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The evening world., 1909-02-11
MASQJERADED As
GIRL TO PICK
MEMS POCKETS
-Four Youths Found Harlem
"Old Geezers" Easy to
Pluck, One ConfesSes.

James DAILY, good looking youth
who was arrested at ionkcys last night
while masQuerading ms a girl. confessed
to Judge Hols,rom In the Yonknrs Po-
lice Court to-day that he was one of
four men who dressed In womcr's
clothes, had been picking pockets and
robhng men in Harlem all winter.
Mostly We worked Eighth avenue
and One Hundred and Sixteenth street
and one Hundred and Twenty-R:th
street" said the young man. we all
wore fancy rigs. like the one | had on
last night. Mostly We laid FOR old men
because they were the easiest. We'd
flirt with them and get them 10 buy us
drinks or suppers and then touch them
and beat 1t. Many's the time I've had
some old geezer buying me supper ut
Pabsts Harlem. he thinking all the
time that was a girl who'd got mashed
on him. II was so easy | almost hated
to take the money, sometimes. But
got too smart and undertook to work
Yonkers. where they're slicker, and here
I am. Ny mistake was in trying to
play the game to close to home"
Detective Cilib!ti, OF the Yonkers
force, was doing plain clothes duty
along Main street last night about .
o'clock when he.saw n tall, slender girl
chatting a crowd Of men on a street
corner He followed her and she spoke
to him. Cillbiti was completely taken In
by the fascinating young person, He
bought her" lunch at the Getty
House, and they enjoyed a couple OF
bottles OF beer together. He never sus-
pected her" until after he had put the
charmer under arrest. Then In attempt
Ing to get away she" lost big. much
bepumed picture hat. With the hat a
blonde wig came away. showing the
head Of remarkably good
looking hoy.
At the station house the prisoner was
relieved of the rest OF his evening
clothes. The outfit included black
skirt, long black coat OF fashionable
The evening world., 1909-02-11
ROOSEVELT OFF FOR
LINCOLN CENTENARY
Will Be Central Figure in Oh
servance at Martyr PreSi-
dents Birthplace.

WASHINGTON, Feb. ll-Beginning
the last EXTENDED trip he will make as
Chief Executive Of the United States.
President Roosevelt left Washington by
special train at noon to-day for Hodg-
enville, Ky, where to. morrow he will
do honor TO the memory of Abraham
Lincoln at the heroic War Presidents
birthplace.
Accompanying the President were
Mrs. Roosevelt, Miss Roosevelt, Secre-
tary OF War Wright, Secretary Loeb.
Surgeon-Gcneral R!xey, Capt. A. w.
Butt, 7. II. Netherland, of the execu.
tive office. and c. T. Boyd, OF the
Pennsylvania Railroad.
The Presidential party Is due TO ar.
rive at Hodgenvlle, which is several
miles from the railroad. about noon to.
morrow. After the exercises they will
return Immediately to Washington. ar.
riying here early Saturday afternoon,
BALTIMORE, Feb. II. - President
kooseHelts train passed through Balti.
more on the way West at $3.50 p. NJ,
The evening world., 1909-02-11
.SULlNANS OWNED
NO SLOT MACHINES
Bigelow, Who Claims Seized
Devices, Replevins Them
From Police Custody.

In n replevln suit decided In the
Claude Bigelow. owner OF fifty slot ma
chimes sliced b. the police months ago,
has recovered 4 judgment that directs
the Police Commissioner and Property
Clerk to return the machines to Bigeow
or to pay him $500. their value.
These are the machines on which the
names OF Cornelius J. Sullivan. Tim
othy D. Sullivan CBlg Tim and
Timothy p. sullivan C'Little TIM ap.
peared as being officers of the company
that put them out. under the name of
c. j. Sullivan Company. In an affidavit
Bigelow swears:
The only interest C. ]. Sullivan Conf
pany had In the machines was that "
advertising thereon. and for the privilege
OF placing the ads" Of some OF the arti-
clcs which they were handling as ad-
yertises.
Neither MIR. Timothey d. Sullivan nor
Timothy p. Sullivan had any COnnec-
ton whatever with these machines nor
had they any knowledge, as far as de-
ponent IS concerned, OF the installing or
the original contract OF the {. J, Sulli-
van Advertising Company undertaking
to handle these machines"
Cornelius ], Sullivan. president Of the
company, presented an affidavit embrac-
ing letter he had received from Tim
othy d. sullivan, part OF which read:
The use OF my name in connection
with slot machines not only never
authorized. but II my attention had been
called to IT, would have been very care
full to see to It that It should never have
been employed.
II write YOU this In order that you
may now know that II Is my absolute
wish that In no enterprise Of whatever
kind should my name In any wise be
employed In future"
The evening world., 1909-02-11
'W|FE'S RULES FOR
, HUSBAND OBEYED
/, BY HIM 26 YEARS
Now Menaugh, in Answer 10
(, Court, Says the Worm
Has Turned.
ARE WIVES STA YES?
WHAT ONE MADE
HER HUSBAND DO

Rang a gong as a &ignGl for
htm To retire,
II he tcdSHt IN at ! p. H., ,chen
house was lockcd, he slept in
WoodShed.
Had to remOre shoes a. door
before entering house.
Made him carry ma.er from els.
tern and tcash his own clothes.
wouldn't allolo him bath er.
cept on Sunday Glthough her pc.
poodle Gary pot tho a ,rech.
Compelled him to cat wiM a
fork; he tcos taught to use a
knife.
Refused to let him come to
table mtil he 1caShed his hands.
Stopped him from smoking IN
house. because smoke darkcned
the curtains.
Made him 1r,lk ahead OF her
on the street: forced him to sit
IN front seat Of street cars, so
he conldrt LOOK at other women.
Made him pny SO a ,ceek board
ntH 1ft-r
The evening world., 1909-02-11

ST. LOUIS. Feb. 1l.-Only once in
Charles B. Menaugh's twenty.six years
of married life did he have real cork
Ing good time. according to his own
story, and that was once when he found
himself locked out and slipped away
TO a quiet hotel, whore he spent three
weeks In untrammeled blss-free from
his eXacting spouse, who has all through
these years forced him to live according
to ten commandments she devised her
self
The worm will turn. declares Mem
-augh, and he has been the worm He
has filed cross bill to his wife's suit
for divorce. She charges desertion.
who can blame me?' asks Charles.
''Who could have done all these things
for twenty-siN years. as did, and then
kept It up forever
The meek and humble Charles de.
clares his wife was depIorahly lacking
in depreciation OF the import NJ those
bonds, love and obey" lie declares he
has done all tie obeying ever since they
married and his VIE announced her
!ronclad rules, by which he was TO
thereafter mould his daily HE.
He did IT, he says in his cross bill In
which ne also gives the ten command
nents" enumerated That is, he did
It as long as he could
II simply couldn't stand that set of
rules" says Menaugh. Il couldn't.
Why. once was happy. found my
SELF locked out. and crept away to a
hotel, where stayed three weeks. did
es l pleased ! had no rules to bother
me. was happy man. Then when
i returned my wife had new rule on
her list 1t required me to pay the
water license. | baked at that, but
1t didn't do me any good The city
shut of the water and she made me
carry the supply from cistern at the
rear OF our home.
In her rules she set a certain tina
for each meal. ! had to be up in time
for 7.30 breakfast If | wasn't I had
to go hungry. couldn't lay in he'd
and miss my breakfast no matter how
late had worked the night before she
would rout me out so she could make
the bed and have th!NSs looking nice"
Mrs. Menaugh admits she is partic-
ular, but not any more so than any
good housewife should he
The evening world., 1909-02-11
PRAISE FROM COURT
FOR NEW MAGISTRATE
Judge Grain Tells Keyran 7.
O'Connor He Has Been Con-
spicuouSly Faithful.

Judge T. c. r. Grain In General SEES
slons to-day paid a high compliment TO
the newly appointed C!y Magistrate
Keyran 7. O'Connor, who. as an AS
sistant District-Attorney, had charge OF
the prosecution of cases before Judge
Grain for several months.
Magistrate OConnor was In court to
watch the progress OF n case which he
began before his appointment Calling
him to the bar, Judge Grain said:
The Court has learned, Mr. O'Connor,
with vast satisfaction of your appoint
ment as a City Magistrate For years
you have been cOnspcuously faithful
in the discharge OF important duties In
the District-Attorney' office, faithful
ness recognized by successive District
Attorneys, so that, despite the changes
incident to the tenure OF public Office,
you have been retained in the position
of Assistant Dlstrict-Attorney. per-
forming at all times important work
and doing 1t in most satisfactory way
You are conspIcuously fitted In the
opinion Of the Judges Of this court, for
the duties you are now about to as
sumo as City Magistrate. a position
second to none In Importance in this
community. and you will leave this
Court House with the warm friendship
OF every one hero and the earnest wish
OF every one In the building, every one
tina, knows you. for your continued
success"
Magistrate O'Connor thanked Judge
Grain for the sentiment expressed and
received the congratulations OF the
numerous court attaches. The new
Mag strate will preside In the Harlem
Police Court Tuesday next.
The evening world., 1909-02-11
NEW YORK MAN MURDERED.
La Rel1H's Body Found Near Tampa
with skull Crushed,

TAMPA. Fla. Feb. II. A farmer
three miles from Tampa discovered a
mound OF freshly disturbed earth yester.
day and uncovered the body Of we'll.
dressed, middle-aged man, who had
been killed by heavy blow on the
head crushing the skull The man had
been dead about three days.
The body was identified as that Of B.
La Bella, a broker Of Elizabeth street
New York City, who came to Tampa on
business.
Nicolo ValentI, OF West Tampa, at
whose house La Bella had stayed Ono
farla Clamerto his next door nelghbor,
and Mike Bohemia and Joe Sardinia.
friends OF Valenti, have been arrested.
The officers believe La Bella was MUIR
dered at Valenti's house and his body
conveyed TO its burial place in Valenti's
wagon.
Il is said here La Bella represented
Black Hand organization In New
York. but others believe robbery was
the motive.
The evening world., 1909-02-11

cut. suede slippers. a bracelet and n
button-up-the-hnck waist. Days home
Is at No l45 Wavcrly street lonkers.
His father. now dead. was highly
respected contractor, ana the family
stand high In the town Young James
is a painter by trade and a good one,
hut AS he frankly admitted to-day, 1T
was easier being gtrl and picking
pockets
judge IloIstrom sent him to the county
for three months.
The evening world., 1909-02-11
BRINGING ABRAHAM LINCOLN
TO HIS MILK"

Fifty years ago the newspapers OF the
country contained all manner OF refer
ences to the vain boast Of the redoubt-
able Senator Douglas that he would
bring Abe Lincoln to his milk"
To-day James Butler Is bringing milk
to the people OF Greater New York i9r
price hitherto unheard Of The an
nouncep,ent Of the Butler Stores on an
other naes contains full particular -
The evening world., 1909-02-11
RECORD IN NUrTlsl LINE.

WlNsTED, Conn. Feb. ll.-By Join
ing fifteen couples IN wedlock in one
day. the Rev. Lucuyan Bojonowski, pas
tor Of the Sacred Heart Of Jesus uoIst)
Church in New Britain, established
state record in the nuptal line He has
ten more marriages to perform before
Lent.
The evening world., 1909-02-11
Mother Walks Streets Three
Days and Nights TO Find
Runaway,
THREE ARRESTS MADE.
Two Accused Of Abduction and
Youth in Winnie DamnerS'S
Company Also Held,

The mother Of Winnie banners found
her last night. Winnie lived with her
mother at No. c63 Twen,y.frst street.
BROOKLYN, until las, sunday. She has
made lot OF trouble for her mother.
The finding OF her has not made Mrs.
banners much happier.
Winnie was arrested In a Brooklyn de-
partment store for stealing last October.
She was sixteen years old, The magss'
tate let her OIL with s. fine, which her
mother paid But while she was IN In"
Adams street station house she was
shut in cell with Edna May Hamilton.
a ,wonty-year-od gIrl who lived at No.
lei West one IIundredth street Edna
May Hamilton has friend, Ralph
Weller. vino says lie Is lawyer and
lives at no $50 Second avenue. Edna
May Hamilton says that the lawyer is
her husband. The selfstyled lawyer
merely looks sheepish when the subject
is mentioned.
May Hamilton in the Adams street
Prison, the younger girl was much I'M
pressed by Ednas knowledge Of the
world and her fine clothes. She frankly
said so.
PROMISE Good Time.
When you get ont OF this scrape,' the
Hamilton girl told her, you come to me
and III introduce you to nice Fellow
and we'll lave a good time together.
Winnie had dispute with her mother
on Saturday. Sunday morning she ran
away to Edna May Hamllton's Hat.
There she met Harry smith. OF No. l9S
Schermorhorn street. Brooklyn. She
wrote a letter. which Mrs banners got
Monday, saying that she had met nice
young man and was going to be married
to him on Monday. Then she would tell
her mother his name and bring him
home
Mrs. banners came right over to
New York. She found from the post
mark that the letter had occn mailed
from somewhere near One Hundredth
street. She walked the streets for three
days and three nights looking for her
daughter.
Recognized Girls Waist.
on One Hundred and Twenty- nth
street last night she saw Edna May
Hamilton wearing Minnies waist. She
seized the girl and asked where Minnie
was. Edna said she didn't know any.
thing about any Minnie, The dispute
caught the attention OF Detectives Gaff-
ney and Buchanan, who interviewed,
Edna insisted she knew nothing Of Min
ME. But the detectives made her take
them to her home. There they found
Weller, the lawyer.
The detectives, the mother and Edna
and Weller sat there in the fiat until
midnight. when Winnie come in with
Smith. Winnie said Smith was the boy
she was going to marry But she hadn't
had time yet.
They were all arrested. Edna May
Hamilton and Weller were charged
with abduction and Smith with more
serious crime Magistrate Kernochan
put the girl in charge OF Miss Rose Nc
QUAD. TO be cared for In the Washing
ton Square Home for Girls pending
trial.
Ralph Waller has his name on an office
door at No. l49 Broadway 1t was said
there that ne formerly lived at No. $50
Sc -ond avenue, but that he recently
moved to Brooklyn"
The evening world., 1909-02-11
STEEL FOR NEW BRIDGE.
Shipments Begun To-Dny nnd Spc-

Shipments OF structural steel from
BayOnne to the towers Of the new Man
haitian Bridge began to-day. This Is
the steel that Is to he suspended from
the great cables already finished. The
contractors, Terry &c Tench, have erect
Ell sixteen derrlCkS and twelve branch.
IS at the towers 10 lift the steel, 50 the
great weight can be distributed equal v
on the cables The work II placing the
steel in position will begin AT once.
The evening world., 1909-02-11
Everybody Runs Risks.

Everybody runs risks every day A
policeman is always prepared FOR dan
ger. lie knows that any man he ar.
rests is liable to draw a gun or knife
and he's ready for him. That's an adj
vantage me has over any other citizen
who isn't looking for trouble"
couldn't get Chief Inspector Cort-
right TO see the subject In any other
light. Though he has been forty-two
years on the force, he would not admit
that he had faced any perlous sltua-
tions, nor consent 10 tell me tall tales
about them
Being policeman, according TO his
idea, is Just an exciting way OF making
living. Moreover, It isn't as exciting
as 1t used to be, because New York Is
good now-relatively good, that is.
You see" the Chief inspector con-
cuded when | had led him gently back
TO the subject OF New York's virtue,
"a policeman doesn't deal In any vague
theories about the city. He has the
facts. | know. for instance, that In a
city block. to-day people Of ten different
nationalltIes live as peaceably together
as when the houses were all filed by
native Americans | know there Is less
crime now in New York than there was
IN 1861 given the differences OF area
and population. And that's saying q
great deal
The evening world., 1909-02-11
GIRL TAKES POISON.

Miss Alice Kanipe, twenty-five years
old. OF No. 1906 Fifth avenue. Brooklyn,
Is prisoner in the Norwegian Hosp al
Charged witt attempting .Il,lls ~ tAk-
ing tlnc,ure Of Iodine She was found
a, her home last night In critical
condition.
The evening world., 1909-02-11
Former Chief Inspector Tells
Of the Gangs That Inje5!ei
the City When Fie First
Wore a Uniform.
CALLS PERCENTAGE
Or CRIME SMALL.
"Policeman'S Life Less Dan
gerous than That OF a Man
Who Works in Subway"
Declares "tionest Cop
BY Nixola Greeley Smith.

New ] Ork Is a
better town now
than in 1867 when
| first Joined the
police force. In
proportion 10 It's
population 1t is as
good as any vii
lage OF 800 inhab-
! tants in the
world"
This Is the an
The evening world., 1909-02-11

1t eve occur TO you 10 wonder what BIZ
steel down there? Take the steel shoe
clutches that stop the trains, for In
stance. When they're pu. on they're
about three inches thick. I've seen
them ground down TO half an inch
What has become OF the rest? l sup
pose we've all breathed II in.
The evening world., 1909-02-11
SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT.

SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT.
The Sunday World will give with its next
Issue the song hit al tlft Yankee Prince, en-
titled "From the Land Of Dreams" words
and music complete. The song Is by George
nj. Conan and Is one Of his best from that
rolllcklnE musical comedy.
The evening world., 1909-02-11
THURSDAY. FEB. II. 1909.

The World printed to-day 1874
Help Ads, 6o4 more than all other
New Yotk papers combined.
The evening world., 1909-02-11
City Full Of Gangs Then.


THE city was full OF gangs at that
e-organized bands Of criminals in
relatively much greater number than
we have to-day. Why. when you con-
slider all the natlonalIties in New York
Italians, Syrians, Greeks, Turks and
every other variety-!t Is marvellous
how well they manage 10 live together
and how small the percentage OF crime
Is"
What do you think OF the present
cutlery against the theatres" inquired.
Are the plays produced to-day more
immoral than those given In 1862"
Il can't see that they are. Inspector
Cortr!sht answered. Taking into &C.
count New York's phenomenal gain in
population, / must say | think IN, city
has improved morally In every respect
and is as good to-day in proportion to
its size as any c. nt-y own In the
United States.
II was a country boy. and l may say
! know something about II. Perhaps 1t
would have been better for me II | had
stayed in the country. | might have
been better of, mean.
II was In the tanning business up In
sullivan County when the war broke
out" he continued. and | volunteered.
I cast my first vote for President Lin
coin. and I'm proud to say that I've
shaken hands with him. | was in the
Army OF the Potomac. and one day
when We were at Fortress Monroe the
President came out and spent the night
at the camp with the soldiers. / shall
never forget his appearance.
How Lin coin Looked
The very spic and span old police
officer smiled remin!scently.
MIR. Lincoln had on an Old silk hat
that looked as II he might nave worn
1t eight or nine Years" ne said.
After the war" inspector Cortrigit
continued, Il went back to Sullivan
County and tried 20 be a tanner again.
But It was tco quiet for me. So came
down here and joined the police force.
II was the nearest thing TO being a sol.
der could find in time OF peace. That
was In -. In 1870, nearly thlrty-nine
years ago, | married girl from Sulli-
van County. She's upstairs now"
Here | hazarded the remark that 10 be
the wife Of man on the police force
for thlrty-nine years. knowing the con
slant dangers to which Il policeman is
subject, must carry its anxieties with It,
But the Chief Inspector did not take !
kindly to the idea.
NO" he replied, II don't think my
wife ever worried about me. Perhaps
she knew could take care of myself, |
and there is no special danger attached /
20 being a policeman any more than
here is to being a soldier know PEG.
pie on the outside think So They're so
busy udmlring the fellow who is wound
ed or killed that they don't think OF the |
thousands exposed in the same way |
hat escape injury OF any sort.
Il was wounded twice during the war.
I'VE been shot at few times since I've |
peen on the police force. though they
always missed. But those are chances |
hat soldiers and policemen are paid to
AXE. It's all part Of the days work. |
They never ihink abou, II.
"A poiceman's life Is less dangerous |
han that OF a man that works In the
subway all the tms. tor tastansa. Did
The evening world., 1909-02-11

mo mkn tiriaq are more irorthy b
Be huittd than those mho toll ~ from
portriy-roir is,s inciinsi 70 idks or
touch au2kt nhich Ney hare nos
honest!y sdrnsi.'
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