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The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-08-23
FLOORS
4. GIRL WITH BLOW
A Young Woman's Screams
Brighten Away Daring
%Highwayman.

Following closely the hold-up of Miss
Charlotte NJ. Hamilton, of 239 South
Eighteenth street, another attempt to
hold up a young woman was made last
night. The highwayman, however, was
frightened by the young woman's
screams. No trace of him has been
found.
Miss Lena Peto, % years old Of
Franklin street and Belmont avenue
Belleviile. was the victim. She alighted
from a Bloomfield car at Belmont we
nue.. A young man who had been OH
the car also alighted and followed her.
Miss Peto was not frightened until
near the tracks of the West Orange
branch of the Erie railroad. The man
caught UP with her and struck her In
the face. She was knocked down by
the force of the blow. Her assailant
made another attempt to. strike her
and she screamed. The man fled.
Policeman Bonnello hurried to her as
sistance. She had tainted, but was.
quickly revived and gave the policeman
a description of the man.
The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-08-23
PRUDENTIAL STRIKE
STILL A IANGLE
Union Laborers Are Told to Stay
at Work, and Confer
ence Follows.

At noon today there seemed to be
trouble brewing around the new Pru-
Dental building, where the strike start
ed three weeks ago.
The New York delegate of the Labor
ers' Union, a man named Doyle, made
a speech to the laborers as they stopped
work for their dinner hour. He asked
them to stay at work, as everything
was satisfactory to his local. About
every delegate in the Building Trades
Council was on the job, and nearly $50
men were gathered around the office
of the Hedden Construction Company,
who are the builders.
When asked about the trouble Mr..
Fetridge, president of the Building
Trades Council, said:
W have nothing to give out for
publication. Our interests around here
at the present time are only for har-
mony." 1t vas understood at the He'd
den office that Mr.. Gardner and c. NJ.
Hedden, together with Mr.. Thomas, the
realty manager of the Prudential In
surance Company. were In conference
late this afternoon, Trouble Is looked
for most any time. according to the
feeling of the local men out of work.
The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-08-23
PERSCH IN COURT
PLEADS NOT GUILTY
Answers to Two Indictments in
Connection With Heinze
Bonds Tangle.

NEW YORK, Aug. 23.-Pleas of not
guilty were entered today by Donald L.
Persch to two Indictments charging
grand larceny In the first degree, in
connection with the Joyce-W Windsor
Trust Company $50, 900 loan, deal. Persch
was expected to make a statement ex-
planning several features of the case
that are still more or less mysterious,
but the proceedings in the court We're
purely formal.
Persch's attorney entered his pleas
and he was sent back to the Tombs
without more than a dozen words being
spoken.
1t is expected that District Attorney
Jerome will make known today his at
titude regarding Persch, who is said to
be prepared to give all the inside, in
formation he says he has of the scheme
to get possession of the Heinze copper
stock, given as collateral by M. Joyce
to the Windsor Trust Company for a
$50. 900 loan.
The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-08-23
DIVORCES HIS
FL|GHTY WIFE
Twice Stephen Ferguson Re-
ceived Her With Open Arms
After She Left.

Edward S. Black, as counsel for
Stephen Ferguson, formerly a resident
Of Arlington, today received advice
that an absolute decree Of divorce had
e granted his client against his
wife. Katherine Belle Ferguson, nee
Lownsbury, on the grounds of deser-
ton. The decree was granted on the
strength of the report submitted by
Special Master Alonzo Church, who
heard the testimony.
Ferguson cal, easily claim to have
about as much patience as IN of his
fellow men. The couple were married
January 4, 1900, and lived together
until April 18th of that year, when for
some reason never explained, Mrs. Fer
guson took flight and was not heard
from until September It'll, of the same
year, when she presented herself at the
door with a plea that she be forgiven
and taken back. Ferguson was in
clined to be lenient and received her
on the old footing.
The stay was short, however, the
wife again taking French leave the
latter part of the same month. This
time it. looked as If she had gone for
good, as nothing was heard of her until
January, 1903. Then she returned and
Ferguson once more received her with
open arms.
On October IL, 1904, Mrs. Ferguson,
who had been acting in a restless man.
ner for some time, left again and APP
parently meant to make this desertion
a permanent one, as no trace of her
has yet been found.
The decree allows Ferguson the abb
solute custody of the only child, Edith
A, now about seven years old. The
husband recently received an appoint
ment as an attendant in the Sing Sing
prison.
The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-08-23
FATHER HIT BOY
WHO AIDED MOTHER
That Is Story Told in Court by
Mrs. Erber, and Her Husband
Is Put Under Bond.

William Erber, AZ years old, of 7S9
South Fourteenth street, the father of
eight children, was ordered in the First
Precinct Police Court today to keep
away from his home and contribute S.
a week to the support of the family.
He was also put under $500 bond to
keep the peace.
Last Monday Erber went to the Of
flee of Justice of the Peace Bosset and
made complaint against his mother-in-
law, charging her with threatening his
life. The justice took the complaint.
and Mrs. Mary Dassing, who is 70 years
Did. was summoned to the Justices Of
fee. she retained counsel and was pa
rolled in his custody. Last Thursday the
case was brought before the court and
dismissed.
Mrs Erber was in court today with
her 1-month-old child, and told a story
of cruel treatment on the part of her
husband. She refused to go back to
her home, saying that she feared for
her life and that on Wednesday last
her husband had struck her.
Yesterday morning he again re-
newed his cruel treatment she said,
land my young son, Arthur, who is Is
years old, hid I'm the closet, fearing he
would be killed. Then he came out and
asked why his father treated me so
shamefully. Thu words were no more
than uttered han Erber struck the lad
in the mouth, cutting his lip. The lad
went to the station-house and made
complaint against his father"
Mrs. Erber, in telling of her domestic
troubles, said that a hort time ago her
husband struck her in the face and
knocked out four teeth. She stated that
she believed he was mentally wrong. as
he had been in an institution for the
insane for one year. He had been dis
charged as cured.
Erber works In the Heidelberg Works,
and his employer, e. Johnson. who
went on his bond. So hat he never
noticed anything thu would make him
think that the pSf was of ~unsound
mind. He has .kIIar.i for Mr.. johnson
ver since hcsoy. except for the
time he WI ylum.
The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-08-23
TWO MEN DYING
IN DUEL OVER GIRL
Successful Jersey Suitor and
Rival by Mistake Shoot Young
Woman in Fight.

PHILADELPHIA. Aug. 2S.-In a
fusillade of revolver shots following a
a quarrel involving a pretty young
woman. two men were probably fatally
wounded and the girl herself narrowly
escaped death in her home. 1905 Passy-
unk avenue. Nearly every window in.
the house was shattered by bullets and
the entire ne%ighborhood was plunged
into an uproar of excitement before q
detail of policemen arrived on the scene.
Both of the wounded men are in a
critical condition today in the Penn
woman. Marie Lacora, was also treated
for a bullet wound in her right wrist
and powder burns on the face. The in
jured men are Anthony Ciaelia, a bot
tier. of Seventh street, below Balm
bridge. and Louis Venetia, of Lawrence,
N. J.
According to the police Louis De-
Falco, of Thirteenth and Morris streets,
who was a successful sutton for the
hand of Miss Lacora, was at her home
discussing with her plans for their
marriage, when Ciaella entered The
latter, 1t is declared. had been re-
jected several weeks ago by the young
AS he crossed the threshold
of the room in which she and his rival
were seated he drew a revolver, the
police assert, and opened fire upon De-
Falco. The latter drew a revolver after
two of the bullets had been fired so
close to Miss Lacora's face that the
powder flashes burned it and began fir
ing at Ciaella in return. The girl
tainted. and in falling to the flool
she was saved from further injury from
the leaden missiles which began to fly
thickly about the house. A m%isspent
bullet struck her on the wrist, but shc
otherwise escaped harm.
The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-08-23
B|TER'S BAIL OF
$4,000 TO STAND
Used Teeth in Quarrel, and
Mans Finger Had to Be
Amputated.

Refusing to recognize the fact that
nearly biting off a mans finger. be-
longs in the category of ordinary as
sault and battery cases. Chief Justice
Gummere, In the Supreme Court cir
cult, today denied an application made
by William R. Wilson, of Elizabeth. to
reduce the bail of his client, Ludwig
Schneider. of that city, now in the
Union county jail, from $4,000 to the
ordinary assault and battery class.
Schneider got into all argument with
Joseph Roller on July 8 last in Eliza
beth and bit Rollers finger so badly
that it had to be amputated.
Schneider's lawyer considered the bail
fixed by Supreme Court Commissioner
Wolfskeil. holding his client in the
amount named In Jail in default of bail
for the pending civil action in SIS, 900
damages brought by Roller, excessive,
and said that lower bail could be fur
nished.
II don't know commented the
chief justice, what you people in Union
consider an ordinary assault and bat
terry case, but we people up here in
Essex think that q charge of this kind,
where one man bites another mans
finger off, Is pretty nearly mahem.'
The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-08-23
GOES TO. JAIL ON
HUSBANDS ADVICE
Mrs. Mary Croker, One of Four
Women Judges Memory Aided
Him to Recognize.

The remarkable degree to which a
judges memory for faces is developed
was demonstrated today in the Second
Precinct Court by Judge Herr, when
four times in succession he recognized
previous offenders, and was able to
sentence them accordingly. In each of
the four cases, the prisoner was a
woman.
The first was that of Sarah Kelly, Go
years old, of 8 Nassau street, who was
arrested by Officer infancy last week
for intoxication in the D., l.. e. w. sta
ton. She was released from the City
Hospital today and arraigned before
Judge Herr.
Didn't / see you in March?' said the
judge.
You did. your honor said the
woman, greatly surprised.
She said she had taken the drink for
a weak stomach.
well" said the judge. Il will give
you another chance. If you are brought
before me again, however, / will give
you a year in the penitentiary. Your
sentence is suspended"
Mrs. Mary Smith, of Is Blocker
street, a comedy woman of "a. was next
arraigned. The charge was disorderly
conduct. The judge scrutiniZed her
features keenly for a moment, then
put her under the grill of questioning.
1t developed that she had been but
three months out OF jail,9 having pre-
viously been sent up for thirty days
IN the same charge. After considering
her case for a moment, the judge
suspended sentence, saying, however
that II again arrested, she would be
sent to the penitentiary for a year.
Mary Croker, of 241 Broad street,
was the next one arraigned. The
charge in her case was intoXication
also. When It developed that she had
been sentenced in June on a similar
charge by Acting Judge Oehring, the
Court imposed a sentence of thirty
days or $40 fine. Her husband, who
was present, earnestly advised his wife
to take the thirty days and she did.
When Annie Sarreloy, aged Sd and
homeless, was a~rraigned on a charge of
~Vagrancy, she was above to go free
when she told the Court that she had
secured a position in Orange and would
lose 1t if sent up The woman, it
Is said. has been three times arrested,
and sent once to the Almshouse.
The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-08-23
IN DUEL WITH
TRAIN ROBBERS ON
JERSEY MEADOWS
L~ackawanna Detective Wound.
ed, Returns Fire of Fooled Band
Hidden Among Cattails.
Especial to the Newark stsr.l

HOBOKEN, Aug. 23.-The details of
a hold-up of a Dlaware, -Lackawanna
and Western railroad train In true
wild West style on Saturday night
were given out today by Chfef Special
Agent ]. f. Adamson, of the company.
The train was a fast freight and the
cars were filed with valuable ner-
chaudise. It left Hoboken at S p. n.
When a quarter OF a mile west of the
Hackensack river. to the astonishment
of the engineer crew, the train
came to n s%tandstill. Mason Gilliland,
a railroad detective, was aboard. He
investigated.
1t was very dark nj the detective
could scarcely see where he was walk
ing. Finally he heard a sound of some
one fleeing n found a case of cloth
ing on the railroad and the door of a
car wide OPEN. Gilliland turned a small
electric fiashlight Upon a dense mass
of cattails growing along the track
and over the meadows. As soon as he
did this five or six shots were fired at
him and one shot struck him in the
thigh.
Gilliland drew his revolver and
blazed in the direction from which the
volley came at the same time extin-
gushing his light. The men in the cat-
tails continued shooting, but owing to
the darkness failed to again hit the
detective.
Then the bandits ceased firing and fled
through the meadows.
An examination of the train showed
thai one of the band had turned an
anglecock which forced on the airbrake
and brought the train to a %standstill.
After that the case of goods was re-
placed in the car, the door closed and
the train proceeded.
Special Agent Adamson today said
that any person could have stopped
the train in the same manner.
He believes it was the intention to
throw as much merchandise as pos
sible into the meadows, where it would
be hidden under the c~attails and after
the train departed to remove it. He
said that the Lackawanna train crews
are much annoyed by thieves, but that
Saturday night was the first time that
they had held up a train.
Gilliland had his wound dressed in
st, Mary's Hospital and went home.
The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-08-23
MANY MOURN DEATH
OF MRS. SCHNELLBACHER
Was Widely Known for Her
Work Among the Poor.

Many are mourning today the death
of Mrs. Johanna Schnellbacher, wife of
Henry L. Schnellbacner, superintendent
of the Kruger Brewing Company and
secretary of the Eagle Brewing COM
pany. Mrs. Schnellbacher was widely
known In this city for her work among
the poor. 1t Is said that no appeal for
aims made to her from a worthy source
was refused. She possessed a sweet,
lovable disposition that won for her a
wide circle of friends.
The funeral will be held from her
home, 1853 Hunterdon street. tomorrow
night. The Rev. Bernard Pick, pastor
of st. Johns Evangelical Church, will
officiate. Interment will be in Fair
mount Cemetery on Wednesday morn
ing.
Mrs. Schnellbacher was born in New
ark. She was the eldest daughter OF
the late Mr.. and Mrs. Augustus Joseph
Stengel. She was an ardent Sunday
school worker in the Third Presbyterian
Church until her marriage, eighteen
years ago. Last winter she went South
with her husband for the benefit of her
health. Upon her return to Newark
she told her friends that the trip had
done her much good. She became III
ten days ago and gradually grew
weaker until the end came.
Mrs. Schnellbaeher was a talented
artist and her paintings in oil attracted
much attention. She is survived by hei
husband. two daughters, Margaret and
Lillian, and a brother, ]. August STEM
gel, who is secretary of the Feigenspar
Brewing Company, and two sisters. Mrs
James Lowery, wife of DIR. James Low
erv. Of this city, n Miss Mile
Stengel.
The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-08-23
PAY NO RENT FOR
|NS|DE-0UT HOUSE
But Even that Does Not Recon-
pense Arthur Jackson,
He Says.

Many persons are now enjoying the
simple life as a matter of choice, but
the h~alf-inside and half-outside life of
the Arthur Jackson family, at 70
Arlington street, whose home abuts the
recently acquired playground site of
the city commission, is somewhat out
of the ordinary. They are living half
indoors and half out.
When the board condemned the
dwellings that were located on the plot
desired at Plane, William and Airing
ton streets several months ago. six
houses which encountered the plot were
torn down, but when the workmen
tackled the last house, a brick one, at
70 Arlington street, it was found that
the owner of number 10, a frame struc-
ture, had forgotten to put a wall on the
side of the brick building, simply hav-
ing run up his dwelling flush with the
brick wall at number 10.
The result was that when the brick
wall came down at 10. number rs was
left minus a wall, and the kitchen,
dining-room and front parlor We're left
exposed to the elements.
Arthur Jackson n his family had
just moved in the month previous, and
were somewhat startled when they
awoke one morning TO find themselves
living partly in II partly outdoors.
The house is owned by the estate of
former Alderman Johnson, but compli-
cations have arisen over the matter,
and to add additional confusion, the
Jacksons have refused to pay any rent,
since the City Commission deprived
them OF part of the rentable premises
last March.
The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-08-23
OF a Rat that Played With a
Cat and Got Away With
His Bluff.

Bwana Jumbo himself would have
been mystified at an exhibition given
IN East Orange today. The sight o. a
full-srown rat playing with a cat and
five Kittens is what drew a large audi
ence 70 the floral shop of T,ichey &.
Simpson. of $40 Main street, that city.
Five rats had been caught in one Of
the lighthouses. The rodents were
placed in a flower ieebox, where thty
could be viewed through the glass
doors a ferret that IS used in the
store for hunting the rats was plac ID
in the box with the rodents, and the
smaller animal proceeded to destroy
the others. One of the rodents skunk
of to a secluded corner during the
slaughter, and when the ferret had
Killed four OF the rats he turned to give
his attention to the remaining cnt.
There was something about the rat in
the corner that the ferret did not like
for he turned aroun and curled up
peacefully for a nap.
The spectators on the outside waited
The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-08-23
JAMES PARKER, BROTHER
OF CONGRESSMAN, LEAVES.

Colonel James r. Parker, brother of
Congressman r. Wayne Parker, of this
city, who was in Newark on a visit last
week, has left for the home of his
daughter, Mrs. Ronald T. Lyman. in
Waltham, Mass. Two of his ten days
leave We're spent in Newark. After
many years of active service. both In
the West and other places, Colonel
Parker is now commander of the
Eleventh Cavalry, at the post in Fort
Oglethorp, Georgia. He was put In
command there early this year, having
arrived from Cuba, where he had been
stationed for two years, just before in
a~uguration.
The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-08-23
RETURNED FROM COMFY
PRISONER IN SHIPS HOLD.

sherman Brown, 80 years old, of 22ls
Astor street, accepted a dare on Satur-
day night, while returning on the
steamboat Majestic from Coney Island,
and thereby hangs the ale of his ar
rest. He amused himself by throwing
several campstools into the Passaic
river after having been dared to do so
by his companion. Purser Charles
Leisner locked Brown up in the hold
until the arrival of the boat In the
city, when he turned him over to the
police of the Third precinct. When ar
raigned in the Third Precinct Police
Court today Judge Hahn thought that
Brown had suffered enough by medi-
tating on his folly in the hold of the
ship and discharged him.
The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-08-23
CRASHES KILL
TWO, MAIN ELEVEN

JERSEY CITY, Aug. 23.-At Hudson
boulevard and Bay View avenue yester
day afternoon a Montgomery street
trolley car, in charge of Motorman
Nicholas John, of ass Pacific avenue.
crashed into a touring automobile
owned by Gottlieb Decker, of 1860 Hud-
son boulevard, and smashed and twist
ed it almost beyond repair.
The occupants of the machine, Mr..
Decker, his wife, his ~14-year-old daugh-
ter Freda, Miss Lizzie Wolfe. 80 years
old. of % Lembeck avenue; Miss
Christina Schizeiger. 80 years old, who
resides with the Deckers, and the
chauffeur. Harry Ruff. of the Hudson
Boulevard and Courtlandt street, West
Hoboken, were all injured.
NEW BRUNSWICK, Aug. 23.-TIe
five members of the Maclean party hurt
In Saturdays auto accident will prob
ably recover. The surgeon of st. Peters
Hospital gave out this bulletin as to
their injuries:
Mrs. George A. Maclean. fractured
wrist joint and badly shocked; Miss
Dorothy Maclean, hand broken; Miss
Harriet Mcdonald, broken left arm:
Miss Jeanette Mcdonald. thigh and
left arm broken, condition serious;
Oscar Scott, chauffeur, both arms brok-
en-. The bodies of George a. Maclean
and his son. who were killed, are at
the n1orgue of Coroner J. Y. Hubbard.
The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-08-23
RECREANT HUSBANDS ARE
NOW BEHIND PRISON BARS.

Emil Fackler and Abraham Fucker,
the recreant husbands who were re-
Gently caught in Chicago by Prose
cutor's Detective Louis Slutzky. are in
the county jail today awaiting pleading.
They were brought within the jurisd C.
ton OF the county from the Windy
City on Saturday. objective Sergeant
Farley. Of the Chicago police. accom-
panied the local man on the trip.
Fackler put IN a fight against extra
dition, but lost.
The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-08-23
CUTS WRIST WITH
RAZOR AND DIES
Daniel Hellriegel Ends His Life
by Slashing Artery and
Bleeding to Death.

Out of work and Respondent. Daniel
Hellriegel, SO years old, of 4SS Spring
field avenue, committed suicide today
by slashlng an artery in his wrist with
a razor. He was found lying in a pool
of blood in the rear of the Grassy
Lumber Company's yards, II Badger
avenue, by a workman.
A hurry call was sent for an ambu-
lance. Hellriegel died fifteen minute
later in the City Hospital. He was a
teamster. 1t is sale that he had been
drinking heavily during the past three
weeks. The police are trying to locate
his sister, Miss Margaret Hellriegel, of
this city.