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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-03-01
NEW MILK ACTION.
Directors Indicted as IndiUid-
uals-POultrY Nert.

The grand jury which investigated the
Milk Trust returned individual indictments
yesterday against the eight directors for
rnerly charged with conspiracy under q
blanket Indictment, and received instruc-
lions from Justice Golf to meet this after
noon and take UP a further investigation OF
high food prices under the direction OF Dis
trict Attorney Whitman. A second blanket
Indictment for conspiracy was also handed
In.
The new investigation Will have to do
with an alleged combination of live poultry
dealers to raise prices.
The conspiracy indictments against the
Milk Trust charge that on April % and on
July % the directors conspired to fix the
value" of milk Each of them is charged
in an individual Indictment with having
violated the law when he cast lots, as it is
alleged, with his associates. to determine
that value or price.
The indicted men appeared in court yes
terday and were released in bonds OF sloJ0
each They will be arraigned for pleading
next Thursday.
William Travers Jerome appeared as
counsel for Daniel A. Mcbride, Daniel
Bailey, Thomas O. Smith, Henry F. Hunte-
man and Frederick E Seller. and the other
three directors were represented by Alfred
Ely. counsel for the Consolidated Milk EX-
change.
When explaining to the grand jury that
he regretted having to keep them in har-
ness any longer. Justice Golf said that
after a conference with the District At
torney," he had decided ''it was In the pub
lie interest that they be retained
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-03-01
MRS. HAVEMEYER IN COURT
Hears Justice Quiz Boys Charged with
Sending Black Hand Letter.

Mrs Henry O. Havemeyer was in the
Children's Court yesterday and listened
while Justice Wyatt tried to coax the truth
from George Stahl and Samuel Williams.
the nine and seven year old boys who
are charged with sending Black Hand
letter demanding s.. 800 under pain Of death
To Mrs Havemeyer. The youngsters per-
sisted in their original story that they did
not write the letter, but took decoy box
from A stipulated spot in Central Park.
lust off Fifth avenue and seth street, Tor
man unknown 10 either of them, under the
promise that he would give them 70 cents.
FINALLY Justice Wyatt. convinced mat
they were not telling the truth. renahoed
them until next Friday for further exafni-
nation.
Mrs. Havemeyer was dressed entirely In
black and wore a heavy black veil she
was accompanied by woman TREND ana
as they were leaving the courtroom they
had to walk past big crowd among az, tneni
. cram of newspaper men WIN Gamer , as'
AZ tbev emerged from the pulidihs nj
fiavemever's friend raised her uliipieiaa
and held il in front OF them 10 PIeFeh'
their pictures being taken. --------'
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-03-01
MEAT PRICES HIGHEST YET.
Still Retailer Declares His Sales Are
Growing Smaller.

Meat prices, which have been climbing
steadily ever since they found their low
level during the meat strike a few weeks
Eago, touched figures yesterday a little
higher than most men now in the business
pan recall THIS IS true, without excep-
fion, OF sheep, lamb and pork, while beef
I as not recently been so nigh except for
+ few days Immediately preceding the boy
bot
beef sold yesterday at from $40 90 70 81
hundred pounds wholesale, according TO
fetal dealers: sheep at from y to 13 cents
+ pound and pork loins at from Is cents a
pound upward. Fresh pork lons, cut IN
his CITY, went al i ana f752 cents. The
retailers hare seen one increase piled on
POP OF another, till now they do not try
+ keep their selling prices al a constant
very rise il the wholesale price. In the
lowest priced shops in the city beef has
kO1v I'd and cents q pound on the bet
grades. Leg OF lamb retaiis at from 20 to
f cents Up and mutton at around 16 and
e cents
i notice two things" q retail dealer
said yesterday. Ny sales on SATURDAY.
when We had the high prices On, We're just
las many ia number as usual But our re
ceipfs Tor the day We're from % TO . pei
Ielr below the average People now buy
ess meat They also are fast learning Il
<Jse the cheaper cuts The demand fOl
J h0se is growing. and unless prices take Z
! umble there viii be such d demand fol
&hen that they VIII De selling at a much
igher rate propOruonately than the best
grades
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-03-01
BROADWAY SEES real" SNAKE
Was Six Feet Long and Helped
Owner Clean Out Saloon.

Joseph Boakes. whose calling may be
guessed easily when 1t is said that he
walked I'D Broadway last night with six
foot snake around his neck, was arrested
charged with intoxication after he had
accumulated a saloon at the southwest cor
ner of Broadway and 43d street. Pete. as
the reptile has been known since he came
from his Australasian home and placed
himself under contract to Joseph. seemed
to enjoy the excitement he was causing
fully as much as his master.
The pair strolled up Broadway from a
downtown theatre. where they are appear
ing just as the regular playhouses were
discharging their audiences into the rain.
Nobody tried TO stop them until they
reached the saloon, where they came TO
grief at the hands of Patroman Cahill.
of the West 18th street station, who came
from Ireland. Boakes said that he lived
at No. 1891 Broadway. which Is a fictitious
point somewhere between the southwest
and northwest corners of AID street. He
will be arraigned In the West Side court
this morning. Pete will be with him.
The name OF the theatre where Joseph
and Pete are appearing Is not omitted from
this story by intent. The former Wouldp' {
tell and the latter couldn't.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-03-01
HELD FOR MURDER
MEDITERRANEAN SHOT
Angry Italian also Fired at
Wife, 1t Is Charged.

In the presence of nine of her children,
Mrs Louis Murat was shot and instantly
killed last evening, according to the police
by her son-in-law who was enraged be-
cause he was not allowed by the family 10
take his fifteen-year-old wife away from
them to The Bronx, where he said he had
relatives and friends.
Frank Saldamano, an Italian, about three
weeks ago married Amelia Murat, whose
parents are French. They had opposed the
match partly on account of her age, and
tried to get her to associate more with
Frenchmen and Americans. Notwithstand-
ing the objections, Saldamano succeeded in
marrying the girl He had ben living with
her family since then, but the way had not
been altogether smooth, as there we're fire.
quent quarreIs, and he made frequent de-
mands that she leave her parents and go to
The Bronx with him.
Louis Murat, who is employed as night
foreman at an agateware factory in Wood
haven Queens, lives at No. 209 Shoe ana
Leather street, in Woodhaven. with his
family He and Mrs. Murat had eleven
children, ten of whom were girls. the
eldest being twenty-one years Old ana the
Youngest nine months Yesterday after
noon Saldamano reached home about J
O'Clock and started a disturbance because
the older people would not agree to his tax
ing his young bride away. little be-
fore O'Clock Murat had to start for the
factory He had not gone more than TWO
blocks when he was overtaken by two OF
his children who told him their mother
had been shot by Saldamano.
According to the girls, Saldamano fred
at his wife, who dropped behind the sofa,
letting him think he had killed her He
then shot twice at his mother-in-iaw, one
of the bullets entering her neck and lodging
in her brain
The Italian then walked out of the door
and escaped for the time being. The
police sent out description of him. and
three hours later he was captured at 2oith
street and Miller avenue, in The Bronx.
When Murat got back to his home his
wife was dead Amelia (Mrs. SalGamano)
was unconscious and the other children
were clinging to the body of their mother.
policeman had come in, but there was
nothing he could do, as Mrs. Murat had
been instantly killed and her assailant had
vanished. Amelia when revived vas found
not TO be hurt.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-03-01
SC4RES THE JURY.
Justice Marean Has Names
Taken off Roll.

For agreeing to disagree, in the belief that
that would pass muster as a verdict, and
for having discharged itself without the
courts permission one evening last week,
a jury was held in contempt Of court yes
terday by Justice Marean of the Supreme
Court, in Brooklyn. He did not fine or
imprison the jurors, but lectured them Sc
verely, and said he would send their names
TO the Commissioner of Jurors, SO that
none Of them should ever serve on a jury
again.
Anxiety and even fear showed in the
faces of the twelve good men and true
as they took seats in the jury box of Part
of the Supreme Court. After several bal
lots on February Is the jury sent in what
IL called a sealed verdict, which when
opened was found to contain a statement
that it had been unable to agree and then
went home
Justice Marean is severe in such circum-
stances, but he laughed when the men in
the jury box said they had retained George
S. Billings as counsel. Mr.. Billings is one
OF Justice Marean's closest friends. 81
don't intend to hear Mr. Billings in this
case" said Justice Marean, land l don t
like the suggestion that is contained in his
selection
4 never SCI GU S4i = Jois ocIoics Soi0
the foreman, land when we couldn't agree
l thought we had reached a verdict
What a commentary on jury trials!' ex-
claimed Justice Marean. 1T is immaterial
whether this comes from lack of moral
ity or a lack of intelligence. The jury sys-
TEN, one Of our sacred institutions, suffers
just as much when twelve men get into a
jury box and not one of them knows the
simplest rule of conduct. And to have
such men dispose of the lives. liberties and
rights Of the commonwealth
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-03-01
FIND NEGRO GUILTY.
First Degree Manslaughter
for H0rnbIozger's Client.

John Washington, the negro whom Will
lam B. Hornblower defended upon his
trial for murder in the first degree, was
found guilty Of manslaughter in the first
degree at 1910 o'clock this morning in
the Criminal Branch of the Supreme Court
Mr. Hornblower was not present to hear
the result Of his efforts to save the negro S
life, but Mr. Mcmahon and Mr.. Derby of
his office, requested Justice Golf to post
pone sentence until Thursday.
During the day the veteran lawyer who
had acknowledged when the trial opened
that it was his first criminal case in thirty
years, sat unmoved while Assistant Dis
trct Attorney Frank Moss attacked the de-
fence built up by him for his client.
This man from San Juan Hiil.'" said
Mr. Moss, has had the advantage of coun-
sci worth a thousand dollars a day, who
has asked for nothing less than acquttal
of the prisoner. Here is this learned coun-
sci. the apostle of law and order, making
excuses for San JUAN throwing glamour
about that district in our city and sending
forth message that they can carry pistols
around there TO take human life. But the
less you have of that maudlin sentiment,
the less of this pampering and dealing with
people Of San Juan Hill. the less crime of
this sort you will have in New York City
Afer charging the jury on first degree
murder, Justice Golf read part of the tes-
timony brought out by Mr.. Hornblower
TO which Mr.. Moss referred, and stated
that because Of the eminence of Mr..
Hornblower at the bar" and because of
his emphasis Of certain language the
court deemed 1t duty ito prevent any
misconception'' on the part of the jury.
Justice Golf then read from the cross
examination of one Of the witnesses,
Frank H. Richards, in which Richards
said:
In our district. when one gets little
hot-headed, there is a way of saying. I'm
going to kill you but they don't mean it.
and Mr.. Hornblower commented at the
time: Just little pleasantly; you have
got to be bad or look bad "
Justice Golf told the jury to utterly
disregard" the language, as 1.-The same law
is applicable to San Juan Hill that ap-
plies to every part of the state"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-03-01

Court Says Metropolitan Mast
Rring $1,000. 900.

| The United States Circuit Of Appeals
handed down decision yesterday affirm
| ing in a modified form the Circuit Court
| decree of foreclosure and sale OF the prop
erty of the Metropolitan Street Railway
| Company. The purchaser, under the opin-
! ion. must pay at least 100000 In cash for
the combined properties, whereas under the
decision which was appealed from no price
was fixed and all claims which on account
ing were held superior TO the equity of the
first mortgage were to be paid by the pur-
chaser when due.
AS amended, the purchaser will receive
the property free from such lien, the
claims, as adjusted, TO be paid out of the
cash accruing from the sale The term
has been extended, and the Court OF APP
peaIs will have time to recall the mandate
and make such changes as future events
NAV require Should there be no bid OF
$40. 900 600 for the property as whole. the
decree can be so modified as to direct the
sale in parcels.
The Guaranty Trust Company held a
MORTGAGE dated February l, 1897, ana IL
was under this that The foreclosure decree
was issued. Among those who nleo as
signments of error were the Morton trust
Company. The latter objected TO the fore
closure. because the decree incluoed the
sale of certain property which. II was
claimed. was not covered by the mort
gage.
Judge Ward, who wrote the opihioii,
asked the parties to the suit TO prepare anu
serve each other within one week from
the date of the opinion. and to submit 10
tho court within five days thereafter sus-
s.stions regarding the wording OF the man
date. Judge Lacombe. following the de-
cision. asked that day for the nearing
of tine Morton Trust Company SUIT oe
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-03-01
AID FOR PEOPLES HOSPITAL.
Contributions to Project Made at Re
ception fer Officers.

Zone of the things on which the Jews
pride themselves is the fact that the sick,
the suffering and the poor among our peo-
pie have been our wards" said the Rev. DR..
Rudolph Grossman, rabbi of the Rodoph
Sholom Congregation, last night at a re-
ception held at Terrace Garden Hall for the
officers and directors of the Peoples Hos
pital.
The speaker recalled the treaty made by
Peter Stuyvesant, Governor of New York,
two hundred and fifty years ago. with the
Jewish refugees, whereby they y omised
that the INDECENT would never become a
public charge. He appealed to those pres
ent to aid the work of the Peoples Hos
pital. which will open in April Of this year
at No. 20S Second avenue.
The Ladies' Auxiliary of the hospital
gave a check for $1,000. while the Young
Folks League contributed $50 as a result
of its endeavors during the last month The
officers of the new institution are: Moses
Greenbaum, president; Ely Bernays, vice
president; Max Scott, treasurer; Meyer
Greenberg, secretary, and DR.. Ignatz Nor
way Rottenberg, of the Koch Institute,
president of the medical board
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-03-01
FIFTH ACTION FOR DIVORCE.
Mistrial in Startled Case Makes Still
Another Hearing Necessary.

TIL fifth action for divorce brought by
Mrs. Annie Startled. formerly of BROOKLYN.
against Alfred Startled has resulted In a
mistrial. The entire proceedings extended
over a period OF three or four years Mrs
Startled sued three times in South Dakota,
but lost each time. She returned to tho
East and served Startled by publication.
and the defendant failing to appear she
was granted an interlocutory decree.
Miss Mary Coleman, of No. 154 Nassau
street, who represented Mr.. Startled. made
a motion for jury trial. and the case was
tried at Goshen on Saturday. Among the
witnesses against Startled his fifteen
vear-old daughter. The case viii come
up again at the May term of court in New
burg.
In his wife's complaint the defendant is
charged with being too fond of Miss Hattie
Feist. Starf~ld has filed a countercharge.
suing A. Joseph Porges. formerly OF Man
haitian. for s25,0oO, alleging alienation OF his
wife's affections.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-03-01
BUILDING IN RUINS,
One Man Killed, Another
Badly Hurt.

Persons living near 49th street, be-
tween Second and Third avenues, Brook
Ign, were reused about II o'clock last
night by tremendous crash and cries
for help. When they rushed out, fearing
an explosion had taken place. they found
that the big three story tenement house
at No. 225 49th street had collapsed, the
two upper stories having toppled over
into an excavation on the Third avenue
side.
The building had been condemned as
unsafe, and it was only yesterday that
the last Of the tenants moved out. In
the building were two Italian watchmen,
Albert Fortunate and John Copotzi
Copotzi was hit on the head by falling
timbers and when taken out by firemen
and policemen had fractured skull and
internal Injuries. Fortunate was caught
in the mass of wreckage and instantly
killed.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-03-01
JAMES R. KEENE ABSENT AGAIN.
rheumatism Prevents Further Exami,
nation of Hooking Pool Affairs.

James r. Keene. who is the principal
witness in the bankruptcy hearing OF j. M
Fiske & Co. again was unable to appear
hefore Commissioner Alexander in the ex-
animation scheduled for yesterday. Solo
man Hanford. counsel for Mr.. Keene. told
the Commissioner that Mr.. Keene was suf-
fering from rheumatism, and therefore I'M
able to leave his room.
Mr. Keenes examination then was post
noned until Thursday morning. when he
will be sworn in as witness in the bank
r,Iptcy hearing of Lathrop, Haskins & Co.
also.
NJ. C. Bowler. of the Stock Exchange
firm of Bouvier & Co., was then called to
the witness stand. and he said that on jan
uary IS last his firm carried $500 shares for
J. NJ Fiske & Co, 2,7oO of which were CO.
lumbus and Hooking Coal and Iron Com
pany shares The balance due Bowler &
Co by j. NJ FIske & Co. was 81. 343 65 on
that day. said Mr.. Bowler. He will be ex-
anined further on Thursday.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-03-01
THE HATPIN UP
WOUEN IN DEFENCE.
Its Utility as a Weapon De-
bated an CHICAGO Councils.

Chicago. Feb. 2s.-Chicago's City Council
formally took up and deliberated on the
following questions tonight:
Are women's long hatpins. which men,
ace the noses, eyes and faces of other peo-
pie, public nuisance?
Ought women, despite the danger of hat
pins, to be allowed to wear them for SELF
protection
Alderman Herman ]. Bauler introduced
an order requiring the Corporation Counsei
to draw up an ordinance restricting the
length Of hatpins worn in public places
I'VE have an ordinance prohibiting the
wearing of large hats in theatres" declared
Alderman Bauler. Il am going to teach the
women OF Chicago that they must stop
wearing pins foot and half long. Some
of the pins stick five and six inches beyond
the brims of their hats
Grave silence lowered over a delegation
of women crowded in the galleries Then
a female voice piped out, Doesn't your
wife wear long hatpins2"
mo. you bet she doesn't, She wouldn't
do such thing,'' shouted Alderman Bau-
Ter. "Oh, you women of Chicago, don't
you ever consider when you get into a
crowded streetcar with your long hatpins
that you are endangering the faces of all
us menu
The women had prepared an answer. and
as soon as the alderman sat down the City
Clerk read letter, which was spread en-
the council minutes. The letter was signed
by May E. Davis. 1t read:
In behalf of myself and thousands or
other women in Chicago who are occasion
ally on the streets after dark, 1 want TO
express an objection against the proposition
to curtail the use of hatpins-
"A hatpin is a woman's weapon or DE-
fence She is no more permitted to carry
a revolver or other weapon than is a MEM
Der of the sterner sex. 1 always feel sare
going home at night with a hatpln avail
able. Before leaving streetcar L always
get a hatpin ready my hand until 1 am
sa fe within the door of my home. Many a
time it has proved its need Thousands
of other women can speak from their ex-
perience of how stout hatpin has been
an effective defence in time of danger.
The council chamber rang with applause
from the womens gallery after the reading
of the letter.
After Mayor Busse had pounded his gavei
for order Alderman Baulers resolution
was referred to a committee
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-03-01
FURLONG ON GRILL
ELDER TURNS SPIT.
Magistrates Official Acts the
Chief Topic.

Magistrate Henry J. Furlong. who Is on
trial before the Criminal Branch of the
Supreme Court Brooklyn, spent most of
yesterday on the stand under cross-exam-
nation by Assistant District Attorney
Elder Those in the courtroom were much
amused at one point. Mr.. Elder had forced
the witness to admit that he had appeared
voluntarily before the grand jury and had
so given his testimony.
Did you not ask me not to cross-ex-
anime you?" asked Mr.. Elder.
81 told you." replied the witness. that I
did not think 1t would be fair for you to
cross-examine me in the absence of my
counsel
Don't you know, after your years of ex-
perience as a police magistrate. that your
counsel could not appear with you before
the grand jury?' demanded Justice Kapper,
turning upon the magistrate.
Il did not know but what he might have
done so under the circumstances replied
Mr.. Furlong.
AT the opening of the session Mr.. Elder
brought up the name of Norris Zipkin, a
painter. He intimated that the man had
been charged with manslaughter before
the magistrate, that rutherford B. Kathan
had defended him. and that the case had
been dismissed after he had done some
painting for Mr.. Furlong. The witness de-
MED this. He also denied that he had dis
charged John Strange, a van man, after
he had moved some goods for him
The case longest dweit upon was that Of
James NJ Cunnean. The man was charged
before Mr.. Furlong with keeping a disor-
derby house and with violating the excise
laws. Mr.. Elder intimated that he had
been discharged after transferring his
music hall, at Bushwick avenue and the
Eastern Parkway, to Jacob ]. Gotthelf, and
that Gotthelf and the magistrate ran 1t on
shares. The witness denied this, but he adj
mitted that he might Have gone to Deputy
Police Commissioner Farrell and asked him
to permit the hall to be reopened.
Mr.. Elder touched upon Magistrate Fur
longs absence from home at the time Of
his wife's death. The witness said that he
had gone TO Bradley Beach secretly for a
few days rest, and that his wife knew Of
his whereabouts, but no one else did. He
cid not learn of her death until he saw
the papers on his return. He denied that
he had been in the company of Mrs. Halsey
while away.
David NJ. Berger, interpreter of Hebrew.
Russian and Polish at the Gates avenue po-
Ice court, testified that Magistrate Fur
long had secured his appointment, and that
for the purpose the Board of Magistrates
had set aside the rules and had admitted
MN upon non-competitive examinat ton
He added that the most he could do in Eng
llsh was to write his name. When he was
asked If Gottheld was not a lawyers run
ner at the court he said he had never seen
him run.