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The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1910-08-25
WOMAN SHOOTS TWICE
AT A FLEEING BURGLAR

NEW YORK-Special. After she had
been struck in the face and threatened
with Aeath by a masked burglar who
had awakened her by flashing q dark
lantern in her face, Mrs. Rose Villano
S49 Manhattan Avenue, Brooklyn
man as he leaped through her kitchen
window.
She missed the man. but the sound of
the shots brought Policeman McDer-
chased the intruder half a mile through
Brooklyn streets and finally captured
him after a fight.
The burglar had entered the Vnlano
rooms by the fire escape at the kitchen
window Mr.. and Mrs. Villano were
asleep on the floor of the bedroom and
the man stepped over them and took
SIS from the clothing of Mrs. Villano.
His electric fiashlight awoke Mrs. VIII
lano, and she was about to rise when
Ing her back on the pillow. Covering
her mouth with his hand he threatened
TO Kill her and her husband If she made
an cutlery. Then he ran to the kitchen
Villano had not awakened, and Mrs
Villano pulled a revolver from under
her pillow, and fred at the man as he
Jumped TO the window. A second shot
followed him as he went through, but
both bullets imbedded themselves in the
wall.
Policeman McDermott saw a man
dash out at the side Of the house and
tollowed him. He overlook the fugi-
tive at Leonard and jackson Streets
McDermott led his prisoner back to the
Nillano house, where he was identified
by Mrs. Villano, and then took him 10
the station. He gave his name as John
Sappo, 442 Humboldt Street, Brooklyn
day morning he was held in $4,000 bail
Tor further examination.
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RUMOR SHE WAS
KILLED BY WOMAN
Report I'm Baltimore That Mrs. Edith
WOOdill Was Slain by Mrs. Charl-
ton and Not by Bob Eastman.

BALTIMORE, Md Special.-Run
mors have been frequently heard -
the last few months I'm St. Michael&
and other towns in Talbot county to-
the effect that Mrs. Edith May Thomp-
son WoOdill, the young woman whose
murder near that town about a year
ago was fraught with such country
wide interest and thrilling details. wSS
the victim not OF Lame Bob" East
man. the man of mystery. as was sup
Charlton, who was murdered by her
husband, Porter Charlton, on June
9Th last at Lake Como, Italy.
If these rumors be true, two OF the
most startling murders that have ever
engaged the interest Of the American
people will be linked together in q
doubly tragic bond.
The truth of these reports can only
be known from the lips OF one or moro
of those who were present on thate
night in June when Mrs. Woodil,
vivaciouS and much sought after, came
to her death in Robert f. Eastman's
bungalow, on Broad Greek. Three OF
those whose names have been mem
toned as being connected with the af-
fair are dead, namely, the murdered
women and Eastman, the suicide.
Young Charlton is in a murderer's
cell in Jersey City jail. but refuses
to be seen by anyone except the MEM
bers of his family and his lawyers.
The main point that must enter into
consideration of the case is where
Mrs. Charlton, who was then a Mrs.
Castle, was present in the bungalow
on the night when, IL is alleged ac-
cording to a letter written by East
man shortly before his death, a quar-
rel arose between two women through
Jealousy about a man, in which
quarrel one of the women struck her
rival over the head with a bottle.
causing injuries from which she died
an hour later. Two men besides
East man were present on the night
in QeuStion, so the latter said. If this
be true. the identity of these men
would be most interesting and inn
portant to ascertain. Eastman's name
has borne the stain of guilt in the
eyes of the world, but there are those
who believed the avowal Of innocence
made by him before he took his life,
and who maintain that it was not he,
but a woman. who killed Mrs. Woodill.
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SAVED FROM DEATH.
But DOES NOT AWAKE

NEW YORK Special.-In front Of
her home at 9S Nineteenth Street.
Brooklyn. Margaret Phillips, aged
elevn months, lay asleep in a little
go-cart while her mother watched
from a window.
Down the street at breakneck speed
dashed q runaway team Of horses,
frightened by an automobile. As
they neared the Phillips home they
swerved toward the sidewalk directly
upon the sleeping child.
The mother at the window was
paralyzed with terror, but from across
the street, Mrs. Katharine Kirby, of
Nineteenth Street, saw the child's dan
ger and caught the nearest horse by
the bride and then was dragged at
the strap until the horses turned out
from the sidewalk. The deadweight
of her body brought them to a stop
The wheels of the carriage had Just
Srazed the little go-cart and baby
Phillips slpe ont. never knowing her
nearnesS to death.
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SAID HE WAS BULLIED
INTO BECOMING THIEF

BROOKLYN. Specially boy of
fourteen told so remarkable a story
Of being forced to bcc>Lle a burglar
that Justice McInerney, Who heard
L Wednesday in the Childrcn's Court,
Brooklyn, ordered detectives to in
vestigate the story thoroughly. John
Anderson of "A Hope Street was the
boy.
Until a few weeks ago." young
Anderson began, Il didn't go out with
nther boys. l wasn't as strong as the
fellows living in the neighborhood,
and they used to guy me and lick me
whenever 1 Joined them.
"One day / met a boy two or three
years older than am. He told me if
joined his gang he'd protect me.
was glad to get help, and he said the
next time any of the fellows got fresh
With me to let him know. l used to
meet the gang every night on the
corner. They taught me to smoke.
Last Sunday the fellows decided to
lob a shirt factory. 1 said l wouldn't
go along, but they teased and teased
and then I followed. We went into
4 vacant building, climbed to the top
and then went over the roof until
we reached Menacous's place. His
factory is on the third floor of a four
story building.
LAS we got ready to go down the
fire-escape to get in thought of what
was doing and asked the fellows
to go back. They wouldn't, and so !
said l was going home. The boss of
the gang punched me in the face and
fell. He and two others jumped
on me and hit me a lot of times.
Now, / guess youn stick said the
leader when they let me up. But I
said I wouldn't and started to get
back over the roofs. They came at
me again and beat and kicked me a
long time. They wouldn't stop until
I'd promised to climb down.
IT was the last one down the fire.
escape. They said / could stay outside
until they'd got everything they
wanted. There was a big box on the
fire-escape and so 1 hid behind IL.
saw the leader Jimmy a window
and enter. The next thing ! knew
was when the police climbed up and
told us all we were under arrest"
Detectives Busby and Weyman of
Police Headquarters were passing
when the boys started down from the
roof to the factory window. The de-
tectives waited a few minutes and
then went up. Besides Anderson they
arrested Joseph Huggard, nineteen;
Michael Media, sixteen, and Joseph
Jaafe, sixteen, all of whom live in the
immediate neighborhood. They will
be tried next week in the Adams
Street Court.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1910-08-25
SIDELIGHT ON. GAY LIFE
AT NARRAGANSETT PIER

NARRAGANSETr PIER, r. I.-Spe-
cial.-Two young men wac were rec
nized Raymond and Morgan Bel
mont, sons Of August Belmont, got into
trouble at a hotel here. They placed
their names on the register as II. Bel
mont. New York." and M. Belmont,
New York." and were assigned TO a
single room. \ little way above them
on the register appeared the name of
Miss T.. III. Lorraine. New York city"
the person so registering being a young
woman of handsome appearance be-
jeweled and Of ViVacious manner. She
was assigned to a room on the floor
above the Belmonts.
Nothing was seen of any of the three
about the hotel for couple Of hours
Then a bellboy heard laughter and the
sound of high jinks generally proceed =
ing from the room assigned to NJ. and
r. Belmont, the gay soprano voice of n
woman predominating. The bellboy re-
ported to the office. a Mortified clerk
hurriedly proceeded to the second floor
and tapped at the door. When il was
opened Miss Lorraine was found being
entertained by the Messrs. Belmont
AS rule of the house was thus VIC.
la ted, the trio was requested to leave.
and did so.
Morgan and Raymond Belmont are
both Well-known polo players.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1910-08-25
WAITER FINED
AFTER DINING ROOM FIGHT

NEW YORK.-Speciai Joseph Cas-
tro, OF 221 East Thirty-second Street
was arraigned in Jefferson Market
Court Thursday on a charge of felo-
NOUS assault preferred by Herman
Reisman, OF 118 East One Hundred
and Eleventh Street. Both are wait
ers in the Park Avenue Hotel, and
the complainant charged Castro with
hitting him on the head with a silver
platter.
The magistrate examined the
wound, said il was not very serious.
and ordered the complaint changed
70 disorderiy conduct.
1t developed that each man was
waiting on a party of guests in the
dining room. Reisman wanted more
silver than he had at his disposal so
he went to the silver used by Castro
and proceeded to take several pieces
The fight followed. and Reisman call
ed in policeman, who arrested Cas-
tro.
Castro did not deny he struck Refs
man, but contended he had a right to
defend his silver.
Not the way you did," said Mag
istrate Corrigan. Ten dollars fine"
Castro paid. Reisman went outside
and waited for him. Then they shook
hands and started arm in arm for the
Park Avenue Hotel.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1910-08-25

leading 20 the throne. The queens
were: Masters Jack Burden,
Reuben Henchman, Carlton l.. Clark
sydney II. Melvin, Irving GanO and
Nena Faulkner. Following the pages
in the imperial procession were the
two nower girls. Lillian Woolley and
Laura Berdan. Next came the queens
aides-Miss Ethel Norris. Miss Mar
garet w. Parker. Miss Alta Anderson.
Miss Marion W. Gillen and Miss Inez
Il. Newbold.
Goldenrod was strewn in the path Of
the queen by the pages as she ap-
preached the throne. The queen was
followed 20 her royal seat by Mayor
McFsddin and DR.. orrin A. Clark.
Prince, and John Gordon, Jester. In
prOclaiming Miss Sternbach queen,
Mayor McFaddin expressed the hope
that she would reign with perfect sat
isfactiOn TO her $4,000 subjects. The
coronation concluded with three cheers
for the new queen.
Athletic games were held on ocean
Avenue, opposite the Casino grounds, as
the afternoon attraction.
Rain marred the success of the mask
features of the Bluff walk, the eve
ming attraction. Many, however, at
tended the masked bah I'm the Casino.
The childrenS parade will be held to-
morrow afternoon.
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SHOT FRIEND SHOWING
WHAT GALLAGHER DID

NEW YORK Special-Just after
he had shown his BOY companions
employed in the branch Of the Colo
NAL Bank, at West one Hundred and
Sixteenth Street and Seventh Avenue,
how James ]. Gallagher had slipped
up behind Mayor GaynOr and shot
him, Jean Richard Bonnamy acciden-
tally discharged the pistol he was
using TO illustrate his description and
shot George f. Wing in the abdomen.
Wing is dying in Harlem Hospital and
Bonnamy is in the West one Hundred
and Twenty-fifth Street Police Station
on charge of felonious assault.
The accident occurred at 5 o'clock
Thursday evening, after the officers
of the bank had left for the day.
There were present at the time Wing,
who is seventeen; Bonnamy, who is
eighteen, and Harold Spencer and Fe-
liX Krupt, both eighteen. They be-
came involved in a discussion of the
GaynOr shooting.
Bonnamy went to the desk of CASH
Ter George S. Carr and took out q re-
volver. He carefully removed the
cartridges, and standing Wing up to
impersonate Mayor Gaynor, Bonnamy
went through q stimulation of the ac-
tions of Gallagher at the moment Of
the shooting.
Having completed his Illustration
he took up the cartridges again and
reloaded the weapon. AS he showed
the last cartridge into it's place the
revolver was discharged. Wing was
standing directly in front of him. He
sank TO the floor.
The boys were all terror stricken
and rushed from the bank in search
Of aid. Doorman Anthony, Of the
West One Hundred and Twenty-fifth
Street Station. was passing and he
called an ambulance from the Har-
HOCnifDl
moved the boy TO that institution. At
ter an examination he said there was
but little chance for his recovery.
Wing identified Bonnamy at the hos
pital. but said the shooting was pure
ly accidental.
Wing is a son of William +. Wing.
a bookkeeper. living at 1872 West one
Hundred and ThirtS-fifth Street Bon
namy's father is a decorator i'm bust
ness at 2O63 Second Avenue and lives
at 100 y West one Hundred and Thir-
tieth Street. He and the victim OF
the shooting are assistant bookkeep-
ers in the branch bank. All Of the
boys were fast friends.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1910-08-25
FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE
DIES AT AGE OF NINETY-ONE

LO n D N Special Florence
Nightingale. the heroine of the Cri-
mean war and the founder of mod
ern system Of army field hospitals
died yesterday, in her ninety-first
year. She was never married, having
devoted her life to the cause of saw
ing life and diminishing suffering in
times of war and pestilence, and to
the general improvement of hospital
service at all times and everywhere.
II was long before the day Of the
active suffragette, and in the midst o.
the very time when il was considered
bad form for a woman TO stir out of
her limited sphere. that Florence
Nightingale accomplished the WORK
that made her name great and endur-
ing. She had not alone the sickness
at Soutari and the cholera at Bala-
@lava to fight with. There was the
prejudice against a woman engaging
Iii nursing campaign-there were
some who considered her an inter-
ferring busybody.
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BABY DEAD 80 DAYS
ERE MOTHER KNEW 1T

NEW YORK Special.-An unusual
case OF red tape which started in Unt
humane desire OF ships doctor to save
a child life, but resulted in needless
~ prolonging the anguish of a mother
Tor more Than month, came to lighi
Suppess, eight months old, child of ?
couple who had been detained at The
immigrant station, died in the Nor
9th, but not until thirty-five days af-
terward did Andrew Suppess and his
VIE know their baby was dead.
The SuppeSS family arrived here on
the Russian American liner Lithuania
from Libau July 5th. There were two
chlIdren. one two and a half years old
was taken i'll that night. The weather
was not and the ships doctor, unaware
Eat the immigration Bureau had ar
arrangement with the Long Island Col
lege Hospital to take such cases called
an ambulance from the Norwegian Hos
...e baby died in the hospital witbir
an hour. The hospital informed the
brooklyn police, who sent word to the
SShSSrlues Department: Next day the
Dody was buried in the potter's field
Ohaccustomed to receiving immigrant
emergency cases. the hospital authori.
n nS supposed the police would inform
Meantime the parents and the older
e eFtnr G were kept on Ellis Island. DAY
TO ask for her child. but could get nc
satisfactory answer. She became al.
most frantic, and finally her demands
LOT news of her child led to inquiry
Then 1T was discovered that the child
had died only an hour after reachinc
the hospital, and that the body lay In
pauper dead.
The ,grieving parents left the isIanc
Kesteroa f.o Tor the home of George
Ellis Island sharply rebuked the Rus
SIAN American line for its failure to in
t1r11 the bureau Of the death of the
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EngIIrh verrun AmerIcan WIvcr.

Who sees and applies wisdom to The
daily course is the ideal companion.
Women quick of perception, keen-eyed,
ready minded, should make ideal COM
panions for their heavier and slower
minded husbands. and in England.
where education and training aid the
natural endowment. they accomplish
IT, The Englishwoman takes her
pleasures with her husband and keeps
her interests apace with his She takes
her holiday with him, leaving the chill
dren at home or sending them of with
a governess or tutor. She understands
politics and is usually an able political
abettor. She has an insight into her
husbands trade and profession, and,
keeps abreast OF his interests She is
physically hardened by a girlhood in
which she played tennis, cricket.
hockey. and golf. and cannot only en-
JOY sports with him, but can stand the
same hard travel, climb the same noun
tains, enjoy the same seas.
Any observant traveller abroad has
been struck by. the forlOrn pursuit of
common ends of the American husband
and Wife-she haunting the shops and
the theatres and he vainly seeking
amusement and resources for which
he has had no previous training
Louise Collier Wilcox, in Harper's
Bazaar.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1910-08-25
The PnssInn I,IaH

The play begins at m the morning
and lasts, with an internission at noon
for rest and refreshmeut, until nearly
6. 1t is made up of eighteen acts, some
of them composed of several scenes,
and each act is prefaced first by pro-
logue spoken by the leader of the
chorus, then by the chorus itself, and
finally by one or two tableaux wants.
The first TO appear on the stage are the
members of the chorus, who are known
as guardian angels or spirits. They are
dressed in simple Vari -cOlored gowns
covered with white tunics edged with
gold fringe and cohored nantes. They
enter gracefully and reVerently, their
hands crossed on their breasts, form
ing a half-circle across the front Of the
stage. The leader. known as Choragus,
comes forward and pronounces the pro-
logue, which explains the object of the
entire production to come The chorus
enlarges upon the same idea in a chant,
and, finally, separates into two divis-
ions to reveal the first tableau&.-Har-
per'S Bazaar.
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The RahN.

He has his fathers Roman nose;
He has his mothers wondrous eyes;
His hair-hen get some, / suppose
Suggests his grand-dadS pate so
wise;
He has no teeth, but on the whole
There's lots Of room TO put them in;
His mothers mother pays him toll
BY giving him her chin.
The dimple on his little cheek
Q what joyous thing il is,
IT'S ever playiig hide-and-seek,
And shows what wealth Of smiles is
his.
This dimple is his mother s-surei
a perfect little fount Of fun.
Twas that, / think, was first TO lure
Us twain from two 10 one.
But whence hath come this fund OF
noise
That he doth make by night and day ?
It's louder than troop of boys
Let loose a I recess time TO play.
II has wild sirenic roar
Mixed with a sort OF churning chug:
fear me some old ancestor
Was captain Of a tug.
BY John kendrick Bangs, in the
Christian Endeavor World.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1910-08-25
GETS SLAP AND FINE
FOR TRYING TO MASH

BROOKLYN, n. Specialization
Schmidt, of 9O9 st. Johns Avenue,
the Bronx, a salesman in large fur
nlture store in upper Third Avenue
mace oad blunder when he tried
TO f1irt with Mrs. Emma Brown in the
store Saturday afternoon. His famil-
iarity and persistency so incensed the
young woman that she went to the
Harlem Court Monday and got a
warrant for his arrest.
Wednesday, when Schmidt was ar
raigned before Magistrate Appleton
he young woman was accompanied
oy her father-in-law, Wilfred j.
'wn' and her three-year-old daugh-
ter. = n 81 q
L went to the store to buy a par
Tor set Thursday afternoon" said Mrs.
Brown. This man took me up to
he third floor, and after l had pick
I'd one out he invited me to sit down.
he then chucked me under the chin,
oinched my arm and called me en-
Tearing names. l slapped his face
went home and told my husband"
Brown went TO the store with his
wife from their home at 104 East
Eighty-siXth Street. He was going to
lick that fellow good" but lost his
pugnacity when he saw Schmidt. who
weighs about 225 pounds. Brown
merely said he wanted some etchinCs
Schmidt said they had none in stock
but would have some Saturday and
suggested that Mrs. Brown pick them
out. Mrs. Brown went Saturday, and
then Schmidt, she says, renewed his
familiarities.
Not a word of her story is true"
protested Schmidt. Il took hold Of
her arm to help her in and out of
the elevator and she objected. That
was ALL"
There was no one on the floor but
hose two at the time, so there were
no witnesses.
Magistrate Appleton. she would not
come here and lie about il. You and
she are perfect strangers on your own
admission. It's an outrage if a de-
cent woman cannot go into a store
and receive decent treatment from
employees. You are found guilty and
[ fine you $40"
Schmidt paid the fine. Mrs. Brown
thanked the magistrate.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1910-08-25
WAS GUEST OF CITY, SENDS
DOLLAR TO MAYOR GAYNOR

NEW YORK Special.-The city's
conscience fund" has been enriched tC
the extent of 81 by receipt Friday al
the Mayors office OF fifty 2-cent stamps
enclosed with a letter which read:
Dear Mayor Gaynor-I was in youi
city one time and did not have nc
money; and stayed in your place one
night and send you some stamps for
pay. forget the street and number
but II seems to me its 23d or 43d ST
But would not be sure. 1 will send 2
extra stamp so you can rite and let me
no II you got them. i had frozen feets
! asked out and did not work for paw.
this was or years ago.
william b. Meloney, executive secre-
tary to Mayor Gaynor, would not reveal
the name of the man whose signature
was attached to the letter. He said II
has been acknowledged with thanks,
Mr. Meloney believes the man was cared
for at the municipal lodging house on
TWenty-third Street
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1910-08-25
4 Star That WInks,

There is In the constellation Pegasus
a. little variable star that may reasons
ably be said to wink. Two or three
times in the course of a single night
this curious star can be seen to fade and
then to brighten like a singnal light
For about two and three-quarter hours
II becomes fainter and fainter; then
comes a change, and at the end OF two
and three-Quarter hours more it is as
bright as at the beginning. Unfortun-
ately, 1T can be seen only with a tele-
scope Yet 1t ranks as a sun.-Harper's
Weekly.
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Needs a woman Dresser

NEW YORK. Special.-John Lind
strom, female impersonator on his
way 10 Winnipeg, arrived on the Ma
jestic yesterday and gave a novel ex-
PLANTATION OF the presence of Stephanie
Klein on the same ship.
Lindstrom said he was not married to
Miss Klein, but that she was his dress
in a woman's toggery without the aid
OF a woman. The immigration authori-
Ties could not see the point of Lind
stroms reasoning, and, through the
reciprocal arrangement which this Cow
eminent has with Canada whereby each
prevents the passage if undesirable
persons across one country to the
other. ordered the female impersonator
and his dresser detained as undesir-
ableS