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Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-11-21
SAYS HYDE FORCED
CARNEGIE CO. LOAN
District Attorney, in Opening,
Asserts $13, 500 Went Into
ex-ChamberIain's Pocket.

NEW YORK, Nov. 21.-District
Attorney Whitman delivered his
opening address to the jury today
In the case of Charles H. Hyde
former city chamberlain. on trial be-
fore Justice Goff charged with agree
ing to receive a bribe and of re-
ceiving an unlawful fee" in con-
nection with the alleged manipulation
of city funds prior to the crash of
the Carnegie Trust Company in Au-
gust, 1910. The institution held at
the time S65O,000 in city funds.
Mr.. Whitman said the State would
show that Hyde virtually compelled
Joseph G. Robin, convicted head of
the now defunct Northern Bank, to
loan the Carnegie Trust Company
S13O. 900 to meet a crucial situation.
Robin was first importuned, said
the prosecutor, by William J. Cum
Minis, principal owner and controlling
factor in the Carnegie Trust Com
pany, and by Joseph B. Reichman,
its president. Both were subsequent
ly convicted, Cummins of larceny,
Reichmann of making a raise report.
Robin, according to the prosecutor,
refused to make the loan until Hyde
said to him in substance: "Mr. Robin.
these men are my friends. If you
will make this loan l win increase
your city deposits; If you don't l will
draw out every cent"
Upon this, Mr.. Whitman said, Rob-
in capitulated.
This SI30 600 Transaction continued
the district attorney, was only one
of a series of connected transactions.
Specifically. Mr. Whitman said, he
would show that in one instance
"s1s,50o of the funds Of the Carnegie
Trust Company went into the de-
fendant's pocket, while frequently
Hdye made use Of Cummins to ad-
vance funds to people OF institutions
in which Hyde was interested"
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-11-21
EXTRAD|T|ON TO Be
FOUGHT BY HICKEY
Counsel for Alleged Murderer
Asks That Client Be
Given Hearing.
BERLIN, Nov. 81.
IFrom a STAN Correspondents

TRENTON, Nov 21.-An applica-
tion for the extradition of j. Frank
Hickey, indicted for murder in the
first degree in Lackawanna, Erie
county, N. Y, was made today to
Acting Governor Prince. Hickey is
now in Toms River Jail. He was in
dicted by the Erie county authorities
for the murder of Joseph Josephs, of
Lackawanna.
Counsel for Hickey asked Acting
Governor Prince to give hearing on
the question of the granting of the
extradition papers. This will prob.
ably be done. The little Josephs boy
disappeared October II, 1911, and moth
ing was heard about him for more
than a year.
Hickey was alleged to have mailed
postal cards from Boston on Novem-
ber 9, 1912, telling the father of the
boy where his sons body could be
found Little attention was paid to
the communications. but an examina-
ton was made as directed and the
boys body was found, November 16,
in a vault in the rear of Sheehan's
saloon on the Ridge road at Lacka-
wanna.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-11-21
Extra! All About
a Wise Rabbit

The South Orange Village police
have received numerous complaints
regarding hunters trespassing on pri-
vate grounds and shooting residences
since the game season opened, but a
report furnished by George R. Parr, a
wealthy resident of South Orange ave-
nue. on the mountainside, breaks all
records.
Going to the police station yesterday
afternoon, Mr.. Parr declared that his
barn was riddled with shot by hunters
firing at rabbits and that yesterday a
pair of hunters went so far as to
drive a cotton tail into his cellar.
when l went into the cellar of my
home after ordering the hunters off
of my property I was confronted
with the rabbit perched sitting on his
hind legs in the coal bin" he told
Sergeant Frank H. Kenny.
Mr.. Parr said that many hunters
have visited his premises of late and
that they refused to leave when or
dered.
Because of the designations of two
members of the police force being
handed in recently there are but two
bluecoats on duty during the day
time. As a result the hunters take
advantage by searching for game on
the outskirts of the village. The use
of firearms is prohibited in the VII
laRe
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-11-21
PrOberS to Make
Report Tonight

1t was rumored at the City Hall
today that two reports would be pre-
sented to the finance committee of
the Common Council tonight in re-
gard to the condition of finances of
the Playground Commission. One
will be by the expert accountants
and the other from another source.
Many interesting features will be
barred. 1t is said the books show
that a relative of one of the officials
received $50 monthly while a clerk
signed the payroll for her.
Announcement was made at the
City Hall today that neither Commits
sioner Louis V. Aronson, president of
the commission. nor William ]. Nc
Herman, the supervisor. would at
tend the meeting.
The appeal for funds for the COM
mission will be made by Commits
sioners George w. Jagle and Joseph
G. Froelich.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-11-21
SKELETON SCARES
CROWD into RIOT
Man Digging for Tomatoes in
East Orange Makes Grue-
some Discovery.

While skeletons are doubtless the
proper thing in the right place. the
East Orange police wish that we'll
meaning citizens would henceforth
refrain from digging them out OF
tomato patches.
Skulls are not ornamental in a po-
lice station; besides. there is a GER
tain amount of danger attending
upon their exposure. Witness the
riot.
There's a riot up here in the Elm
wood sectionl" yelled a man over the
telephone to police headquarters last
night.
"A mob Of a couple of hundred
Italians has gone Wild in front oi
81 Bedford street. They've seen a
spook or something
Detective David Wendell had no
trouble finding the panic-stricken
crowd AS well as he could judge
the men and women had gone crazy
over something that was in vacant
lot on fremont avenue between Hal
sted and Crawford streets.
When no one would go with him to
show him what It was he went by
himself What he found was a
weather -bleached skeleton.
Joseph Popola. OF Telford street,
Vailsburg, had a tomato patch sep
arated by fence from the lot where
the skeleton was found. At least he
thought he was going TO have a to-
mato patch.
He was digging in It last spring
when his shovel struck something
hard-a skull. He dug out the entire
skeleton. carried it TO the fence and
dropped it over. Having done so, he
promptly abandoned gardening and
thenceforth displayed a profound dis
taste for darkness.
James Masu, a small boy, stumbled
upon the skeleton last night and
soon the whole Italian colony had
heard of the gruesome find.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-11-21
Murder Victims
Legs Hewn Off

WARSAW, N, Y, Nov. 21.-The body
of Frank Bentley, a cheesemaker, OF
North Wethersfield, Wyoming coun-
ty, who had been missing since Sat
urday, was found this afternoon
buried in a shallow grave in the
woods near here. Both legs had
been chopped off above the knee, the
clothing burned off and the body was
charred.
Alphonso Prince is under arrest on
suspicion of having guilty knowledge
of Bentley's murder. Bentley went
on a hunting trip Saturday and was
not seen alive again by his friends.
At Princes home Sheriff Bauer
says a wheelbarrow with stains upon
it, which he believed to be blood
stains, was. found.
No motive for the murder has been
disclosed.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-11-21
browns" Auto
Owner DiSliked

SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 21.-Obey-
ing the orders of his employer, H. H.
Hart, of Oakland. James Litz, a
chauffeur, ran a $4,000 automobile off
the rear of a ferryboat in San Fran
cisco bay yesterday. Hart's desire to
drown the offending automobile
was reached after it had rolled up a
repair bill amounting TO $4,000.
Take that car out and lose it,"
said Mr.. Hart
Il can't lose It," replied Litz; tits
too well known; somebody would find
1t and bring it back again"
"Then sink it In the middle of the
bay" said Hart.
For the first time in weeks the car
ran smoothly to the ferry station and
was driven aboard the boat. L,tz
asked the mate to show him the
deepest spot in the harbor When
the boat reached the designated place
Litz stealthily ran the car to the
vessas apron Then he pulled wide
tho ihrottle and leaped to the deck,
The automobile splashed into the bay.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-11-21
Jack Johnson Is
Going toDemur

CHICAGO, Nov. 21-Jack johnson,
champion heavyweight pugilist, today
received permission from United
States District Judge Carpenter to file
demurrers to the five charges of vio-
lating the Mann white slave act pend
ing against him. Three weeks were
allowed in which to prepare the de-
murrers.
It had been expected that when ar
raigned the pugilist would plead to
the several indictments which charge
him with transporting Belle Schneider,
a white woman, across different State
boundaries for immoral purposes.
Johnson was represented by four
attorneys in another case in the Fed
eral Court and entered plea of not
guilty to the charge of smuggling a
diamond necklace on his return from
Europe.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-11-21
4CARELESSNESS
IN WORKS BOARD"
Its Water Department Has
$273,o31 Deficit, Says
Expert.

Following revelations of careless
ness. negligence and obsolete bust
ness methods in the water depart
ment of the Board Of Works the
finance committee of the Common
Council has decided to revolutionize
the system of bookkeeping at present
In use in the department.
A new system of keeping accounts
will be started January l under the
supervision of Price, Waterhouse &
Co.. expert accountants. of New
York, who made a report last night
of the result of an audit Of the de-
partment they have been conducting
since July IL last.
The investigators show that the
water department has been conduct
ed at a loss to the city, not because
of dishonesty, but through the in
efficient, misdirected methods of
bookkeeping. At the end of last year.
the report says, the water depart
ment showed a deficit of $27S, ,931.4 Al.
Many important recommendations
ment are made in the report, which
mas been received Dy tne city OElcldiS
with approval
City officials Hear Report.
The result of the auditors findings
was read at meeting last night by
William A. Allen. of the firm which
conducted the investigation. 1t was
heard by Commissioners O'Connell,
Ryan, Mungle, Denman and Kraemer,
of the Common Council, Acting
Mayor Donnelly, City Counsel No
gent, City Auditor Rowe, City Treas
urer Day and Commissioners elect
Biertuempfel and Gillen, of the
Board of Works.
Some of the evidences of poor
Continued on Second Page)
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Photos Of Throat of
Woman Shown as
Evidence.
LAWYER CONFIDENT THAT
JURY WILL ACQUIT HIM
Physicians Expected to Testify
Mrs. Szabo Was Not
Drowned.

GOSHEN, n. Y, Nov. 2l.-The
State rested its case today against
Burton w. Gibson. the Rutherford,
N. r., and New York lawyer charged
with the murder of Mrs. Rosa Men
schik Szabo, his client. DIR. Otto ii.
Sehultze, of New York. a coroner
physician, testified that Mrs. Szabo
died on Greenwood Lake July 16 OF
strangulation and not of drowning
DR.. Schultze's testimony corrobo-
rated that of two physicians who
preceded him. By means of a photo
graph of the organs of Mrs. Szabos
throat, taken after their removal
from her body, he illustrated to the
jury his contention that she had beer
strangled by force applied to her
throat.
Robert H. Elder, Gibson's CHIEF
counsel, had not indicated today
what the defense would be, except
that he would contend that Mrs
Szabo did not lie of strangulation.
I'VE do not undertake to show
what she died Of" he said. "Sht
might have died of any one of many
causes"
Death sure and instantaneous will
follow a momentary pressure on the
pneumo- gastric nerve. according to
testimony given by DIR. George w
King, official physician of Hudson
county, n. j., and, applied by the
hand of an adept, such pressure will
leave no surface indication behind It.
DR.. Kings testimony was fiai
confirmation of the evidence which
will be presented today by DR.
Otto H. Schultz, star witness for th'
prosecution, and is of vital impor'
tance in consequence. His testi'
mony. which detailed the results o.
the autopsy performed on the body
of the Countess Szabo was not weak
ened in any way on cross-examina
ton by j. F. O'ReiHy, a medico-lega
practitioner introduced by the de-
Tense. In fact. it was the cross-ex.
animation which brought out the
most damaging facts about the de-
fendant.
DIR. King on direct examination
makes this positive declaration:
"The cause of death was strangu-
lation resulting from pressure on the
outside of the throat"
He declared the pressure had been
applied upward and outward. Else
where he described the technical con-
dition of the throat. which led to his
conclusion as TO the cause of death
And then taken over for cross-ex-
animation by O'Reilly the fact came
out regarding the ease with which
death might be induced by such
pressure on the pneumogastric nerve
How long would such pressure
have to be applied?' he was asked.
From a few seconds to few min
utes," was the reply. And the pres
sure would produce instantaneous
death without leaving any external
marks, and would produce the con-
tions which were found in the throat
of this deceased"
Justice Tompkins, who is presiding
at the trial, brought out the final
touch: "And the length of time in
which death would ensue," he asked,
would depend upon the strength and
skill of the person applying the
force?"
''Yes, SIR replied the witness.
The peculiar strength of the hands
of the accused lawyer has heretofore
been pointed out.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-11-21
SAM SCHEPPS LEAVES
TOMBS A FREE MAN

NEW YORK. Nov. p1.--sam
schepps. one of the four. informers
whose testimony resulted in the con-
viction of Charles Becker and the
four gunmen for the murder of Her
man Rosenthal, was discharged from
custody today. He had been held on
a technical charge OF vagrancy,
Schepps refused TO divulge his plans
for the future. The time for the re-
lease of Webber, WALTON and Rose,
the other informers. has not been
made public by the district attorneys
offlce. but all khree II is expected,
win be given thair freedom today.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-11-21

!: There were but a few children On
the upper floor when he arrived, hut
he was forcibly impressed by the
extent of the vibrations produced by
their simple movements, made ii
walking across the floor. At the time
be made no comment, but today de-
clared that as a precautionary meas
ure the children now on the third
floor should be placed elsewhere. He
recommended that they be taken out
even If it should be found necessary
to transfer them to another school
district until the new Elliott street
building is completed.
By the elimination of the thire
hoor classrooms approximately aas
pupils in the lower primary grades
VIII have to be taken care Of else
where. It is thought that II but
about farty fivet Of these. one class.
can he placed n the Elliott street
! building, half in the new part and
the other forty-five in a vacant room
on the second floor Of the old build
ing. Another forty-fiye, however. viii
probably be sent to the Summer Piace
School temporarily. This question
will be decided upon by the Board OF
Education when ii takes up Mr.
O'Rourke's recommendations. prob
ably tonight when it meets in
special session to take up other school
matters.
Mr.. O'ReurEe disliked TO refer to
/ the school as a fire-trap, but adj
mitted that the conditions were very
bad. He said that they were all
brought about by the poor construc-
ton Of the building. He pointed our
| several places where he said there
was too much strain on the wooden
cross beams, which were used in
places where steel beams should have
been placed. The sinking OF fhe
floors is attributed to this cause.
While my inspection of the struc-
ture was only SUPERFICIAL" he said.
lit was as thorough as it is possible
to make without tearing up fioorings
and opening the walls I saw enough
to satisfy me that the building was
put up wrong in the first place. In
addition to that no effort was made
when the extra floor was added to
strengthen the lower floor to sustain
its weight, and the strain on the old
wall is plainly apparent.
1T is not my idea nor desire to
create a panicky feeling with refer
ence to the building, but I believe
that much Of the danger. if It really
exists, could be eliminated by follow
ing out the recommendations that
viii make to the board. namely, the
abandonment Of the third floor. Ny
report agrees in the main with that
Of Mr. Guilbert, the supervising ar
chitect for the board I agree with
him that the remaining portion of the
building. the original part. need not
be condemned as unsafe at the pres
ent time. 1t stands to reason, OF
course. that it win not last forever
There are four classrooms on the
third floor. three of which are in use
at the present time, each accommo-
dating forty-five children. Principal
Charles Grant Shaffer is Of the
opinion that all of them may be ac
commodated between the Elliott and
the Summer Avenue schools. He Is
also principal Of the latter school.
and as such would encounter no
difficulty in placing the children there
should the board order the change
made.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-11-21
AGED INDIAN WANTS TO
VOTE NOW FOR PRESIDENT

WASHINGTON, Nov. 21.-Old Red
Lightning, a Yankton Is. d. Indian
who tackled on to his signature THAT
Is me-" has appealed to the Indian
bureau TO tell him how to vote for
President The octogenarian said he
was "able to vote yet" and was "the
man that spilled all the whiskey that
was brought to Yankton agency nifty
years ago.
II cannot hear much said Old Red
Lightning. "but l hear they are going
to vote for President soon, and l want
you to tell me who TO vote for, and l
viii do It," The letter tarr,ed too
long in the mails. not reaching Acting
Commissioner Abbott until today
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Superintendent O'Rourke Finds
Elliott Street School in Danger
GUS Condition; Walls Cracked,
Floors Sagged, as Star Said.
SHAKES AS PUPILS WALK

OLLOWING recommendations of Superintendent Of
n Buildings William p ORourke the of Education
will order the immediate abandonment of the third floor
of the tottering old Elliott School building
In his report Mr. ORourke practically admits the truth OF
all the charges made by the Evening Star.
Mr. oRourke building yesterday
for the
without tearing the flooring w
Everywhere he found conditions just they wes repre-
sented be- the floors the cracked walls the
fallen ceilings and the general condition stairways
All he
have been weakened said there's doubt -
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-11-21
Eight Newarkers
.NamedDelegates
IFrom a staa oorrespondens.I

IFrom staH Correspondens.I
TRENTON, Nov. 21.-Governor VII
SON today appointed delegates to rep
resent New Jersey at the national
rivers and harbors congress to De-
held in Washington December and s.
The Newark delegates appolnted
are: James NJ. Reilly. secretary Of
the Board of Trade and member Of
the New Jersey ship Canal Connnia-
sion; Michael F. Mclaughlin. Of the
Riparian Board; Richard c. JenkIn-
son. Of the Port investigation Com
mission; City Engineer Morris Il
sherrerd. William Sherman .Ranch.
John r. Kehoe. Il. stacy Sm8h and
Peter Campbell.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-11-21
MEXICAN REBELS SACK
AMERICAN-OWNED RANCH

WASHINGTON. Nov. 21-Reports
from Durango. Mexico, to the state
department state that the American
owned Maguey ranch, sixty miles
west Of Durango. was completely
sacked and its buildings burned by q
force Of 100 revolutionlsts
4 detachment OF Mexhan federal
eavalry 4 pursuing the bels.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-11-21
STEEL CONTRACT TO U. S.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 2l.-United
States Minister Graves, at Stock
holm, has reported to the state de-
partment that the contract for the
side armor plates. amounting to
about 100000, for the new Swedish
battleship, has been awarded to the
Carnegie Steel Company.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-11-21
LOOK CLOSELY AT THOSE
$40 BILLS IN YOUR POCKET

WASHINGTON, Nov. 21-Three
new counterfeit notes have been un-
earthed by the United States secret
service. and Chief Wilkie yesterday
issued a warning to the public.
The counterfeits are q ten-dollar
national bank note on the First Ma
tional Bank of Ashley. Pa. ten
dollar gold eertificate and q twenty
dollar gold eaxsince4<-
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-11-21

The Newark Star has Instituted the
CLASSIFIED ad. mage. once Won nse thls
plan you viii appreciate how convenient
It Il.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-11-21
Important Change in Timetable.
Lehinh Valley Railroad.

Effective Sunday. Nov "a. New
timetables at local ticket Offices Sat
urday inquire s11 Market st, Phone
2S7 Market.-Adv.
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ST. PETERSBURG. Nov 21.-Rus-
sian officers were warned today by
the minister of war that idle gossip
in regard to military preparations in
Russia would render them liable to
exclusion from the army.
An order issued at the direct COM
mand of Emperor Nicholas aims at
stopping the dissemination of news in
regard to Russian army mobilization
or other military matters. 1t points
out that military men have been con-
cerned in the dissemination of rumors
capable of being brought in connee-
tion with events in the Balkans.
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CHICAGO, Nov. 21.-A special cable
to the Chicago Daily News from
Pekin, China. contains the following
on the Mongolian situation:
''Lu Cheng Hsiang, formerly pre-
mier, now minister of foreign affairs,
yesterday presented a note to the
Russian minister concerning Russia s
action in making treaty with Mon
golia. In this situation China appears
to be followin the tactics adopted by
Tang Shao-Yi in 1906, when he con-
yerted Sir Francis Younghusband's s
to be following the tactics adopted by
China.
"Lu Cheng Hsiang proposes alter
ing Russia's recent note so as to pre-
serve Chinese suzerainty over Mon
golia, China to send sufficient soldiers
to Mongolia 10 guard the Chinese resi-
dents and a. sufficient number of Of
ficfals to protect Chinese interests
'"The Chinese are apparently willing
to concede autonomy to Mongolia, but
they are not willing to allow lands.
mines and railways to be owned and
operated by foreigners, including Rus
slams"