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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-11-30
c. 0. D. THIEVES GUILTY
Young Couple Convicted-Nine
Department Stores Admit Loss.

4 little swindle with a new twist, which.
IT Is alleged, has been worked on most Of
the large department stores, was laid
bare in Special Sessions yesterday when
Henry Needham, twenty-four years old,
and his wife Pearl, twenty years Old
were convicted Of petit larceny.
1t was shown that the pair would hire
a room for a short time i'm "A respectable
nelghborhood, and Immediately go out
shopping They would order their goods
delivered c. o. u. When the driver
came to the house he would be met at
the door by Needham, who would take
the package upstairs to his wife He
would return with a similar package
filled with worthless stufing, and say
that some mistake had been made or that
he was not ready to pay for II at present.
The offence of which they were con-
victed yesterday was the theft OF under
wear worth SIC 80 from a downtown de-
partment store. Henry J. Lowney. a
driver for the store, testified that he
opened the package returned TO him and
found an old pillow in it, While the pair
were held at thel house under arrest. he
said, the wagons of half a dozen other
stores appeared with c. O. d. packages
for them. f
Floyd II. Wilmot, the Assistant District
Attorney prosecuting, had i'm the court
room employees Of eight other stores. who
were ready To testify against the Need
hams. one ofIthem told Mr.. Wilmot the
dress the young woman was wearing IN
court was one which she had stolen from
his store.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-11-30
BUFFALO HERD IN DANGER
Animals in Yellowstone Park
Attacked by Disease.

Grand Forks, n. d., Nov. 29.-Dr. W.
s Newman, government veterinary in
spector from Bismarck, has gone to
Yellowstone National Park to vacci-
nate 80 buffaloes which belong to the
government. There are twenty-five
calves in the herd.
An infectious disease known as hem
orrhagic septic8mia has appeared
among the buffalo in the PARK, with
deadly effect. The mortality among
domestic cattle has been placed at 30
per cent, but among the buffalo it has
proved 100 per cent, not one attacked
escaping death.
The authorities are puzzled to know
how the disease reached the buffalo in
the park, as it is generally communi-
Gated through food, and there has been
no known yay in which these animals
have been exposed. The disease is Of
short duration, generally being fatal
within twenty-four hours.
This disease originally came from
Egy~t and Germany, first appearing
few years ago in Minnesota, and later
in Tennessee. Two vaccinations are
necessary in combating it, the second
being administered eight days after the
first.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-11-30
MORE COAL COMING HERE
End of Lake Shipments Turns
Tide of Traffic.

Coal dealers who have been IN iuacH
with conditions a; the coIlicries said yes
rerday that a number of anthra.It"
operators had begun TO stop their ship
mcuts 10 the Great Lakes, and that some
of the largest anthracite operating COM
panias sent out their last consignments
70 the lakes several days ago. These
shipments were TO reach Buffalo to-day.
some companies will send TO the lake dis
tricts a few days longer, but th 'ir ship
ments will be- small.
4 representative Of the Delaware,
I.arkawanud X Western Coal Company
said that the company was closing Is
coal transactions for transit by the Great
Lakes for the winter He predicted that
there would be a good deal more coal
sent East IN day or two.
Tie companies are accustomed TO send
as much coal as possible To the Great
Lakes before navigation closes for lie
winter. because the coal Is for districts
where there are much colder and earlier
winters than I'm New York
Dealers said New York need not worry
in the mean time about coal, as the ship
ments East would soon be greatly in
creased.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-11-30
TO RELIEVE eth AVE. JAM
Workers Lunch Hours To Be
Rearranged.

Having talked with number o. oiH''rS
0f garment workers unions on a p'oposi-
ton OF the Federation Of Jewish organi-
cations Go rp-nnrrat" Win the unions anu
90" manufacturers FOR the purpose Of re-
arranging the lunch hours Of the workers
-p as Co relieve the daily noon time block
AIDE on Fifth avenue. the officers OF the
federation planned yesterday for confer
ouccs with tie manufacturers. The CON
session BIS greatest between ii'h ana "'h
street whore vast crowds OF workers
from the shops and factories DOB Fiith ave
nue. aud its vicinity pour into th" avenh"
80 tire same hour going TO and coming
from their lunch
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-11-30

ings Of citizens who had been intervleweu
by a legal friend.
Repudiate Hyde Affdavits.
Hyde argued that he could not get
fair and impartial trial in New YORK.
owing to the prejudice created against
him. Fi".v-one Of the 1S7 persons VINO
were quoted i'm this affidavit later denied
that they had expressed an opinion Oh
any sort upon the Hyde affair. Later
more than a hundred of the persons named
said that they had never seen Hyde a'-
torney, who collected the attidavits
Hyde succeeded, however, in getting d
stay Of his trial from a Brooklyn court
until the venue question was decldeu'
The matter was argued before Justice
lehman, in the Supreme Court VINO
finally denied the motion for the change
Since then Hyde has waged continuous
legal warfare calculated to prevent MS
case from coming up, and the series OF
motions for changes of venue haDeaS
corpus proceedings and other litigation
has kept the courts and the public prose-
cutors busy since that time up to the De-
ginning of the trial just ended.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-11-30

entertained seriously by any Twelve
men Of intelligence and common sense
Watchers in White street who couiu
see the Jurors through the windows OF
the Jury room noticed that at 1901
o'clock the twelve men had donn2a
their overcoats and were apparently
ready to file out. BY that time they
had devoted an hour and thirty-tWo
minutes to actual deliberation over
verdict.
At the same time a communication 10
Justice Golf issued from the jury ROOM
but the justice had not yet arrived at
his chambers. II was said that the
justice had gone to his home, in 1o4th
street. He was Immediately commu-
nicated with, but although he had an
nounced he would return by 1880 ne
bad not arrived at 11:15 o'clock.
A rumor which had been gaming
etranqtb for some time that the lneS
sage from the jury room said that the
twelve men were ready to announce 4"
verdict was partially confirmed by an
authoritative statement that the mes
sage demanded the courts presence
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-11-30
ROOSEVELT WON'T TESTIFY
Rumor That Aldermanic Com
mittee Would Call Him Denied.

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with the c"lohel IN TeSaru " i''i'''
cop,,I,ipf AGAINST the pOlice sent to
(,,Ia,,aI r,,osg,.,rt and trsnsrn,tted by him
oo'o,''' ',''' - De-.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-11-30
FIGHT DANCE HALL STILL
Protests Filed Against Granting
of Licenses to Two.

The committee on amusement resources
OF working girls has sent letter
through \. s. Gilbert, its attorney TO
James G. Wallace chief OF the Bureau
OF licenses. protesting against the permits
recently granted 10 the proprietors Of
two dance halls, one In Manhattan and
the other I'm Queens, which had been re-
ported by the committee for dsorderIy
conduct
Mrs. Belle /. Isracls, chairman Of the
committee, made the letter public last
night Mr.. Gilbert called the attention
of the Bureau Of Licenses 20 conditions In
the two places named and objected TO
The excuse offered for the bureaus grant
ing of the licenses. I'm answer to Mr..
Wallace's statement that he did not feel
that he could continue 10 withhold the
licenses longer unless the aflidayitg sub
mitr,d 10y the committee We're backed mp
by the auurarauce Of the witnesses, the
committee attorney las called attention
to the fact that the appearance Of wit
lr-sas AT public hearings would prevent
their further usefulness, because they
would thereafter boz unable 10 obtain adj
mittanrr 20 places they wished to investi-
gate. Mr. Gilbert wrote that there was
nothing n the statute which required
public hearings upon such matters, but
that ft was the duty of the bureau TO
satisfy Itself that the complaints received
were well founded.
Iu support OF IT'S contention that licenses
had been wrougfuIly granted, the com
muuicatfon cites sections OF various re-
ports which were turned I'm TO the com
mIttca ny its Investigators concerning the
TWO resort, mentioned
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-11-30
OPPOSES MONROE DOCTRINE
Rear Admiral Chester Advo-
Gates It's Abrogation.


Washington, Nov. 29-The abrogation
Of the Monroe Doctrine was advocated
by Rear Admiral Colby NJ. Chester, u. s.
~, in u lecture on THE Panama Canal"
before the National Geographic Society
tonight. The rear admiral said:
/ should like to see the Monroe Doc
trlne policy abolished, not by giving up
its basic principle, but by amending its
form into "A treaty with the republics Of
South America, so that they should have
not only an interest In its execution, but
responsibility as well.
The original document enunCiated by
President Monroe regarding our foreign
relations is as obsolete to-day as was
the Clayton Bulwer treaty at the time
1t was amended, and no more fits the
present condition than that does 1t was
designed Ostcnsibly IN the interests Of
both the United States and England,
which was in 1928 the only constitu-
tiOual monarchy in Europe, TO guard
against the fOrCible interference of the
Holy Alliance between Spain and South
America. But now that practically every
country I'm the world is on constitu-
tiOual basis there Is no more need to
protect our neighboring republics from
purely mOnarChiCal form of govern
ment than there is to Interfere with the
controversies between themselves.
Referring 70 the dispute regarding tolls
on foreign vessels passing through the
Panama Canal Rear Admiral Chester de-
clared that the given word OF honor OF
the United States in a treaty with for
cign rower should by all means be kept
I'm preference to the collection of tolls AS
lcgislated by Congress lie added:
The only asset I'm sight from the opera
ton Of the law is the payment of a sub
sidy from the national treasury to a
limited number of coasting vessels. the
most OF which belong To the American
Hawaiian Steamship Company, the stock
OF which is largely held In the hands OF
our commercial rivals i'm England, the
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-11-30
Hyde Gives Up His Office.

ON May Hyde formally gave up his
office Of City Chamberlain, and Robert
II. Moore, appointed by the Mayor. took
his place. Three days later the grand
jury. which was still examining the Car
negie Trust affairs. handed down new
indictment following it's examination Of
documents taken from William j. Cum
mins's private safe. Hyde later pleaded
not guilty to this Indictment The bail
OF $3.50 was not increased
Early in June Of 1911 James W. Os-
borne. counsel for Hyde, asked Supreme
Court Justice Mccall to try his client at
that term OF court, asserting that there
had already been much delay and that
Hyde wanted to waive all motions and
demurrers and stand trial Justice Mccall
decided against this, however since it
had been previously arranged that Joseph
3. Reichmann, former president of the
Carnegie Trust Company. should have his
trial at that time.
Hyde made several succeeding motions
for trial \ year ago last July the case
was transferred 10 General Sessions. and
date was assigned for an immediate
trial. District Attorney Whitman, how
ever, suddenly turned up with an order
from Justice Ingraham, Of the Appellate
Division. staying all proceedings. The
arrangement dragged along until Deem
Der. 1911, when Hyde appeared with an
application for a change Of venue, based
on a canvass Of the expressions and feel
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-11-30
LEAVES ASHES TO HOME
]. Walter CAM Punched to Save
for Charity.

Vineland. y. j.. Nov. 29.-J. Walter
CAM. formerly of New York City. died
here last night, at the age Of eighty
three.
In his will ne reque-ted that his re-
mains be cremated and the ashes sent to
the Brooklyn Home for ConsumptiyeS, TO
which institution he left $4,000. For
years he lived the life Of a reciuse to
save money FOR his cherished charity.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-11-30
SUICIDE ON 81" STATION
Man Jumps in Front Of thrush
ing Train.

man supposed to be Frank Hess, of
No. "a Bradhurst avenue, committed sui
eide last night by jumping in front of
northbound elevated train at Eighth ave-
nue. and l45th street.
John j. Enright the motorman. said he
pitched face forward under the trucks
According to some of the men on the
platform he was acting in an excited
manner before the train came along.
He was about forty-hve years old five
feet six inches in height, and bore card
With the name Frank Hess. which stated
that he belonged to a plumbers union.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-11-30
YOUTH Who ROBBED
WIDOW CONVICTED
Wilmer Turned On Rich Mrs
SChreyer While They Were
Enjoying a Stroll.
GOT AWAY WITH S2,5oo
Companion Who Aided in tho
Plot "Peached'' Defendant
Well Known Along
White Way."

After having been on trial for nearly
week before County Judge Plat at wb..
Plains John Wilmer, dapper vonn~
man who said he hailed from Broadwa,
here. was convicted last night of bigbwa,,
robbery in the first degree
The trial brought out a thrilling talo y,
how Mrs Isabelle Schreyer. wealthy
widow OF New Rochelle, was chloro,orp,oa
and robbed on the night Of October 1s
last while out for a stroll Wilmer whose
right name is said to be MARITIME and
Robert Miller, son Of prominent resident
or gettysburg, Penn, We're arrested for
the crime. Miller admitted being Win
Wilmer, but said that the latter had
planned and carried out the robbery aloha
and that Wilmer had carried away all the
jewelry, worth about $500.
The police could obtain no trace OF the
jewelry, but Lee p. Davis, Assistant Dis
trict Attorney, said that number OF
new hundred-franc notes had been found
in Winners possession, and he contended
that the prisoner had sold the iewelry
and exchanged the American money he
had received for the loot for French
notes.
Miller, who "peached" on Wilmer. tes-
tilted that one night while he was living
in the Hotel Astor Wilmer planned 10
rob Mrs Schreyer of her diamonds. lie
suggested that Miller 20 to New Rochelle
and call on Mrs. Schreyer, with whom
he was on friendly terms, and that no
would arrive later in disguise.
Miller declared that while the three OF
them were walking from an inn near the
outskirts of New Rochelle. where they
had cocktails, Wilmer stepped back oc
Mrs. Schreyer and placed a handkerchief
saturated with cAloroform over her face,
and she became unconscious Miller tcs-
tilted that after Wilmer had told him 10
hold up his hands he took all Of Mrs.
Schreyers iewelry and disappeared.
When Mrs Schreyer became conscious
Miller told Of the robbery at New Ro-
chelle Police Headquarters. and Wilmer
was arrested at his apartments IN the
Hotel Somerset here. Both young men
were indicted by tile Westchester County
Grand jury
Wilmer who took the stand in his own
defence said that he had been mcr~'
chant. aviator baIIoOnist marble dealer
clerk. actor and theatrical manager on
one occasion he said that. while just out
side Of London he, with a woman COM
panlon and TWO other men. made bal
loon ascension, going nap 100 feet At
that height the balloon exploded and al.
hands fell to the ground. None was
killed.
,,-.r l-.r.,4 Did. yg4e "A friend OF
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-11-30
Robins Father and Mother.

Justice Golf could not leave this subject,
he said, without correcting an impression
which counsel for the defence might
have instilled into the minds OF the jury
in his pardonable zeal to protect his
clients interests
you have heard" said he. that Robin
rcpudiatcd, that HI denied, his father aud
his mother. If that be true, it seizes on
mems hearts so that it produces a revul-
sion OF feeling and interferes with their
exercise Of calm judgment. l must in
struct you that there is no evidence that
he repudiated his father and his mother.
There is no evidence that he denied his
father and mother. There is testimony
that he denied a certain man and woman
were his father and mother, but there is
no evidence before you that they were his
father and mother"
Among the siXty-siX separate points on
which the defence asked Justice Con TO
charge the jury was one that Robin was
an accomplice Of Hyde i'm the crime
charged, and that the law required that
the testimony of an accomplish be cor
roborated The justice charged the re-
verse. that Robin was not an accomplce.
that if il be a distinct and separate crime
TO receive bride the giver Of the bride
could not be an accomplice per Sc.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-11-30
TROUBLES BEGAN
FIRST DAY IN OFFICE.

state of Sew York against Charles L
Hyde"
Charges Political Conspiracy
Regardfnr bis friendship with Cumm.n..
at the Carnegie Trus, Company. HYDE
said that "malIn political conspiracy
was under way. vIrn the object co., disc
cr-Iiuug him Mayor Gaguor defended
HYDE and his conduct "a. th" office OF city
Chamberlain despite Oh. storm ul nuti-
rIsm which had arisen. Tile climax came,
indicted by %" special grand jury which
bad been investigating the affairs OF the
Carnegie Trust Company
The indictment was found under Section
81 of the penal Iaw, which makes il a
criminal offence for any person who Dar-
forms any of m" functions Of % public
office 20 ask, receive or agree 20 rrcciv"
bride Hyde pleaded not guilty 20 the
Indictment and was released On s. 800 bail
The indictment furnished the first m
stance of trouble with q high city Official
since the Tweed regime back In the 70's.
Hyde announced that he would rcsl"n
since be- did not want Mayor GaynOrs
administration to be embarrassed, and the
Mayor finally accepted the resignation
after am exchange Of letters expressing
mutual confidence and esteem.
The evidence upon which the grand jury
Indictment was based purportcd to show
that there had been an Illegal arrange
mcnt between Hyde and the officers OF
the Carnegie Trust Company and that
Hyde profted by that arrangement. II
was shown that the Carnegie Trust Com
pany had drawn cashiers checks in the
National city Bank 10 the order Of John
V. Smith FOR $4,000 Smith was HyGes
private secretary. within a short time
Smith drew four checks, aggregating
tl3SOO-two in the form Of cash and two
10 the order Of Charles II. Hyde These
last two were cashed in the Northern
Bank.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-11-30
Helping the Boys" Bribery.

In other words. the court wished to
point out that the jury had a right 10
consider Hyde guilty of bribery IL il
found that he had promised to increase
the city deposits in the Northern Bank
If Robin lent the Carnegie Trust Com
pany $4,000, or had threatened to with
draw these deposits If Robin persisted in
his refusal to grant the Carnegie Trust
Company the accommodation. And this
regardless Of whether Hyde benefited in
a monetary way directly or indirectly by
the transaction.
Justice Goff went on TO say that there
was no disputing the fact that at the
time specified in the indictment Hyde was
a public officer within the meaning Of the
law. There was no dispute he said. as
TO his powers as City Chamberlain. as to
his having been a close friend OF William
i. Cummins, majority stakeholder I'm the
Carnegie Trust Company. and his deposit
Of S.OJO.0O0 Of city money in that institu-
ton.
And there Was no dispute, he pointed
cut, over the fact that the city lost $4,000
OF its money when the Carnegie Trust
Company failed. For the latter fact alone,
said he the defendant could not be held
responsible. but II might be considered
as link in the chain Of evidence which
the prosecution contended showed partial
ity in defendants conduct toward the
Carnegie Trust Company
SO lar as the events of the night Of
August p, 1910. were concerned. the court
went on TO say, both sides agreed that
Hyde had received Cummins, Reichmann
add Robin in his Wall street Office. The
lest serious clash between them came
over the hour at which he received them
and the conversation mad among them
This was the most important question for
the jury to decide, in his estimation, in
Y"iying the meat Of the charge-Who was
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-11-30
MOSS AND STEUER PAINT
DIFFERENT ROBIN PICTURES

face. Why, If you believe Hyde so we
az that. convict him without leaving the
box. He is too vile to be set free among
his fellows"
Apologies to Court.
To parts Of Mr. steuer's speech Nr.
Moss objected, saying that he was relat-
ing facts not in evidence.
Great Scott" cried Mr.. steuer. remcv-
ing his hands from his pockets and rails
ing them above his head, cant | argue
facts
stop said Justice Con to Mr.. steuer.
you must apologize to the court for that
remark"
Il beg your honor's pardon said Mr.
Steuer, and continued.
Mr. Moss, like Mr.. Steuer, took all of his
allotted three hours He briefly reviewed
the evidcnc" in by the prosecutor
which, he said, proved cOnclusively that
HYDE had forced Robin to come to the
aid Of the City Chamberlain's friends
Cummins and Reichmann, with the city
deposits which he had In the Northern
Bank. This. said Mr.. Moss, was only one
event i'm a whole series OF events linked
together by a common purpose, method
and result, whereby within a short period
10000 was secured from various banks
by Cummans and his associates through
the dcpogiting of 100000 by the City
Chamberlain in those banks.
The greater part of Mr. Mloss's address
was devoted to a defence OF Robin, the
prosecutions star witness, who the de-
fence alleged was paranoiac. Particu-
lar attention was paid to DR.. Austin
Flint, an alienist who testified for the
defence.
"He is an aged, opinionated man said
Mr.. Moss DIR. Flint plainly had well
coined the opportunity Of testityins
without fee or hope of a fee, but 10 set
himself right as against the verdict Of
jury I'm 1911, which jury was Of some ccn-
tcmptibIc class Of plain citizens, entirely
beneath the contempt Of the great doc
tor"
or Robin. Mr.. Moss said: "On the test
Of paranoia ] am willing to place him
alongside Of DR.. Flint; on the test Of
mental control. quictness, command OF
himself. logical memory, I would plac"
him alongside OF tine learned gentleman
who examined him. with no thought that
he would be- rated second.
Sneers at Hyde's Abb
AS to the defendants testimony of an
albI. this defence rests upon the test-
mouy Of Mrs. Hyde and Master HYDE and
Of two clerks iu AIr rIydrs Hw office.