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The evening world., 1908-02-22
EXPERT FORCER
BRENNAN FAILS
TO OPEN PRISON
Justice TruaX Decides He Must
Serve His Third
Sentence.

Matthew T. Brennan. said TO he one
of the most expert forgers. a nephew OF
the late Big Tom" Brennan. Tar.nany
politician. Commissioner of Charities
and Corrections under the old charter
and holder of various other Jobs. has
been sent back to Blackwells island
by Justice TriHiX. in the supreme Court,
before whom ne had been taken on a
writ of habeas corpus.
Brennan has been sentenced three
times for forgery. His first o%ffense,
committed when he vas seventeen years
old. sent him 20 Elmira for an lnde-
terminate term. His sentence. was com
muted. He was again convicted ana
sent to Auburn. had his sentence ON
muted BY the late Gov. Flower. again
was convicted and sent TO the island
His father and sisters bitterly opposed
the granting OF the writ OF habeau
corpus before Justice TruaX, and the
Justice refused TO continue II. lAey
fear that he is a menace TO society. ana
Justice Truax o the same view OF
the mathter.
Brennan. now t~hirty-s'x years old.
Is considered by the men VINO know
to be one of the most eNpert 1entneh
In the world. TIE papers do not men
tion h;ho suuch; to obtain his release
from prison this last time. but he was
represented by Nathaniel Cohen. OF NO
80 Broadway.
Ills immediate family feel keeniy the
Disgrace that has been Ii upon
them
The evening world., 1908-02-22
STEAMER ON FIRE
IN THE GULF, BUT
REFUSES HELP
Unidentified Vessel Sighted
Ablaze by Tramp" on
Way TO New Orleans.

NEW ORLEANS, Feb. 2~2.-Sh!pping
circles here are agitated over the iden-
tity of a burning steamship reported
by the English tramp steamer Grey
stoke Caste. which arrived last night
from Cardiff. Capt. Ii. q. Lewis. Of
the Eng.isH vessel, says he sighted the
burning steamer about tnirty-five miles
southeast OF South Pass. at the mouth
OF The Mississippi River, cary Wednes-
uay mOrH.Is.
plamrs as If from oils mounted from
the ate: ua;cn n Illuminated the yes
SCI. sIe s.IpTCd uo signals or distress
but appeared TO be headed unurr full
steam t.. tie Florida straits. She re-
fused proffered assistance tom the Grey
stoke tastlc. to save salvage, CAPT.
Lewis surmises.
There is a belief that the ship was
either the Cosmus. L! Mar or Chalmette.
but the agents of these ships dec.are
they have received reports showing
them to have been at points remote
from the scene of the burning vessel.
From no port or vesse. has word since
been received Of the unknown craft.
The evening world., 1908-02-22
POLICE TAUGHT
HIM PERJURY TO
HANG MAN, He SAYS
Chicago Boy, Whose Test.
mony Convicted Billik of
Six Murders, Recants.

CHICAGO. Feb. 22.-Dighteen yea old
thar any other PERSONS served TO con
Wet the Bohemian fortune teller. Her
man Biil,k, Of the murder of six mem
bers OF the Nrzal family. has. It IS
announced to-day. r~ecanted. and in ar
affidavit declares that the testimony
was simple perjury.
In addition the boy makes the aInaz-
ing statement that the perjured story
he old was taught him word for word
by q high police official and an assist
ant States attorney. He specifically
names the men whom he accuses
Not only does Nrzal impugn hts own
evidence, but he declares two OF his
relatives also lied.
Bllik is under sentence to be hanged
March 20. The Supreme Court Thurs
day affirmed the judgment destroying
the mans last chance unless Gov. De-
reen shall issue n pardon.
In the affidavit. Nrzal. who Is now a
student in Valparaiso. Ind. asserts that
he gave the testimony asains, B!llik
because n police official threatened him
with a charge Of murder unless he did
as the police wished h!m TO do. The
credit for polishing OF ;he fictitious
narrative he gives TO an Assistant
States ATTORNEY. with whom. he says
he was closetec forty times. the con-
terences being from one to four hours
n duration.
He further asserts that the inspector
of Police summoned him at least afty
zines. and that these conferences usual
Is lasted two hours.
The confession was obtained through
the ,ns~ trumentai!ty OF Rev p. J. ~Cal-
lsghan. head OF the Pau!.st Fathers IN
tn.s city. and pastor OF st. Mary's Cath
o,.o Church. who has been wording m
Billik's behalf tor severa! months
Father O~'Callashan. in explaining his
connection with the case. says:
The beginning OF my interest dates
from last spring. In one OF my frequent
visits to the county jail | met Sister
Rose, who asked me TO interest myself
in a prisoner named Billik. She said
that he was there on the charge OF muir
DER. but she knew he was an innocent
man. / said mad SO many calls upon
my time and sympathy that | H. not
feel l could do anything for the man.
AT any rate. / said. he was A fortune
teller and caar.atan. She answered.
Blu he should not aang for being such.
i old her thought the Judge anN
Jury would do him justice. To my as
constituent lie was clnvicted. and fH!t
| had neglected the cause OF an
innocent man. Behind all tae acct
of TINS case we're the prayers
OF a devoted num-. who nrst assured me
Of Bi!lik's innocence. and the prayers
OF the sisters who are called the POOR
sister Rose. of Columbus Hospital. an
institution Of the Italian Ocer OF the
Missionary Sisters of the Sacred Heart,
IL thpnun referred to. II was she who
the car barn pandlt. Gustav
Marx, who was executed WIKI Niedec.
and Van Dyne. the only one OF
Tho celebrated trio that died a Christ
TAR
The evening world., 1908-02-22
HUSBAND WE'D
ONCE TOO OFTEN,
WIFE CHARGES
Police Add to Smiths Tribu-
lations by Saving He
IS a Burglar.

The dua, lie of Daniel h. Smith. who.
the police say is Il burglar and big
amist, was laid bare in the Harlem Po-
lice Court to-day. when his pretty
young wife. May Smith. Of No. 90 East
one linndrei and Fourth street. told
the story Of her romance and It's bitter
climax in the discovery that smith had
married another.
Smith laid he lived AT No. IS West
Forty-fourth street. He was picked UP
on the street after a long pursuit by de-
tectives. He is a g~ood-looking man of
forty. with the airs and manners of the
typical Broadway gent of leisure. -
police say he was arrested for
burglary in ISIS, and served a term for
robbery in 1895, Shortly after being re-
leased for that crime he was arrested
for assault.
II mt smith when l was sixteen, and
he fascinated me-" said May Smith in
court to-day. We were married Sept.
Is. 1893. l didn't know What mis- bust
ress was and was very happy until
he left me. He came back in a shor;
deserted mi for the third time and
didn't come back.
About a year ago one of my friend:
saw him on the stree; with a woman,
l got suspicious and went to the Bureau
of Health and searched the records
Sure enough there was the record O,
his marriage 10 Tessie McKeever foul
years ago, Then l got a warrant"
You nave displayed fine ability as
& detective said Magistrate House.
Mrs. Smith had her bridesmaid, Mrs
MAY Best, Of No. 539 West Forty nintF
street, in court to swear TO her mar
n; &c TO Smith. Smith was held in
81, 600 bail.
The evening world., 1908-02-22
TWO SAVED FROM
DROWNING TO Be
KILLED BY TRAIN
Men Just Pulled from River
Were Hurrying to Get Dry
Clothing When Struck.

PrTTSBURG. Feb. o?-saved from,
drowning after a terrible struggle in
the icy water Of the Monongahela River
az Elizabeth. Pa, . here. only TO he
run down and killed by a train on
reaching shore. was the fate last night
of ]. W. Draper and F.. r. Garrett. two
Government employees at Lock No. 3.
I. 4. Stone a companion. who saved
the men from the water, was also hit
by the train and probably fatally In
jured.
The men had quit work for the day
when Draper slipped from the lock
mo the river. Carrot plunged into the
river after him. knowing Draper was
unable 10 swim. Eventually .Stoner
rescued both men by the aid OF a
ooathook. Then ali three started TO
walk along the Pittsburg. Virginia and
Charleston Railroad tracks 10 Eliza
9eth. 10 get dry clothes.
The approach OF n fast train was not
noticed and the men We're hurled high
INTO the air. The bodies Of praner
ma Garrett We're horribly mutlla;ed.
while Stoners shoulderblade WAS
broken and his head badly cut
The evening world., 1908-02-22
ULSTER SQUARE DEALER
OUT DESPITE POLICE.

KINGSTON. y. Y. Feb. 1.-THE
Ulster Square Dealer, the weekly news
paper which was confscated BY the
police last week, was issued as usual
to-day. despite tine efforts OF the local
authorities to suppress 1t. This was
made possible through a temporary IN
junction issued by. Supreme Court JUS
tice Marean. in Brooklyn, yesterday.
restraining the Kingston Police Depart
ment and the local citizens COMMITTEES
from Interfering with the issuance. sale
or circulation of the paper.
This injunction was served on the
polIce and the committee late last night
by Stephen, II. ASoey. editor OF the
paper. and they consequently were with
out power to take any action in the
direction Of stopping to.day's issue OF
the paper. The injunction Is returnable
AT Brooklyn next Monday. Search war
rant proceedings taken by Abbey to
by Recorder Groves, on the
ground tina, no intent to steal was
seized tho edition. The seized papers
are now in the custody OF Sheriff Boyce.
The evening world., 1908-02-22
HIRING A HALL NEW
MODE OF SW|NDLING
Couple Accused of Giving
Checks to Pay Deposit and
Taking Change in Cash.

According to observation-disclosures
De Martini and Summers, Lewis Bel
cher, of.No. 10 Suffolk street. and
Minnie Cohen, OF No. 10 Norfolk street,
have obtained a lot of money this
winter by making arrangements to get
married. The first step in the actual
outside arrangements for a marriage
ceremony is the hiring OF a hall.
All the winter the proprietors OF east
well dressed young man and a pretty
young woman. who that
they were about to be married and
desired to engage the hall for an even.
ing. As part OF the negotiations, the
proprietor invariably demanded a de-
post.
As invariably the we'll dressed young
so. The deposit never amounted to
more than s., and the young couple
always got the change.
When the date OF the wedding rolled
around the couple never appeared, In
the mean time the proprietor of the hall
had generally received the check back
from his bank marked an. G."
J. Berman, who has a hall at No. 65
East Houston street. was one OF the
| victims and he notified the police. The
detectives picked up Lewis nj Minnie.
and herman identified them as the cou-
pie that passed a bogus check for S&
on him, There are upward of seventy
against the couple and they
Ryere held In Jefferson Market Police
Court to-day for examination,
The evening world., 1908-02-22
ONLY 3 At FLAG
RAISING IN PARK
Two Women, One Blind, and
an Old Man Journey to
Blockhouse Ceremony.

Two women, n sightless and deaf
and dumb, and one decrepid old mar
were the only spectators at the raising
of the flag at the Block House In Cen.
trail Park at daybreak to-day. Park
Employee Davis, who has hauled the
meg aIoft :or ten years, was the only
other attendant at the ceremonies, and
MS duties required him to be on the
Job.
Mrs. c.. l.. Moorehouse: wife Of DR..
street, and her afflicted companion,
Anita Norman, daughter OF Capt. Nor.
man, of the Washington Continental
Guard, were the patriotic women who
faced the early-morning blasts to be
present at the ceremony. Upon the.r
arrival. they found the steep steps lead
ing to the Block House covered Wit
ice, but they braved the ascent, Mrs.
Morehouse leading her blind companion
until the summit was reached.
post. rs that YOU. Mrs. Morehouse ?"
he called out as the women approached.
And then he ran down the steps and
assisted them to the top.
Mrs. Morehouse sang The Star
Spangled Banner" as the Stars and
Stripes were elevated to the Flagstaff
MOI. ana The ceremonies were ended.
II deplore very much the lack OF
uatr!0t Z, ap.rlt shown" said Mrs. More
house. IN other days-and | have at
tended twelve flag raisings here-we
have had an a~SseInblaKe Of Americans
and a drum and a fife corps. To-day, in
the frost OF the morning. were two
lone women and n man"
The evening world., 1908-02-22
How About keepers7

II is said that the dogs will be quar-
tered nj the West Sixty-eighth n the
West One Hundredth street police sta
lions. They will be in charge Of Lieut..
Wakefield.
Every available detective from Head
quarters and men from the W. station
houses We're patrolling through the up
per west sid last night.
There was not a block that was not
watched. and as a consequence n card
game in a basement at Eighty-frst
street and Columbus avenue was not
as we'll pa%tronized Is usual. Nor were
there the same number of calls for free
food and drinks in the side door OF n
restaurant at E~ighty-third street and
Columbus avenue
The men who patronage these places
when they are supposed TO be on patrol
duty were on their posts. fearing detec-
ton by men sent out from BIngham's
o@fice.
Headquarters detectives last night
wrung confessions OF burglary u OF
three men who were arrested Thursday
night on The Bowery on suspicion. The
prisoners, Joseph Rutgers, alias Rogers,
alias Hampton. OF No li0 East Twenty
second street; Louis Canepa, alias
Frank Burke. OF No. s. Roosevelt street.
and Henry Bolito. OF No. 20 James
street, we're all carrying handles wAen
arrested,
They admitted, after the third de.
.l,e' had been applied, that they mad
broken into the home OF Mrs. Mill!cenI
NLgent, AT No. lis East Ninety irsg
street, the afternoon OF Feb. II. Mrs.
] NlpAnf returned from "a shpnplnR trim
10 md three men in her apartment.
IEo dashed out OF the door. the third
look to the fire escape and crawled
stopped him. asking what he WIS doing
there.
The evening world., 1908-02-22
BOSTON MEN IN
RACQUET FINALS
lHaughton AID Shaw Decide
National Championship
at Hub To-Day.

BOSTON. Feb. 2-The final match In
the National Amateur Racquet Cham
,ionshin nan which was played
to-day on the courts OF the Tennis ana
Us hoe, In progress during the past
week, found two former champions
Tsarcy n Haughton and quincy A.
saw. eliminates and Boston men. con
tending for the title Shaw, a tnFseI
stage by victories in the severest 81
elimination ~nlstChes.
The evening world., 1908-02-22

When a young girls thoughts be-
come sluggish; when she has head
aches, dizziness, faintneSS, and ex-
llibiiS an abnormal disposition to
sleep; diSlikeS the society of other
girls; then the mother should come
to her aid promptly, for she pos
seSSes information of vital impor-
lance TO the young daughter.
At such a time the greatest aid to
nature is Lydia E. Pinkham's Nege-
table Compound. Ii prepares the
young system for the coming!
change, and has helped TO bring
three generations safely from girl
hood % W~Om9nlIOOi Read what
The evening world., 1908-02-22
c FOR SICK WOMEN

Fog thirty years Lydia {. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound, made from roots
and herbs, has been the standard rem
edv Tor female Ills and has positively
cured thousands OF worne who have
Seen troubled with diSplaceinents, In
flammltion, liberation. tihroid tumors,
irregularities, periods pains, hackache,
that heating-down feeling, flatulency,
Indigestion. dizziress, or nervous sros-
;rltion. Why don't vol try it,
Mrs. Pinkham invites all sick
women to write her for advice.
She has guided thousands to
health. Address, Lynn, Mass.
The evening world., 1908-02-22
led.

KREYLING. - On Thursday, Feb. n.
1905. at Ardsley, N. Y. formerly
New York City. PAUL KREYLING. lei,
loved father OF Mrs. E. w. Norris. II
his Goth year. as
Body Will be at Mrs. w. Hamilte n'
1906 Av. A. on saturday. Feb. 30. ~
neral from the Chapel of the Incai.ec
ton. East 31st ST., on Sunday. Feb. es
at ! j. NJ. INT
KIERNAS.-On Feb. 90, 1905,
MARGARETTE HERMAN. widow -
Patrick Herman and beloved sister OF
Mrs. 7. j. Donohue, Mrs. Mary Ann Fos-
ter. Martha and Matthew Crawley.
Funeral from resldcnc OF her nephew
Matthew f. Donohue. 100 West 06th
st., Monday, Feb. -, at . A. NJ. Re.
ouiem mass nj Church OF Holy Name
Goth st. and Amsterdam av.
The evening world., 1908-02-22
Bingham Orders CANNES to
Section in Which Burglars
Are Busy.
BAFFLED.
Dogs Will Exert a Strong
Moral Influence, Com
missioner Says.

Police Commissioner Bingham's police
dogs are to be placed on the upper west
side. and hereafter they will do patrol
duty and aid in running down thieves
on Riverside Drive. West End avenue,
Central Park West and the intersecting
streets, where robbers ave been oper-
ating in the exclusive residence district
The police have been wholly unable to
cope with this band OF robbers, and
night after night residences have been
entered, men and women knocked down,
and houses stripped OF v~aluables, and
the criminals have gone free.
Police Commissioner Bingham believes
the police dogs will remedy this. At
least. they will not be playing cards in
a basement or getting meals at a res
tauIant while the burglars are busy.
the dogs are to be brought In from
the Parkville station, In Brooklyn.
where they have been on night duty
since they We're broken in by Lieut..
Wakefield. Out in Parkville the dogs
have shown their worth. There has
never been a time when one Of them
was caught loafing by the roundsman;
not one of them has been caught In the
rear room OF a saloon. and they have
worked so faithfully that crime records
in Parkville have been cut down to a
minimum. One OF the dogs came upon
a man freezing TO death in a snow
bank and had sense enough to so 70,
ba'r
The evening world., 1908-02-22
LYDIA E. PINKHAM'S
VEGETABLE COMPOUND

has accomplished for Miss Olson.
Miss Ellen ". Olson, of Az North
East Street, kewanee, ILL.,, in A letter
10 Mrs. Pinkham says:
lydia f. P!nkham's Vegetable COM
POUND cured NE OF hlckache. sideache.
and established MY periods after the
'eSt PHYSICIANS IN Newa1ee had failed
to help RE, saving that an operation
t,,r ,,.,e-,.'
The evening world., 1908-02-22

Piles Cured In q to Ii days. PAzo Ont.
msnt Is guaranteed to cure any case OF Itch.
Ing. Blind. Bleeding or Protruding Piles Ia
D to II days or money refunded noass
The evening world., 1908-02-22

burglar. He coolly lighted a cigarette.
opened the door and darted downstairs
was tie fire escape tixer.' He said he
and the o:her two men also robbed the
apartment of Mrs. Charles w. Hankin-
son. wife Of the former superintendent
of the $. r. c. A. at No. i76 Central
Park West. Thursday. Mrs. Hankin
son. who had been out Of town. found
the door Of her apartment bolted from
the inslue upon her return. when the
place had been ransacked and $500 worth
Of silverwarc taken.
The evening world., 1908-02-22
Killed a Malta Man.

EmanueIe N"otdIDhE'O IO' d man %
g.c.t wealth and nlgA principles. led
the prosecution OF the BANKERS. and one
day he was shot TO death in a railroad
train.
Lieut.. N~otarbartolo determined TO
prosecute his fathers murderers, and
the charge was made that Ratac.e
Pali2zo!o was the lnstigator or the
crime.
The police were agains, the prosecu-
ton. ana there were no judges who
dared TO try the accused. When the
trial was neld al last the ?r.nulpal
Witnesses mao escaped 10 America. Mar
chime is said to have aided these wit
nesses 10 escape, with the four other
men who were murdered in Illinois. and
the Malta, to winch Lieut.. Notarbar-
toto belonged. sent forth an edict that
they must die, and sent agents to New
York.
The police have no positive evidence
that Vito Laduca was mixed up in the
murder of NOtarbartolo. out ne landed
in this country about the time the MUIR
derers fled from Italy, and for years
was the most active agent OF the Black
Hand. There was no crime committed
BY the secret society OF foreigners while
he was in America in which he was not
implicated In some way or another,
but ne always managed 10 escape con-
Vction.
At the time OF the famous barrel
murder when Bcnedetto Maduena was
cut to pieces and damned into a barrel
in East Eleventh street, the police were
positive Laduca was the chief con-
spirator IN the killing.
Laduca Fled Country.
When the Marienno Ind the Mannino
boys were kidnap ped in Brooklyn the
police also traced the crime TO Laduca
At the same time ne was accused OF
writing Black HAND letters by the score
to wealthy Italians, demanding money,
Things began to get SO uncomfortable
for him that he went TO Baltimore. ana
the police learned he was directing the
AFFAIRS OF the Black Hand from that
city. Then 1t was that Tomaso Petto,
known as "Petto the OK was put to
death in Harrisburg, Pa. Petto had been
implicated in the barrel murder" and
too much about Laduca's affairs for
the latter's safety.
Laduca then disappeared and II Is
said that he went to Palermo, his old
home. He became a land owner there
N was looked upon Al a man Of wealth
by his neighbors. He was enjoying life
vAsA tAs Naaa aSsnts cut him down.
The evening world., 1908-02-22
Will Have Real Trial.

And so ] am going to put them up
there on the upper west Side said
COMMISSIONS Bingham. II am COINS
to see what they can accomplish.
The work of these dogs has been dis
tinctiy ~salutary out in Flatbush. and /
believe their presence in a quarter
where burglaries have gone unchecked
will exert a strong mora. influence"
When the police dogs were set loose
in Flatbush there was an objection
made from some OF the citizens who
charged that they had been taken for
burglars. tripped by a dog and held
until some policeman happened along
10 rescue them from the ~ever-vigilan,
dog. COMMISSIONS Bingham says;
There need be no cause for peace.
able citizens to fear these dogs Wi
modest them Il. mistake for lawbreak.
ers. In the first place. all the dogs are
muzzled and each is attended by a po-
liceman who holds him in close leash
while on post.
The idea is to have the dogs freed
only long enough to explore dark areas
and other places where thieves may
lurk. After having performed that dut,
the dogs, II they %count no strangers
will return to the policeman, who vii.
again slip on the leash until other spots
need investigation.
IF the temporarily released dog en-
counters a stranger al! he a do is &c
bark and so summon his keeper. If the
suspected man should run the dog will
get in his effective system of !nterfer.
ence and trip HIM UP. The runner vii
probably be thrown flat and will be
the policeman comes up.
The evening world., 1908-02-22
Know Man in Uniform.

These dogs have been trained to re-
spect the police uniform rather than
the man in it. We can Therefore send
them out With policemen on night pa
troll in any part OF The city with a Ger
tainty that they vii obey the man in
uniform. Even II they do encounter an
honest man instead of a theft they
cannot harm him and can do no more
than park TO summon a policeman un-
less the man tries to run.
AN honest man going about his hus!-
ness need have no fear OF these dogs.
Some tImid persons have an idea that
-hese dogs are to patrol posts on their
own responsibility. but this is not the
case
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-01-31
sHARPENs KNIFE
FOR DOND|NG
COMPANIES
AID. LITTLEFlELp SAYS CON.
GERMS ALWAYS GIVE CITY
SHORT END OF sTick--WANT
'EM TO PAY MORE TAKES. -

AID. Sherman Iittlefield. OF the
Twelfth ward. Is after the bonding
companies with a tomahawk- The
acute exciting point that has reused
his ire Is the failure OF bonding com.
pany to make good without suit In @
paving matter, and its failure to pro-
vide bonds for State Treasurer Rich.
"The city OF Detroit In its dealings
with bonding and surety companies is
continually getting the short end Of
the stick" says Littlefeld. Personal
bonds. II properly looked after. are
better than the surety bonds.
1.-The companies want too much.
When a man is compelled to take out
1000 sidewalk building bond now.
he has to give $1,000 personal bond
to the surety company. put up $3.50 in
cash and pay $25 for the bond. II is
that fact, that the surety company
usually has exacted better and larger
bonds than 1t gives, that makes me
favor system by which the bonds and
securities that are good enough for the
surety company would be considered
good enough for the city.
"The bonding companies pay very
little taxes now and shall try to and
out what can be done to see that the
city which furnishes them so much
easy money gets some revenue from
them"