-Edward w.
Gray. of Newark. Who was secretary
to former Governor Stokes and pre-
viouss to that business manager of the
Newark EVENING STAR, was ten
dered a dinner by the Correspondents
Club at the Windsor Hotel here last
night at which Vivian NJ. Lewis, clerk
i'll chancery. was nominated" for Gov
ernor.
Two men who later filled the execu-
tive office were started on that road
by the same means. Both Governors
Edward &C. Stokes and Foster M.
Voorhees, We're first doomed 'efor the
office at Correspondents Club dinners.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-02-26
ARRESTS MADE EASY.
----
Slitkin Demonstrates His Plan
BY Walking Into Trap.

Benjamin s0itkin, of 315 South Sew
enth street. went out last night looking
for a man NAMED 'McCiowan,' who
left word that he wanted to see him in
"a William street saloon. When Slit
kin reached the saloon he found Po-
licemen Eckerlin and Rommeihs wait
ing for MIN with a warrant charging
desertion.
This morning. before Judge Howell,
in the First Criminal Court Slitkin de-
MED the charge MADE by his wife and
gave bail to appear for trial Friday.
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WEATHER INDICATIONS.

NEW YORK. Feb. 26.-Local fore
cast; Rain followed by clearing late
tonight. and colder; Thursday fair and
colder: high easterly winds shifting to
westerly tonight
WASHINGTON. Feb. &c. Forecast
for New Jersey: Fair in south; rain or
snow in north portion; colder tonight;
Thursday fair, much colder; brisk to
high west TO northwest winds.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-02-26
MACBETH TRAGEDY
FALLS TO FARCE
AS WIFE RELENTS
But Midnight Murder Cries Give
Work to Two Shakespear-
ian Bluec0ats.

While Roundsman Sites and Patrol
man Huebner. of the Fifth Precinct, two
Of the best-read Shazespearian scholars
on the force, were discussing Hamlet"
and his fathers ghost they were
thrilled last midnight by the cry. Mac
beth was beating his wife!'
They located Macbeth at 81 Hartford
street and locked him up on Mrs. Mac
betf's complaint that he had been beat
ing her. Robert Macbeth, the accused,
presented a none too royal appearance
when a~rraigned today with his wife's
threat of the early morning to send him
to Jail for life ringing in his ears.
But she had relented over night and
refused to prosecute He was released.
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SHOTS FIRED AFTER MEN
WHO ROBBED WASHUNE.

A basket of clothes which was taken
from a washline is waiting for an
owner at the First Precinct Police Sta
ton. AT 3 o'clock this morning Police
men Mcdonald and Weipert, of the
! First Precinct. saw two men with the
basket near Pennsylvania avenue and
Wright street.
When the bluecoats made for the
men with the basket they started on
a run.
Shots were fired after the fleeing
men, but they made good their escape.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-02-26
LADY MACCABEES
HOLD ANNUAL BALL.

Harmon Hive, Ladies of the Macca-
bees, will hold it's annual ball at
Braun's Hall, AZ Main street, East
Orange. tonight. This ball Sc ICING
held for the benefit of the guard team
of Harmon Hive, which is working
hard to get new uniforms. All mem
bers of the order and friends are cor
daily invited.
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front door. a front window and wide
French window In the rear of the house
were found open after the has for
him.
At about , o'clock his morning Mrs.
Hiles was awakened by a noise from
the stairway. She awakened her hus-
band. who ran Il into the hallway to
investigate. The burglar ran down
stairs and made his escape through the
French windows of the house in the
rear.
Police headquarters were notified by
telephone and Detective Sergeant Tenn
pleton. with reserves. was soon at the
house, The thief's footprints in the
snow were traced to New Jersey Rail-
road avenue. but lost there.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-02-26
Your Old Upright or Square Piano

The moving season of the yeal
is fast approaching and you will
soon be considering the cost o
moving your old Upright or Square
Piano.
AT no expense to you whatso-
ever we will send our wagon fol
your old instrument and give you
"a LETTER OF LEI for the
amount of its exchange valuation,
which may be applied at any time
within six months on the purchase
of any new Upright PiaDoo or Player
Piano from our large and beautiful
stock.
A valuation of your old instrtt-
ment can be arranged by sending
postal, or telephone. or by calling
at our warerooms.
The time for the economical dis.
lposing of your old instrument j,
now offered to you. Let us hea,
from you at once.
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ABOUT TO WE'D,
GIRL KILLS SELF
FEARED INSANITY
----
Felt Mind Giving Way and Sac
rificed Life Rather
Than Marry.

STATINGTON, Pa. Feb. 26.-Fear-
ing that her mind was giving way and
that she was therefore bound to reject
the proffer of marriage of her sweet
heart, Emma Fink poured oil over her
clothing. set fire to it and was burned
to death.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-02-26
SCHOOLS CLOSE JUNE 70,
UNLESS BOARD OBJECTS.
That Isn't Likely, So Newark
Youngsters May Make
Plans Accordingly.

School will close this year a week
earlier than in former years. The
teachers committee of the Board OF
Education yesterday decided to recon-
mend tina slmmer vacation begin June
20 instead of July 8.
The board will probably approve, as
the members are averse to having seD-
sions in July.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-02-26
HOLLANDS QUEEN
IN A COLLISION,
ESCAPES UNHURT
Electric Car Knocks Three
Wheels from Carriage Prince
Henry Was Driving.

THE HAGUE, Feb. 2s.-Queen Viii
band. barely escaped serious injury in
q carriage accident near the palace to-
day. The prince was driving, An cleo
trio car suddenly collided with the
vehicle before the prince could turn
out. The carriage was badly wrecked,
three wheels being torn off. Her
majesty was somewhat unnerved, but
was able to walk TO the palace.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-02-26
INVITE POLICE TO pAssAIc.

Detective Sergeant James Green, of
the Passaic city police department,
called at police headquarters today and
invited Chief corbitt, Captain Carroll
and the headquarters men to attend
the ball Friday night at Passaic.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-02-26
NEW MEMBER OF HAUcK FAMILY.

The family of Peter Hauck, jr., OF
Washington street, was increased yes
terday by the birth of a son. Mrs.
Hauck and the boy, who is a lively
youngster, are both doing well.
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Gives Fake Address.

Isenberg said he lived at 2s1 Prince
street and other addresses in this city,
and Martin said that he lived at Mar
ket and Seventh streets. Philadelphia,
but when told that there was nothing
but department stores in that vicinity,
he said he was now putting up at the
New York hotel.
While in a room adjoining the sher-
ifs Office, Martin grasped the hand OF
Thomas and credited him with being
unusually clever.
you are the slickest guy | ever ran
across said he. land l would like to
have you as a partner in my bust
ness"
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Stoutenburgh
Reduction Sale

is the sign of real reductions
on superior clothes. Hun
dreds of Suits and Overcoats
equa1ed by few and excclled
by none, which must be
cleared out before the season
ends. Our reductions. by
themselves, mean but little;
but when coupled with the
original prices, they mean a
great deal
SIS, $50 and SIS Over
ceatS now Sl1.S0, $3.50
and $3.50.
SIS, $40 and SIS Suits
now $3.50, $40 and $50.
Stoutenbu!yhs
7o7-so5 Broad Street.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-08-19
JERSEY SOLDIER
SECOND IN SHOOT
FOR LEIGH TROPHY
Private Minervini Makes 90
Out of Possible los at
Camp Perry.

CAMP PERRY, o., Aug. ia mag
nificent exhibition of l~ong-range
craftsmanship was given yesterday
by Captain K. K. ". Casey, of Della
ware, formerly in the New York State
rifle team, in the Leech and Wimble-
don cup matches.
Casey smashed all records for these
matches. and did a days work never
equaled In the history of American
rifle shooting. By a score of 1O4 out OF
a possible los he won the Leech cup
and by 81 out of 100 he captured the
$500 Wimbledon cup.
His first shot at 800 yards, in the
Leech cup match was a four, all the
rest sevens, and at 900 and 1000 yards
all were bulTs-eyes.
The Leech record until yesterday wa.
loo, by Captain s. w. Wise, Of >Massa-
chusetts, two years ago. Wise yester-
day finished third at SO.
private II. Minervini, of the Fourth
New Jersey, Jersey City, scored 9s, anc
got second money.
n worlds 500 yards for bulrs-eyes
record will probably be broken toda,
oy Lleutenant-Colone Winder, of Ohio
a member of last years Palma team
ne banged away yesterday until he
MAD nfty-five straight bulps-eyes. and
then the range officer stopped him. II
oeing time to close the range.
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MRS. FORMAN WAS FROM
OLD MAYFLOWER STOCK,

The funeral of Mrs. Catherine Hunt
norman Will be held tomorrow evening
n the burial will take place at Elm
WOOD cemetery, New Brunswick. on
Friday. Mrs. Forman, who was in her
eishtietn yea died at the residence
Oh her son. City Auditor George For
man, yesterday, of apoplexy. She wa
the widow of George w. Forman. who
died in New Brunswick eighteen wears
Ago., and was born in Princeton. She
was the daughter of Daniel Robinson.
whose ancestors originally came from
Plymouth and are dated back to tba
time of the Mayfiower.
Mrs. Forman has been living with a
daughter, Mrs. Celestino Lopez. In
Brooklyn, for the past twelve years,
but always spent the summer months
with her son in this city. Besides
these two she is survived by two SONS.
Charles Forman. of New Brunswick.
ana william Forman, of Elizabeth.
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HER FOR
POISON, OUTBOUND
SIMPLY COFFEE
Mrs. Delmas Collapsed After
Drinking When Deprived from
Seeing Daughter.

When Mrs. Mary Delmas, Sc years
old, of 30 Liberty street, while drink
ing coffee, fell from her chair last night
unconscious, the family thought she
had been poisoned.
A hurry call was sent in to the City
Hospital, and DR.. Baker, of Liberty
street, was summoned.
She was taken to the hospital inc a
stomach pump was applied, but no
trace of poison could be found.
After she had regained consciousness,
Mrs. Delmas told the physicians that
she had taken nothing but a cup OF
coffee. She said the trouble was ner-
vousness.
Mrs. Delmas had called at the home
of her daughter, Mrs. Selma Boyedde
of a Liberty street, early In the day
and Mr.. Boyedde refused to allow heI
to see her daughter, who was Ill.
This is supposed to have excited her
mi when she reached home she was
on the edge of nervous p~rostration. The
hospital authorities thought best tc
keep her at the hospital last night, and
she will be taken home today.
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MAID WALKS OFF
WITH WATCH Of
NEW EMPLOYER
Detective Meets Her on Street
Corner and Finds Her Wear
ing Stolen Timepiece.

Mrs. Teresa Hood, mother Of DR..
Philip Hood, got a new servant Sunday
morning and thought that she had a
Jewel.
When the girl left the Hood home
at 669k High street Sunday afternoon
and failed to return Mrs. Hood thought
that she was visiting friends, but when
she missed her SIS gold watch she
changed her mind and notified the po-
lice.
Acting Captain Council, of the detec-
tive bureau, sent Sergeant Waller out
on the case, and after a prolonged
search he saw at the corner of Rankin
street and South Orange avenue, a girl
that answered the description of the
missing maid. When he approached he
discovered that the girl wore a watch
that fitted the description of the one
taken from the Hood home and he
marched the young woman to head
quarters.
At headquarters she said her name
vas Sophia Polembene and hat she
lived at 1856 Seventeenth avenue, and
then she confessed that she stole the
watch. DR.. Hood later claimed his
mothers property.
Sophia had considerable jewelry with
her n as she admitted that she had
been employed at three places In as
many weeks the police are making in.
quires.
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SEVENTY PERISH
BY EXPLOSION IN
A BRITISH MINE
Women and Children Crowd Pit
Head and Refuse to Be-
lieve News.

WIGAN, England. Aug. LIT Ia
now believed that not a single man OF
the seventy miners who were entombed
by an explosion which occurred yes
terday in the Maypole coal mine here
survived the disaster. The four men
reported rescued were engaged In an
adjoining building. The yentilating fan
which was put out of order by the ex-
plosion was repaired today, and the
mine, having been cleared of gases, the
rescue party again descended.
The sight which met their eyes was
horrifylng. Not far from the bottom
of the shaft eighteen bodies were
found, all frightfully mutilated; legs
and arms had been blown off and heads
battered almost beyond recognition.
The management of the mine declares
that between go and 10 men were
under ground at the time of the ex-
plosion, and thai there is no hope hat
any one will be brought out alive. The
women and children, however, who re-
manned at the pit-head all night, re-
fused to cave until the bodies of their
lead are brought to the surface. Moth
ing else will convince them of the hope
lessness of waiting.
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G. {. KENYON DIES
SUDDENLY AFTER
VISITING FRIENDS
Newark Optician Snccnmbs in
MOntclair to Heart Failure
While Boarding Car.

George E. Kenyon. an optician, resid-
ing at II Astor street, his city, died
suddenly at the residence of his nephew,
c. Frank Cowley. 221 Glenridge avenue,
Montclair. last evening. Death was due
to heart disease.
Mr.. Kenyon, with his wife and a
niece, Edith Ridge, of Danbury, Conn.,,
went to Montclair yesterday and spent
the day with Mr.. Cowley's family. At
6 o'clock they started for home. When
they reached Montclair Centre, which
is only 100 feet from Mr.. Cowley's
home, to take a trolley car, Mr.. Ken
yon suddenly fell to the ground. He
was taken back again to the home of
his nephew I'M after treatment by DIR.
James 7. Hanan seemed better. Later
he was taken with another weak spell
and died.
MIR. Kenyon had been a sufferer for
years from hemorrhages of the lungs,
M while his death was looked for at
any time, his end caused a great shock
to his family. The Kenyons a visited
the Cowleys to see their new baby, and
Mr.. Kenyon had been playing with the
little one
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-08-19
DENYING
B|GAMY, SAYS HE
WAS DIVORCED
First and Second Wives Both
Had Marriages Annulied,
He Declares.

Thinking that he was divorced eaeh
time before he married two of his three
wives, Charles F.. Walker, alias Charles
Il. Wallace, who was thrown into jail
here for bigamy, after having PLEADED
not guilty to In indictment over a year
ago, since which he fled the State, de-
clared today that he was at least sure
that he had been divorced from his
second wife before he married the
third.
81 married Estella NJ. Beatty in 1900"
he said today. "She was my first wife,
and sha got a divorce from me Decem-
Der 2S, 1906. But before that, in a mo-
ment when / was not rational. / mar
ried Catherine Scofield, of Newark.
That was on February 10, 1906. | never
lived with her, and she told me after
wards that she had had the marriage
annulled. She, herself, married john
Bodies, at Stapleton, Staten Island, the
following July.
my third wife, whom / married at
Paterson January 10, 1907, fifteen days
after my first wife got her divorce.
was Miss Selma Filler. When l got
into trouble 1 ran away, because my
lawyer told me to leave the State.
There never was a moment ~hen he
and a Bloomsbury, IN. j., lawyer did
not know where I was"
Walker was arrested at Germantown,
Pa, and brought back to answer the
charge of bigamy.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-08-19
HAHN FARMERS CLUB TO
HAVE OUTING ON SUNDAY.

The outing of the Edward ]. Hahn
Farmers Club will be held Sunday at
Donnelley's Grove, College Point, where
a shore dinner will round out the days
sport.
There will be a baseball game be-
tween the married and the single men
of the association; two-legged races
and three-legged races, sack races,
high and broad jumping. There will
be a "~corn-eating contest" the man
eating the most corr getting the trip
free.
The outing party leaves the CONNER
cha dock prop<ntly at 9 o'clock a. m,
on the stearG leSea Gull, returning at
about 8 o'cloSGasl the evening.
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CRASH FATAL TO
TWO POLICEMEN
AND A M0T0RMAN
Half Dozen Other Cops Are In
iured When Truck and Car
Collide.
Especial to the Evening STAR

NEW YORK, Aug. 19.-When a troll
ley car and a loaded truck collided at
Woodhaven and Myrtle avenues, Rich
mond Hill, early today W policemen
and the motorman were mortally in
jured; half a dozen other policemen
were badly cut and bruised n the
truck driver was seriously hurt.
The collision occurred at 1880 O'Clock
a.. m, when both avenues were practi-
cally deserted. A score or more police
men reporting to their precinct were In
the car, which was travelling at break
neck speed. When the intersecting
venue was reached the motorman did
not reduce his speed. The truck shot
across the track, the collision resulted
and the trolley slipped from the wire.
The frightened horses were caught by
unhurt policemen Inc kept from run
ming way.