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that II was so slunS around the army
captains shoulder that the revolver in
It's sheath would have pressed against
the right breast, enabling the wearer to
draw II mt moments notice. Counsel
FOR the state will argue from this that
Thornton Hams must have had know
ledge that his brother was armed and
was going out to hunt his victim
There was 4 stir among the lawyers
and spectators when Clark said that
some Weeks ago he had met John Ton
ming. the long missing and much want
od hoatmGn, and gave his address AS
40 1907 Thld avenue. Brooklyn. In
puiIy developed the fact that TonninE
and his family are in Sweden, having
sailed oct. 10 "TonnIng and his wife
and two children sailed for Sweden two
months ago" said Mrs. Mary Olsen.
who is occupying the Tonning fat He
feared the notoriety OF the trial and
he got out. He told me he had good
Job in the old country"
Prisoners Admission.
The first witness called was Kimmel. a
| slender man Of middle age. who Is a
member OF the Bay Side Yacht Club.
on the day OF the shooting he was in
the proximity Of the bathhouse. and did
not see the shooting The witness said
that attracted by the excitement. he
had gone to the float and heard SONS.
body say: TT Is a gentleman's club
The witness also saw Thornton Hams
break his gun and call attention TO III.
TACT that the shells were still loaded.
This evidence was stricken out after an
argument.
Most OF MIR, Kimmels subsequent testi-
mony vas stricken out because it WAS
based on hoarsay.
After Policeman Baker took charua
of Capt. Hams, the witnessj said. he
! asked the patrolman why he didn't take
Thornton Hams too. adding; This
man seems TO me to be equally guilty
lie held Of the others while his brother
did the shooting TO this Kimnel
said Thornton liains replied
II know am, II had been In his
place would lave done the same
thing"
This ended the examination which,
with the eN option NJ the admission al.
tributed TO Thornton Hams, had bsen
Of little value.
After asceriaining that Mr. Kmmsl
was lawyer. Mr. Mcintyre asked him
| II ne, as ID lawyer was wiling to ac.
"use Thornton Hams u a crime which
KmmeI had not seen committed, Kim
mel answered mat acting am what ne
had heard of th" tragedy. no was ready,
at tlr time. 10 charge Thornton Hams
with having a hama In the Killing.
Heard Woman Scream, -
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Student MURDERED
BY MAN WHO ASKED
FOR HELEN GOULD
Van Dwight Sheldon Lived for Three
Hours and Gave Contradictory De-
scriptions of Man Who Shot-Died
While Trying to Tell Coroner

Van Dwight Sheldon, engineering student in the Junior class
Anew York University. shot death 95 olock this morning
,fhe Charles H. Snow, Dean School the
SCIENCES the University BY VINO demanded
Miss Helen Gould
Miss Gould Mrs Snow and she built handsome
home which dwell Tie house cluster build
!ngs edge college campus Miss Gould visitor
there Yesterday afternoon and evening.
The student who tWSntytou years DID, and D. D.
EShelion of Long place which is few blocks from
was living with ami helping him about house
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Giovanni Albert, who Is on tria!
in the Criminal Branch OF the SUI
preme Court, in Brooklyn. for the
murder Of Joseph Conso, at No 1888
octobei, was attacked as he was be-
ins led into the courtroom this after
noon, by the murdered mans wife
and sister-in-lsw.
Both women were waiting near the
door through which Albert was to
go. As he saw them he turned and
said
Get out ~ my way II you
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MOUNT HOLLY, y. j, Dec. 23-Miss
Iizzie Justice. Who formerly conducted
q dressmaking establishment on Branch
street, has not been seen or heard from
since last March, although the fact o.
her Disappearance did not come out
until to-day Her sisters, Mrs Howard
Briggs and Mrs. William Atkinson, hays
now started q systematic search for
her Here II was supposed she was in
Pnilplclnhia, and bier relatives In that
atty supposed she vas acre,
ON Monday the landlord from whom
abe Esntsd the Iaamg On Branch street
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TWO women ATTACK SLAYER
AS He MAKES THREAT IN COURT

bother me you'll get the same az Joe
got"
At this both women fung themselves
on the slayer and bore him TO the floor.
They attacked him with teeth and nails,
biting and scratching, until his face was
torn in dozen different places.
Three Deputy SheriTs struggled vain
" for Ten minutes before they could
drag the Infatuated women off. No
charge was made against them, and
they were allowed to enter the court
room when the trial was resumed
Alberti's defence Is that he shot and
killed Conso in defending his wife,
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WE'D AT PISTOL POINT, so
COURT ANNULS MARRIAGE
Sworn Testimony That Justice of the Peace in WeStcleSte
County Performed Ceremony While Revolver
Was Held at Bridegroonl'S Head.

Wright held Il revolver TO his head lac
was compelled To sign an agreement to
marry the girl.
He further said that Justice Of the
Peace Avery was then called In and
performed the wedding ceremony.
Wrgh, all the time holding the revolver
in sight,
on tine trial Of the case before Justice
keoGh, Wright was summoned as n
witness and admitted that what Keeue
said was true. ON this testimony JUS
tice Keogh anrullcd the marriage,
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"Would Willingly Go Down to -
and Get Him Out to Do It," Police
man SWears Writer Said on
Day of ARE
DEFENSE SCORES POINT
THROUGH STATE WITNESS.
Elated When Darrin Introduces Letter Reflect
ing on Slain Man and the Wife of the
Slayer-State to Close Case
Tomorrow

The sensation of the Thornton a trial Flushing this afternoon
furnished b. poem31 named alon whose testimony tended
establish that Hans entertained muerQu feeling of bitterness toward
AnniS
Falon the station house Flushing when Hams and Capt
ns brought in after the shooting yacht club Thornton
a asked leave write telegram started one to his father Cen
Hams realng: "Ann> dead. Come at'-
He then told by FalOn that was not dead and replied
The ought TO h deai!' Later the evening of that day
Falon Swore, Thornton ilalS speaking of AnnS, said:
I'D willingly go down he'll bring him back and shoot him
again
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magazine editor, previous to the Bay
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but principally because they no" be
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The young man lived three hours after
the was shot down by his mysterious as
pailant. When found his wrists and
|enkles were bound and there were evil
licences OF a desperate struggle about the
furnace In the cellar only fragmen-
eary, incohercnt story OF the tragedy
could be drawn from the dying boy and
ne expired while struggling TO make an
Iante norton statement to Coroner Nc
,Donald in the Fordham Hospital
Gave Contradictory Descriptions.
/ From those who sought TO question
lshe student two contradictory descrip-
Isions were obtained OF the mysterious
,assaiIant. one describing him ms a short,
letocky, dark skinned Italian and another
Isnaking him out big. Stalwart man Of
The same complexion. Which ever de-
scription fits the man made his escape
in spite Of searching parties OF hundreds
OF students, mounted police and the re-
Ihsrves OF the University Heights station.
Young Sheldon, from what he said in
In few gasping sentences, Went down into
lrhe cellar 10 shake the furnace. lie had
passed through the Kitchen. where Nm
lnie Tapio. the cook Of the household,
was at work lust rs he approached
,fhe furnace man stopped ont and said:
Asked for Helen Gould.
els Miss Helen Gould in this house,"
NO" replied the startled student.
ais th. her house:
NO" repeated the young man, pick
ling UP the furnace shake for a weapon,
you ne." cried the man. sprlnging at
the aoy's throat.
Then began the struggle. which the
dying young man sought in vain to
describe. It was ended BY shot that
penetrated the left side OF the abdomen
passed through several organs and
lodged in the spine.
The cook in the kitchen above heard
lHhe shot, but paid no attention 10 IT,
xhinking It might pc an explosion OF
coal In the furnace. A few moments
passed. when she heard groans. She
waited and then went down into the
cellar,
She found young Sheldon stretched OF
the floor, his feet and arms bound with
pieces OF rope. He tried TO raise him
se4f and easpea out:
1--WE been shot-a msn--Miss Gould
l.-wanted money" Then he fell back in
= faint
The servant girl rushed upstairs anG
called to Mrs. Snow and Miss Mary
lArkin. governess for the Snow chill
dren. that something terrible had hap
pened to Dwight
Mrs. Snow Held His Head in Her LAP
Miss Lsrkin flew down tho stairs
from the nursery, with Mrs Snow at
her heels. while the governess tore at
the ropes that bound the student S
, wrists, Mrs. Snow took his head in her
n lap and was holding II there when the
j police arrived with Prof Snow.
In the confusion and excitement that
ATTENDED the discovery Of the crime the
slayer was allowed wide margin OF
nafety cover tho hunting parties that
Hnaiy set out FOR him. Policemen with
revovers In hand searched every house
and building on the campus, and great
bands OF students swarmed through
n the neighboThOod, following Prof
SHOWS offer of a reward for the finding
OF the murderer.
The revolver with which the young
! man was shot was found a few feet
\ from him, II was of liver & Johnson
make. 81 calibre. only one cartridge
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putting OF that comnany on the unfair
list, and the Federation's alleged viola
tIon OF Judge Gould's recent mandamus
has attracted wide attention.
Gompers, Mitchell and Morrison
were cited for contempt, and this
phase of the case has been hefor,
the court for many months, the proceed
ings taking the form of hearing OF
testimony before an examiner and many
arguments,
Judges Decision,
Judge Wrights decision was a scath-
ing denunclatlon OF the defendants. He
recited the conditions antsceding the
injunction and referred to the fact that
for twenty-five years the Bucks plant
had operated AS a ten-hour shop and
always had maintained an open shop "
He also spoke of the numerical
strength of the American Federation OF
Labor, with its 100000 members, and of
its repeated Endorsement Of the boycott
OF the Bucks Stove and Range Com
pany, through the American Fedora
ZIONIST. the Federation S official organ,
speeches by the defendants, letters. cir
culars, &c.
The Court referred to the uso Of the
I'VE don patronize" list and unfair
list of the labor organization, aud said
that members OF labor unions were
forced and coerced into supporting It
whether indiN !dually willing or unwill.
ing, approylng or disapproving' hy Va.
rious methods. The Court read extracts
from numbers OF resolutions of labor or
CARNATIONS bearing on the Bucks case
as tending to show tue methods Of in.
huencng members of unions. and
these methods lho court remarked,
seem TO he known As persuasion
The customers OF the stove company
tine Court said, had been inundated
/ brow heatcu and coerced out OF thoir
/ business relations with their customers
continued on Fourth Pagcy
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DR.. BULL GROWS WORSE.

A. the Plaza Hotel this morning It
was said, on the authority OF Or.
Joseph l. Blake. that Or William T.
Bull was worse than lie had been for
several days ANA that he had had con
siderable pain during the ulght aud
was consequently restless There is no
was said.
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THE HUB CLOTHING CORNER,

.27 AND @2o UWokDM
Cor. unrciny 81, Opp. post-Ofrice.
Halt Price Mems ONercoat Sale-3 so
sllk-lned Mems Overcoats. to-day. 500
~ Tauor.mAds oVereests, ela.b0, as
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SEARCH FOR WOMAN STRANGELY
MISSING SINCE LAST MARCH

having failed 10 locate Miss Justice.
sent word 10 one Of her relatives that
no intended TO sell the clothing and
other articles belonging Ia Miss Justice
for unpaid rent and storage
That caused inquiries to he made and
II developed that Miss Justice had
visited Philadelphia aud started from
there to return home
Her relatives fear she was a victim OF
foul play,
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The Hub Clothing corner, a2i-gsg
Broadway, cor Barclay ST., opp Posi-
once. put on sale to-day and Thurs
day a. Mems Winter Oyercoats and
suits. an sizes. % to -, IN Blarks'
Grays and Browns worth $40 iu any
other store our special price to-day
and Thursday. si.DS. Open to-nlgh.
and Thursday night until 10. '.s
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Finc New Turkish baths
nos open 10y the new IuitEeT Building. Only
first C lAAs downtown eatab llshmsnt. Modern
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continued on Fourth PagcJ
The morning journal-courier., 1908-05-18

Whether a gift OF $500 in cash de-
posted In the New Haven Savings
bank by George w Cooper, the former
ST. John street grocer, on the day he
was adiudged insane In the probate
court and sent TO a Westport sanltari-
um, Is valid. Is one OF the questions
which Judge Studley will have to de-
eide when the matter comes UP for a
hearing this week This sum was
placed IN the bank by Cooper TO the
credit ~ Anna NJ Cooper. whose ldentl-
ty Is unknown According to Attorney
Frank S. Bishop. who was appointed
conservator over Mr.. Cooper, his wife's
name was Matilda, and there are no
children or known relations whose
name corresponds with that given by
MIR, Cooper at the time he made tho
deposit.
Attorney Bishop Saturday filed IN the
probate court a statement of his wards
personal property, and II amounts to
s45972l. This sum does not include
the gift TO the unknown Anna Cooper,
and with this cash included the per-
sonal property would be s5.O97.2l. Mr.
Cooper also has some real estate which
It Is stated by Attorney Bishop to be
worth about $4,000.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-05-18

The will Of Miss Ellen NJ, Prichard,
who resided 1t the home of Prof. Theo-
dore S, Woolsey at ESQ Church street,
was filed In the probate court Saturday.
No estimte of the amount could be OBJ
tained, It Is provided In the will that
all OF the pictures, books and other
personal property shall be distributed
by the executors according to instruc-
tIon given to them In a letter from tho
testatrix, which however, has not APP
peared In the probate court as yet.
All OF the rest of the estate Is to he
nieces who arc children of sisters, Mrs.
Sarah G. Woolsey and Mrs. Mary p.
Goodrich Two nleces, Frances l..
Goodrich of New York and North Caro-
lima, and Edith Woolsey of this city
are named as executrices with power
to sell such realty as Is included in the
estate They are to serve without bond
The will was dated April % and Pro-
lessor Woolsey was one Of the witness
es to the document The nieces named
as executives were abroad and re-
quest that the hearing on the will be
deferred until August, when they are
expected to return, was presented &c
the court,
The morning journal-courier., 1908-05-18

Attorneys Edward w, Lynch and Sam
uel y, Hoyt. appraisers In the estate OF
Mrs Mary Ann Lyons, late Of 2l5
Whalley avenue, who died in February,
filed their inventory IN the probate
court yesterday. II shows Mrs. Lyons
estate TO be worth s55,36O or the to-
tai $4,000 is IN real estate. represented
by the houses and land at 2l5 and 219
Whalley avenue Aside from household
effects most Of tho personal property
consists of bonds in numerous corpora.
lions In this city and other sections "
Connecticut The estate has $4,000 Of
the New Haven & Northampton bonds,
$4,000 of the New Haven g. West Shore
railway and other smaller holdings in
the New Haven street railway. Bridge
port Traction company and the Win
chester avenue railway Under the
terms Of Mrs Lyons will all of the
real estate goes to Harry Lyons a son
Of this city, and the personal is to be
divided among number of other rela-
tives
The morning journal-courier., 1908-05-18
Day Homestead Suit.

The suit of Robert II, Day OF New
York against his two sisters, Mrs sa-
rah G. Woodward and Miss Anna p
Day, a friendly litigation scheduled for
trial In the superior court, has been set
tied by the first named selling Ms inter
est In the Day homestead at 10 College
street to his sisters. The homestead is
valued at $4,000 and was part Of the
property left his children, who are
those named In tho suit. Attorney j.
Blrney futile represents the interest
OF Robert T.. Day, who ia of New York
The property was under the law TO be
divided Jointly among the three, Horace
Day having died intestate several years
ago
The morning journal-courier., 1908-05-18
MATTERS In COURT
Film. fam Artists Bound Over
Tried to Work Clever
Game.
CLOCK FACTORY NUISANCE
Day Homestead Suit Settled Out of
Court-Probate and Other
Court News.

William D. Ward and William West,
alias Harrigan, arrested a week ago for
making false representations In secur-
Ing subscriptions for the Jocelyn
Square Spanish War Veterans assocla.
tlon were found guilty and held for the
superior court by Judge Tyner yester-
day Their bond was left at $3.50
Neither had been able to secure that
amount, and both went bnck to jail
They pleaded not guilty through their
attorney John T. Wynnc and the trial
was fought from 10 o'clock until noon
Professor Yandell Henderson, George u.
Seymour, Muss Susan " Hotchkies,
Thomas Hooker, T.. Raymond Greist,
John g Downing, James Graham, John
G.. Alllng, Paul S Thompson, A. #.
Wiley, Samuel X Page and General
George NJ. Harmon were summoned in
as witnesses and Louis r. Stoddard and
Attorney Charles G. Morris, who made
the original complaint and number Of
others who had been film TANNED were
present.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-05-18
f.. 4. Thompson.

The funeral Of County Commissioner
Edward Foote Thompson was held Sat
urday afternoon and was the largest
that has taken place in East Haven
in years. II was attended by officials
of the state and city governments and
by many prominent men all over the
state
The services were held at his late
residence, the old family homestead, at
SCI Main street at o'clock the Rev
D.. ]. Clark Of tho East Haven Con-
gregational church officiating. The
floral tributes were numerous and tes-
titled to friendships not only in New
Haven and vicinity but all over Con-
nectcut. After the services at the
house the body was taken to the East
Haven cemetery Cor burial. The cask-
ct was borne by six porters. The
honorary bearers were James Hem
ingway, County Commissioners Jacob
d. Walter and James Geddes, and
John Tyler, first selectman of East Ha-
ven.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-05-18
FAIR HAVEN NEWS
Large Attendance at Hart Flu
neral--Dr. Sheath Inter
esting Sermon.

There was very large attendance
OF the funeral of Ernest r, Hurt,
which was held at his late residence,
4b Wolcott street, yesterday after
noon. Mr., Hart belonged to several
fraternal organizations and these or
dcrs were largely represented. Mr.,
Hart was worthy grand ruler of the
United States of the order Of the
Golden Sceptre and when In Philadel-
phia attending meeting of the .Xecu-
tive board on April 30 he contracted
pneumonia which was the cause Of
death. The grand officers OF this or
der were represented at the funeral
by several officers, including Mrs, Cora
Jones and Mrs, Mary Guest. Mr.. Hart
was one OF the organizers OF General
Lawton lodge, Shepherds of Bethle-
hem, which marched In body to the
grave in Fair Haven cemetery and
conducted the service of the order
The officiating Clergyman was Rev,
George A. Alcott of Grace +. h. church
OF which the deceased was n nember
During the service Mr.. and Mrs. II. II
Nettleton sang "One Sweety Solemn
Thought" Mr., Hart was employed al
the railroad office building in this city
and quite a number of the railroad
employees We're present at tho funeral
The bearers were two relatives, Wells
Hoadley and Charles Ryan, Arthur ]
Weld and Charles Potter representing
tho church; Mr.. Nichols of Court Lin.
coin, No. 6, Golden Sceptre; ant
Thomas n. Gierding of General Law
ton lodge. There was proflsion Of
beautiful floral tributes including the
following: Pillow with the word
Husband" from the widow; pillow
Ell. Whitehead and wife, Melrose, Fla
pillow, DIR. r. y. Whitehead and wifi
OF Elizabeth, n. j.: wreath, Edwart
Hart and family; wreath. Mr.. ant
Ms Arthur simpkins; crown, Cour
Wykoff, Golden Sccpter, Meriden; sta,
and Easter lily, General Lawton lodge
sheaf of wheat, and lilies of the valley
Mr.. and Mrs. George Becher; spra!
The morning journal-courier., 1908-05-18
AUTOMOBILES COLLIDE.
Three Young Men Injured, One Fatal
IL aud Machines Wrecked.

Providence, r. l., May 11-Three
young men were injured, one Of them
fatally early today by the collision of
the automobile in which they were rid
ing with another machine containing
three men, on the East Greenwich
road, near Hills Grove farm. stephen
Dodge, 90 years old, of Providence, sus-
tanned a fractured skull and died at
the Rhode Island hospital.
Edward Conway, % years old, of
Pawtucket Heights sustained slight
fracture Of the skull, but his injury Is
not believed to be serious, While George
Whitaker, Is years old of Roxbury,
Mass, was but slightly bruised
None of the occupants Of the other
car were injured. Both machines were
wrecked,
The morning journal-courier., 1908-05-18

The funeral Of John n. McKenna at
the home Of his mother, 81 Lawrence
street, Saturday morning was largely
attended by friends Of the deceased. Al
requiem high mass was celebrated by
Father Harry in st Josephs church at
o'clock, at which a solo, Heaven Is
My Home, was sung by Michael Hol-
~ The interment was In the family
plot at st. Lawrence's cemetery. The
pallbearers were John Bradley, Paul
Donegan, Thomas Newman, Francis
Turbert Thomas Doppleschnit and
Martin MCGOWAN.
The flower bearers were Arthur Rem
The morning journal-courier., 1908-05-18
En,1ls Bolgin.

The funeral services for the late
Emil Boigin were held from his late
residence yesterday afternoon and later
from st. Louis K. {. church. The at
tendance of friends and relatives was
very large and the floral tributes were
many and beautiful. The Rev. Father
Grener conducted the service and
spoke highly of the deceased The
pallbearers were T. O'Neil, T. Fox, c,
Frolich, j. Cody, j. McGinnis and J.
Comiskey The flower bearers were j.
Hine, William Cannon and Joe Bruet.
Interment was In ST. lawrence ceme-
terry and sisk Brothers had charge.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-05-18
Smoke Nuisance.

Claiming that the smoke and odors
from the japannng plant have made
his four-family house next door un-
tenantable, Dominick Decerbo of 1ii
Hamilton street, an Italian property
owner, has brought suit against the
New Haven Clock company for $4,000
damages. The action has been brought
through Attorney Paul Russo and is re-
turnable to the superior court the FIRST
Tuesday In June. The house adjolns
the Clock company shop yard Decerbo
claims that his tenants have moved out
owing to the smoke and odors.