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The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-04-09
BURGLAR is DYING
AS RESULT OF FALL
Youths Caught RObbing Safe
of New York Lawyers.
SLIDE DOWN A WATER PIPE
One Falls to Roof of Adjoining
Building and Is Recognized as
Former office Boy of Firm-Jnnf-
tor Beaten over Head when He
Discovers Them. but Gets Help.

New York. April S.-The janitor Of the
Central Trust company Building, at 81
Wall street, discovered something wrong
about the Offices of Joline, Larkn &
Rathbone, the lawyers on the eighth floor,
when he made his rounds at $50 o'clock
tonight.
Presently he saw two young men, who
had towels around the lower part Of their
faces as masks, tiptoeing across the floor
of the cashiers Office. Harmon. the
janitor, jumped for the door, but the pair
inside threw their weight against it and
struggled TO bar Harmon OUT. He forced
the door, but one Of the pair hammered
him over the head with an iron bar
When his senses came back to him he
ran to window and yelled for the police.
Meets Young Man.
Sidney Jones, the watchman. heard
Harmon's shouts. Jones dashed up the
stairs He pulled his pistol on the way
up. At the sixth landing a young man
lodged around a marble corner. He was
gone before Jones could fire
When the watchman got to the Office Of
Joline, Larkin & Rathbone. the janltor
waved a hand toward an open window
The window looked upon the roof of the
New York Life Insurance and Trust
Company Harmon made Jones under
stand that the pSfr had climbed out of
the window and Skinned down a water
pipe leading TO the roof Of the adjoining
building.
While Jones was figuring what to DO.
the police came tearing in. They took a
look out into the night and thought they
could make out on the roof below some
thing that looked like a mans body.
Find Body of Youth
Lieut.. Wall ordered the police to get on
the roof, poke around, and see what they
could find. They clambered on TO the
roof and came upon the body of young
man. They picked him up and carried
him into the New York Life building.
and then started 10 search for his pal
They found him in the rooms used by
the janitor He said the safe in the law
yer's Offices had been robbed and that
the money had been hidden on the root.
It didn't take long to find the money,
$5S2 in bills. AS soon as they had the
money an ambulance surgeon Informed
them that burglar No. l was dying. He
had fallen while making the slide down
the waterpipe and had landed on his
head
So the policemen went to work on the
other one. They got out of him that
his name was Lawrence Bonnie, and that
he was twenty years old. The name of
his injured companion was J. Barry. also
twenty
Barry, the one whom the janitor recog-
nized. had been employed as an office
boy by Adrian II. Joline.
Barry was taken to the Hudson Street
where it was said he would die.
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TAFT WINS AT GOLF.
0utplays Sherman in Executive
Match at Chevy Chase.

President Taft and Vice President
Sherman played the first game Of ex-
ecutive golf over the Chevy Chase links
late yesterday afternoon. Both MT Taft
and the Vice President were in fine form,
but Just the same the Presidents was
a little finer.
He beat his opponent one hole Both
made the round in less than 100, which
is pretty good considering everything.
There was not any gallery to watch the
distinguished golfers because few in
Washington knew about the match until
it was well under way.
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Tired of secondhand testimony
about the finances of the Washing
ton Gaslight Company, the House
District Committee decided last
night to invite the officers them
selves to appear and tell what they
know.
why should not the officers of
this company come before us and
plead their own case" asked Rep
resentative Coudrey, of Missouri,
after DR.. Alexander c. Humphreys,
OF Buffalo, a gas expert, had admit
ted frankly that he was a paid wit
ness for the company, and that he
was ignorant of the details of some
OF its stock transactions.
q do not think the gas company
is inclined to play fair with US, "
Mr.. Coudrey continued. They are
not inclined to give the information
we need, and they do not seem to
want to help us. | do not UNDER
stand why we should accept hear
say evidence from an outsider when
the officers of the company should
be presenting it themselves"
WOULD LIKE TO aUIZ MANAGER.
Yes what We want to find out is how
much General Manager Hart and these
other officers know about gas, said Rep
Pearre, Of Maryland There
are plenty Of corporations that suffer
from lack Of brains.
Attorney R. H. Goldsborough promised
that William F. Hart and other executive
officers Of the gas company. possibly in
Guiding John R. Mclean, will attend the
adjourned meeting OF the committee at
S o'clock Tuesday night
Attorney George c. Hazleton, former
corporation counsel of the District of
Columbia and an ex-member of Congress
addressed the committee for more than
an hour last night in a bitter arraign-
ment of the gas company and its finan-
cial transactions from lS4s down to to-
day.
He traced the increased capitalization
Of the company from the first $4,000 of
stock authorized by Congress, declaring
the destruction of the books in 1856
shrouded its previous transactions in
mystery, and that there is not "a scin-
tilla of evidence to show that the first
'50O00O in stock was ever paid.
Capital Increases Analysed.
He quoted the report of Senator Spoon
srs' committee during an investigation in
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Thomas F. Walsh, the Colorado
mine owner, died at his home last
night at II: :z5 O'clock. He had
been i'll about six months with heart
trouble, following an attack of
pneumonia.
Mrs. Walsh, her daughter, Mrs.
Z. B. Mclean, and Edward B. Nc
Lean were at his bedside when the
end came.
The family were conversing in
the breakfast room of the Walsh
mansion at II:I5, when they were
summoned to the bedside by the
attending physician, DR.. Mitchell.
Mr.. Walsh was conscious up TO the
moment he died, and passed away
peacefully. He was ffty-nine years
cid, having been born April ?, 1851.
Mr., Walsh went to Palm Beach
in January after partial fecov-
cry. Complications developed there,
and he was taken to San An
tonic, Tex, in the hope that the
climate in that part of the country
would be more beneficial. DR.. Fin
ney, specialist in lung and heart
troubles, of Johns Hopkins Uni
versity, accompanied him on his
trip in the South.
PATIENT BROUGHT BACK HOME.
When it was found that Mr. Walsh
was not improving in Texas he was
brought back to his home in this city,
at Massachusetts avenue and Twenty
first street. Before he arrived here. how
ever. he had had a large sun room built
on the roof of the house, similar to the
"solarum" which Edward H. Hartman
had erected on his Fifth avenue resi-
dence shortly before he died. Since his
return TO washington, Mr. Walsh had
lived most of the time in this room.
His condition took a turn for the worse
a day or two ago. and other specialists
were summoned from Johns Hopkins
Four physicians from that
hospitaI-Drs. Finney. Barker. Mitchell.
and Guthrie-and fifth physieian-Dr.
Wainwright. Of this clty-had been at
the mine-owner's bedside practically all
day yesterday.
Came Here in 1890.
Mr.. Walsh moved to Washington in
1889. and his home here Is one of the
show places of the Capital. ClonmeI. his
estate in Colorado, just outside of Den
yer, is one OF the nnest country places
in America. It belonged to the late SEN
ator Wolcott. and was known then as
Wolhurst. Last fall, when PRESIDENT
Taft was on his Western trip, Mr.. Walsh
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HERALD NEWS SUMMARY.

Pages.
Thomas F. Walsh Dead,
Gas Committee Active.
Washington Man Confesses Murder.
Taft Wins at Golf.
Maryland Governor to Veto.
2-House Votes Battle Ships.
D. A. r. Figure in Clash.
&Reporters Balk Roosevelt Plans.
Insurance Men are Raided.
Aero Club Scores Bishop.
4-News of Day in Congress.
5-Society and Personals.
Hunt BAH at Chevy Chase.
6-Editorial.
I'm World of Women.
S-SpOrting.
9-Third Degree Held a Myth.
u-Daily Court Record
News of Alexandra.
12-News of the Churches.
13-Markets.
1-Women UnInjured in Wreck.
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BAR PSYCHE AND CUPID.
Cemetery Trustees Object to Nude
Figures rs Ornaments.

New York. April S-A grave in the
Greenwood Cemetery in Brooklyn has been
stripped of its monument because the
trustees do not think the nude, figures
Of a man and woman are proper -orna-
ments for such a place.
Samuel Carey controller of Greenwood,
dictated the following letter to Mrs. Mary
L. Stetler, of Philadelphia:
MY attention has just been called to
the statue of Cupid and Psyche. placed in
your lot. This is not a proper object TO
be placed in the cemetery, and I must
insist on your having it removed.
Mrs Stetler complied.
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GIRL ENDS HER LIFE.

Accused of Fraud. She HurIs Her
self Before Train.
Menominee. Mich, April s.-Miss Jennie
Moore. an alleged dealer In fraudulent
mining shares. against whom actions
have been brought throughout Upper
Michigan, hurled herself before moving
train at Marionette at s o'clock this even
ing and was instantly killed
Her operations are alleged to have to-
tailed $4,000 She promised 100 per cent
return IN six months.
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Shoots at His Neighhor.

Special 70 The Washington Herald
Bristol. Tenn, April s-George ". Ham
mitt. wealthy Bristol citizen and a lead
ing Republican OF the Ninth district of
Virginia, was arraigned to-day charged
with attempting TO murder James White,
a faFrnt I Hammitt and White own ad-
joining farms near Bristol. The trouble
came up over Whites hsgs getting into
FIammitt's fields. Hammitt shot several
times at White. who shielded himself be-
hind pair of horses.
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LIMIT TO HOSPITALITY.
Indiana Methodists Give but One
Meal to Minister.

Blunton. Ind. April S.-The Northern
Indiana Conference of the Methodist
Church decided to-day that owing to the
high cost of living families that enter
tain ministers shall not be asked to fur
nish more than one nights lodging and
one meal The motion was made by the
district superintendent and was adopted
by the conference.
Under this motion the ministers will
have to pay for entertainment with the
exception of one night and breakfast the
next morning.
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Makes Dash After Being Taunted
and Thus Invites Death.

San Francisco, Call April s.-George c.
Collins. a military prisoner on his way to
Alcatraz Island prison was shot and
killed on the transport dock here under
dramatic circumstances. and, in fact. it
is claimed that he practically committed
suicide.
Collins was being harassed and an
noyed by guard who seemed 10 delight
in tantalizing him. Suddenly Collins made
a dash down the long deck with half a
dezen armed guards close 10 him. He
had no chance in the world TO escape.
and seemed to court death. which quickly
came.
Rifles cracked after a sharp command
of halt had been disregarded. and Col
Inns staggered and fen in heap stone
dead.
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OFFICIALS To- FACE
CHS COMMITTEE
Tactics Now Changed Mean a
Deeper Probe.
SPEECH BY HAZELTON
Attorney for Consumers De-
mands More Light.
SPEECH BY HAZELTON

Declares Proceedings Have Been
Conducted Too TameIy to Result
Effectively, and that More InfOr-
nation Could Be Obtained by Sum
mOning Executive Heads of the
Concern ana Asking Questions.
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Body of Missing Youth round,

SPECIAL to Tie Wsshinsson Herald
Roanoke, Va, April s.-The body Of ira
Hamriek, aged eighteen. who had been
missing since last october, was found to-
day on the side of Min Mountain near
the city by a man who was hunting herbs.
Two bullet holes in the skull told how
Hamrick met his death 1t is believed
he committed suicide because of disap-
pointment in love. Some days before
Hamriek disappeared. he borrowed a pis-
tol from a relative.
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Mine Owner Expires Just
Before Midnight.
SICK SINCE JANUARY
Southern Trip Fails to Restore
Broken Health.
WAS FRIEND OF LEOPOLD

'areer Of Colorado Man, Whose
Wealth Was Estimated at $10,-
100000 to $15,0OO,0O0, Was One
of the Most Strident in Business
History of America, and His
Passing VIII Affect Scores of
Prominent Relatives and Friends
Throughout the COuntry-FOur
Physicians at Bedside Fail in
Final Struggle to Save Him, After
He Had Been Brought Back to
Magnificent Home and Placed IN
Specially Constructed "Solarium.
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WASHINGTON MAN INJURED.
Chemical Explosion DiSfigures DIR.
SneIlings, OF Geological Survey.

Pittsburg, Pa. April S.-Dr. w. o.
Sneliings Of Washington. at present as
signed to the local station of the United
States Geological Survey. was severely
burned about the face and hands this
afternoon, when d bottle of chemicals,
with which he had been experimenting.
exploded
The fiery compound spattered on the
face OF the doctor and it was first feared
that he might lose his eyesight. but
this will not be the case DR.. Smelling
will be diSfigured. 1t is feared. for life
The strength of the explosion wrecked
the national laboratory in which he was
working.
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Ei Paso, Tex. April S-Wnliam RAN
dolph Hearst was here to-day in a pri-
vate car, returning from Mexico. and
made the declaration that he was seri-
ously considering the establishment of an
American daily. with Spanish edition.
in Mexico City. He said he saw Presi-
dent Diaz
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MULE BEATS TRAIN.
Animal Never Saw Cars Before and
Starts Mad Race,

Starts Mad Race.
Port Jervis. n. Y. April "a mule won
a race against an Erie freight train at
Hankins Station this morning. The ami
mai had never seen cars before. and
Henry Ebert, its owner, introduced the
situation to the mule by driving to town
as the freight was approaching.
The mule. with Ebert astride, ran down
the tracks ahead ef the locomotive. Ebert
thought TO wind the beast before pro-
ceeding far but the further the mule ran
the more wind it seemed TO have. The
riders wind. however. gave out on a
curve, as the sura-fOoted animal Jumped
a eulvert and left its owner in ditch.
Parting company with its owner light
ened the mule and it rore on with re-
newed speed until it reached Long Eddy.
four miles distant. where it left the track
and was found browsing in a field.
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CompIicates HIS ReIa,Ion.bIn

Charleston, w Va, April s-By marry
ing his brothers wife's sister, Levi Lit
ton, of this city. has doubled his reIa-
tionship with his wife's family and with
his brother His brothers wife is his
sister-in-law doubly, and he is his broth
IS brother-in-law, as we'll as his brother
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Pardoned for saving q Lie

Lynchburg. Va. April SC. A. Dowdv.
who has just been pardoned by Gov.
Mann for saving the life of a prison
guard who was being attacked by another
convict. was sent UP from here a year
ago for arson
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Max 6. Leslie Held as Briber in
PittsburE Cases.

Pittshurg. April S-Max G. Leslie, de-
linquent tax collector of ALLEGHENY
County. and leading county politician,
was indicted as a briber to-day by the
grand jury.
The crowning sensation Of the grand
jury's presentment to-day was the
recommendation that the district attor-
ney at once take steps to collect Der
cent interest on ali city deposits now
in the six suspected city repositories
interest TO date from the time deposits
we're first received. until the city shall
be able TO remove all deposits from these
banks.
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SOUR FACE AND NO KISS.
Two Reasons Why Aged Wooer
Broke on Engagement.

Broke on Enlargement
Poughkeepsie. n. Y, April S.-Mary
Horner, aged forty-eight, who has been
for thirty-two years housekeeper in the
Sutherland family at Hunns Lakes, was
the star witness for herself to-day in her
breach-of-promise case against Henry
WebendOrfer. a wealthy manufacturer of
New York
Miss Horner .old of Mr. Webendorfer's
brief wooing of her. his proposition to
undertake trial marriage, and his abrupt
breaking off Of the engagement because
she presented what he called sour
face" and neglected TO kiss him the sec
ond time he saw her after they had be-
come engaged. Mr.. Webendorfer is sixty
years old
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sends Letter of ThanL.

Naples, April S.-The prefect of Naples
has received a letter from Col. Roose-
welt. thanking him for his courteous and
hospitality during the former
Presidents stay IN this city
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He killed his wife in Washing
ton a year ago, according to the
confession in Chicago yesterday of
Matthew DosS, and the memory OF
his crime drove him to repentance
through poverty and hardship. DoSs
formerly was laundryman here.
He surrendered to the Chicago po-
lice after vainly attempting to
smother his conscience, and his story
has started an investigation which
may necessitate the exhumation of
the body.
Doss' wife went to her grave as
a suicide, a victim of carbolic acid.
No motive for her act was given,
but a certificate to the effect that
she ended her life was issued by the
coroner.
HUSBAND GRIEF STRICKEN.
There was never a murmur of suspicion
against the husband. and no one sus-
pected the woman had met with foul
play Matthews appeared to have been
abject from grief
A telegram received at police head
quarters yesterday afternoon from the
Chicago police relating the confession
of Doss was like thunderbolt from
clear sky. In ten minutes the police
began work.
Dusty records were unearthed here and
a search of their pages made. Il was
found that on January b. 1909. shortly
before / O'Clock in the morning. a Afrs.
N. ". Doss. twenty-six years Old had
been removed 10 Emergency Hospital
from house at 422 Tenth street north
west suffering from what appeared to
unconscious and failed to respond to the
heroic efforts of physicians to save her
life.
Dies In StupOr.
The woman died the following afternoon
at 1:S0 o'clock without regaining con-
scioUsness. A coroner's jury which in
vestigated her death returned a verdict
that Mrs. Matthews committed suicide
The records fail to show where the body
was buried and the report concluded
Body turned over TO relatives"
The records at the First precinct sta
tion where report of the supposed sui
eide was made. showed that a woman
known as Cora Woodward, who lived at
the Tenth street address. had overheard
Mrs. Matthews say she wanted to die.
and intended committing suicide. This.
the police say. was the only indication
that Mrs Matthews died by her own will.
The FIRST dispatch from the Chicago
authorities Informed the washington po-
lice that the name of the woman was
Cora Roth. The inaccuracy in names
caused the police difficulty, as the records
for January, 1909. contained nothing con
corning a woman of that name. Under
March was shown that a Cora Roth
was removed from the house at 4S2 Tenth
street. suffering from opium poisoning and
alcoholism.
Similarity Mystiaes.
The startling similarity in the mysteri-
Gus deaths OF the two women set the
police on the qui vive. Several detectives
left headquarters and started to work.
each bent on following his own clew.
Hospital physicians were requested to
freshen their memory of the dates of
January l5 and March g. and the hospital
records were scanned.
A young physician who had been an
inferno at Emergency in January. 1909. /
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WASHINGTON MAN
CONFESSED SLAYER
Killed Wife Here Year Ago,
Says Matthew DOss.
GIVES UP IN CHICAGO
Haunted by Memory of Crime
Without Motive.

CorOner's Records Show that Wom-
an Died of CRrbOIic Acid Poison as
Suicide and Body Was Turned
over to ReIatives-PIace of Burial
"A Mystery, Though Police Are
Working on Many CIews.
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WEATHER FORECAST.

For the District of Columbia
Fair to-day; tomorrow, fair;
light variable winds.
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SI.:a baltimore

81 .:5 Baltimore and Return BrIti-
more md 0hio p. H.
Every Saturday and Sunday. All trains
Limited
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xs.25 10 Baitimere aud Return
o-day and Tomorrow via Baltimore &
ihio r. r.
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80 to RnItimore ana Re,n..

Saturdays and Sundays via Pennsvl-
vania Railroad Tickets good RETURNING
Sunday night. All regular trains excenf
the Congressional Limited"
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Floral Designs by Blackstone
are exceptionally beautiful. I4th and IT
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Established 1924.
And better to-day than ever.
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EetnhIinhed -

Frank Libbey & Co.. eth & N. Z. ave.
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Established 1924.
Eighty-Six years tells our story,
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Established 1924.
0ld-Reliable-Genuine.
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EstabIisLed 1s24. >

Quality is our pass word.
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MILITARY PRISONER SHOT.

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COLLEGE GIRLS ON DIAMOND.

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TAX COLLECTOR INDICTED.

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