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The evening world., 1912-12-20
WITNESS DECLARES POLICEMAN
THREATENED DEATH.

Bernard Seider. "a peddler. who has
been sabpoenaed to appear as wit
ness against Sergt. Daniel w. O'Grady.
accused u grating, reported at Police
Headquarters to-day that he was
threatened on Tuesday night by n po-
lcemaa In uniform with sudden death
II he should testify against O'Grady.
Selder declared he picked out the po-
lcoman who made the threat N the
Fifth street station last nlgHt, ou. no
confirmation OF his statement Mas forta-
coming from police sources,
O'Grady is accused OF demanding $50
The evening world., 1912-12-20

TOLD BY ASLAYER
EXECUTED TODAY
Actual Details of Killing of
New York Detective in
Palermo, Sicily.

murderer, executed to-day In the
penitcnt.ary at Montreal, told before he
died what he solemnly swore to he the
Palermo, sicily, of Lieut.. Joseph Petro-
s!no of the New York Headquarters
STAFF, on March r. 1909. This latest Of
the many versions Of the mysterious
shaving OF the New York detective came
TO Commissioner Waldo In the form OF
an exhaustive transcript OF the Con
fcssion" made by the murderer a few
days ago.
Carlo Di Bsttesta. upon whom the
full penalty OF the law for the slay-
ing of Salvatore Macaluso last July
was visited In Montreal to-day. swore
to the veraclty of the story told to
him on a railroad train bound from
Montreal TO Vancouver, B. g.. by Fran
cisco Cassalse, one of the conspirators
in the Petrosino murder plot. The tale
told by the man now dead involved the
one for whose subsequent murder ht
was hanged to-day.
This IL the way 1t runs:
In February, 1902. tassaisc, MacalusC
and professor" Muccio. alias Nincenzc
Messlna. who had once been a court In.
terpretcr in Vancouver and who hac
later gone into the white slave trade
| iourneyed together from Montreal t,
New York and sailed from this port foi
| Naples on the steamer Duke D'Abruzzl
| From Naples the Professor" az h,
was called among his friends. wen
straight TO Palermo; the other two Wen
to the villa san Giovanni In calabra.
There by appointment they found /
boat, manned by i've sailors, in whic,
they embarked, bound for Palermo ol
toe island Of sicily, They anchored II
The evening world., 1912-12-20
FOR TAKING HER
WEDDING GOWN AWAY.

Last September ! went 10 what had
been my home" Mrs. lIarbeson tobbed
and took away my Wedding gown and
slippers and my marriage license. which
were there whore this woman was Nv
ing, and the mad mo arrested for theft
Magistrate Krotel dismissed the charge
agalns, me when ! told him my story
II did not 20 to the shop last Thurs
day night 10 murder this woman;
went only to plead that she give up
my husband--at least until my separa-
ton suit was settlcd-and the minute
she saw me she attacked me, She has
broken my heart and now she consp!res
TO put me In prison"
MAGISTRATE Otonnor held Mrs. Har-
heson In $1,000 bail for the Grand JNrv,
but he parolcd her in the custody OF
her counsel untl bondsman could
come to court with the bah hcad. Be
fore she left court Mrs, Renncr ran up
dramatically to Assistant District-At-
torney Frederick sullivan and asked for
police protection. She was refused.
The evening world., 1912-12-20
METZ BETS BECKER
GETS BACK ON FORCE.

Ex-Comptroller Metz. speaking at a
meeting OF the Politics Club OF Colum.
bia Univ ersity. last night said.
Il bet Whitman the other day that
ten years from now Becker would be
back on the force. In a high position and
drawing full back pay FOR all the time
that he had been of the force. The
cause of II Is that the State has forced
upon the city a pension system by which
a part OF every policeman's salary goes
into a permanent fund. The courts have
therefore SAID tina: IL Is depr!ving a man
of his property without due process OF
law for a Commissioner to remove q
man fnom the force.
II could mention several men high UT
on the police force now who have con.
fessed to taking graft and been dis.
missed and yet come back Just as con.
f.dently expect Becker to do. The same
rule applies to the school teacher. and
We cannot dismiss an incompetent one. "
The evening world., 1912-12-20

II can't tell you," replied the wit
nes.
eu,r,ne LED pAer AcAiNer
DISCLOSURES.
| ''Because IL would incrimlnate or de-
grade your"
"It would DEGRADE me IN the eyes OF
persons who knew me then and never
knew what became OF me to read what
am now"
Lawyer Grant hammered away at Mrs
Goodies early experiences In New York
but got only general answers. When he
Insisted that Mrs. Goojc be forced to
tell the names OF her employers. the
witness began to cry. Deputy Commls-
sioner Walsh. after waiting until she
had composed herself told her he would
protect all her rights as n witness. but
she would have to answer questions.
In 1901. the witness said. she went into
the business of letting furnished rooms
She had been III and had to make money,
She lived In Thirteenth street. Egh-
teenth street. Twentieth street and other
streets. she said. but refused to give the
numbers.
what names did you 10 underg'
asked Lawyer Grant.
What difference does that make
now7' asked the witness tearfully.
| I'm not on trial here. Officer Skelly
| In on trial"
But" said Commissioner Walsh.
'the lawyer has "A right to this in
formation to establish your credi-
bility."
| "wiil he sent to jail II I don't
answery' asked the witness.
what difference does that maker"
the Commissioner wanted to know.
"You answer my question and I'll
answer yours" insisted the woman.
| Commissioner Walsh said he would
| pass on that later. Then Mrs. Goods
admitted that she had been known as
Mrs Elliot and also as Nv. Fair.
Mrs Fair and Mrs doode.' re-
heu "r"", s"..,I"s,'.
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p,ooa :, .r.o,,v Io,I. :, ..yyh,,.,, a,,,s,,
and "Dayn Er,,L" ,ha for y,nm.r
convicted NJ dining Herman possnihoI
Shs ..,d .h. kn.v, ,bar, .u o,.o I.cu
Zel,r tho punmap who y,a, k,,lod ,hr.s
month. apo nv "R.d PHI" davidson
The evening world., 1912-12-20
TELLS OF CARTRIDGES FOUND
IN HER MUFF.

Then while Mrs. Harbeson, shaken by
sohs and with her face buried In her
handkerchief. clung to the arm Of her
counsel. Detective Mccormick took the
stand to tell how six revolver cartridges
Of the Size OF those with which the re-
volver was fully charged had been found
In Mrs. Harbcson's mum after the en-
counter, He said, also. that when he
arrived on the scene of the ARRAY the
revolver was missing hut that he had
traced 1t to the possession OF John
Dennehy. a chauffeur for the Yellow
Taxi Company who had pocketed the
weapon after having wrenched IL from
Mrs. Harbeson's hand. lie produced
the weapon.
Il never had revolver when I
went into the shop" Mrs. Iiarbeson
cried out. The bullets mus, have been
put in my mum by this woman as the
revolver was forced into my hand. II
IL all base fabrication
The Magistrate called upon her to toll
her side of the story, and Mrs lla arho-
son. iightng to retain her self-control,
said Mrs. Renner had supplanted her
as mistress OF her home at No. 30i Wes,
NInety-sixth street, even wearing some
OF her clothes and fnery. She said she
had gone to live elsewhere and-al
pleading with her husband failing-had
| instituted a separation suit.
The evening world., 1912-12-20

the harbor Of Palermo and were Joined
on the boa. BY Salvatore Campini. a
brother OF Cassaise. While Macaluso
and Cassaise remained aboard the boat
Camp!ni acted as messenger between the
boat and the professor on shore until
after three days-he came back with
the word that all was ready.
The Professor" meanwhile, had got
in touch With Pet-osino, whom he knew
and who was believed TO be in Palermo
to run down the chief operating plant Of
gang of counterfeiters with branches
in New York and Montreal. Petrosino's &
real mission. which was to put his hands
on the chiefs of the Black Hand terror
lists of New York. evidently was not
known to the Professor" and his CO.
conspirators. But Petrosino accepted
the "Professor's'' good Offices and the
latter made an agreement with the de-
tectlvc to lead him to the nest OF the bad
men he wanted.
The night when the Professor" was
to meet Petrosino. Cassalse. Macaluso
and Campini came ashore and hid them
selves in the path to be traversed by the
Professor" and Petrosino-ore behind a
sentry box by the side OF the road. The
Professor" came along accompanied b.
the detective. The Professor" gave q
signal with his handkerchief that the
victim was ready for the staying and
tho shooting began. Cassaise fred tive
shots. Macaluso one shot and the Pro
fessor" one shot, Petrosino firing once
In return as he sank to his knees.
Back to their boat went three OF tn,
consplrators and sailed for Cairo. Egypt
there to be joined later by the "Profes
sor." Thence they all returned to Que
bee The Professor and Cassaise ar,
somewhere In Canada now. according t,
the condemned mans tale.
The evening world., 1912-12-20
RIVAL TAKES STAND TO ACCUSE
MRS. HARRISON.

Mrs. larbcson was brought to court
In taxicab from Bellevue Hospital,
where she has been confined In the
prison ward since the sensational affray
Ia the gown shop last Thursday night, a
nervous and hysterlcal prisoner. l.. T..
Hipple OF No. 80 Wall street was her
counsel When the charge of felonious
assault was sworn to by the young
widow, vino Is charged by Mrs. Harbe.
son with having stolen her husband's 5
affections, Mrs. Renner took the stand.
She said that she was employed as a
saleswoman In the Harbeson shop
known as the French Shop--in Column
bus avenue. and that she was busy 1T
ting IA gown ON "A prospective customer
when Mrs. llarbeson suddenly rushed
through the door with a revolver in her
hand. Mrs. Harbeson had pointed the
weapon at her head. Mrs. Renner said
with graphic illustrations by her ready
hands. and had pulled the trigger sew
cral times, but there was no explosion.
Then the younger woman re-enacted
for the benefit OF the Magistrate how
she had grappled with her assailant and
how they had wrestled all over the floor
Of the gown shop. Her screams, Mrs
Henncr said. and those OF the other
| saleswomen In the place brought in a
crowd from thc street and some man
disarmed Mrs, llarbeson. Somehow OF
other the revolver had disappeared: she
had never seen II after II was wrested
| from Mrs. HarbpSou's hand
The evening world., 1912-12-20

sav, There Uas noth,nr to say.
O. You were charged with keepins
and maintaining n disorderly house
we're you not7 A. In the afldavit. / be-
iieye. I was CHARGED with keeping q
disorderly house and with soliciting
from the doors.
q. You know what keeping and main
tanning a dlsorderly mousse means. do
you not? a. do.
9. We'll. was this charge Of kcepiny :
The evening world., 1912-12-20

from Robert Sobel and his wife and
when they refused 10 pay IT, OF raiding
their place at No. rs Second street
Seider claims to haSe been witness
TO the demand OF O'Grady.
on Tuesday evening at Second avenue
and Second street Seider SAYS 4 police.
man IN uniform backed him against a
wall. caught him by the throat and
threatened 20 XII hua Il he dldp't tan
TO appear at O'Grady's trial, Further.
more. Solder dNclalcs, Ave d.iectlNes
caught him on the street one nigh!
last August and beat him half to deatL
for no reason at all.
The evening world., 1912-12-20
Mrs. Harbeson, Wife of Gown
Merchant, Denies Trying to
Kill Mrs. Renner.
HYSTERlCAL IN COURT.
81 Only Wanted to Beg Her to
Give Up Ny Husband
She Says.

Two women. one heartbroken and hy-
stcricnily weeping the other angry and
scornfully disdainful, fnced each othor
to-day before Magistrate O'Connor In
the West side Court. The one. Mrs
Catherine IIarbeson, was q prisoner
charged with having attempted the l,fc
OF tho other last Thursday might: the
second, appearing as complaining Wit
ness. was Mrs. Helen Renner
Mrs. Ilarbeson. wife OF IA wealthy
merchant in women's gowns, who. ac-
cordng To her story--told brokenly and
with many eloquent gestures--had been
driven from her home and had seen an
other woman installed there, denied
passionately that she had attempted the
lie OF her rival
Mrs. Rcnncr--blonde. petite and jaun-
" In car.-agc and deportment--allowci
Aer lips to curl In IA scornful smile as
she stood by and heard Mrs. Harbeson's y
recital Mrs 1Iarbeson had tried to
shoot her In the establishment owned BY
liarbeson at No. 80 Columbus avenue,
Mrs. llenner told the Magistrate she
greatly feared for her lie if Mrs. Harbe-
son were released.
The evening world., 1912-12-20
Tomorrow Enjoy Freedom from
RHEUMATISM
Sciatica and Neuritis

The prodding pains OF rheun, at.sn,, sci .
atica and neuritls cannot long stand be-
fore the proof We furnish OF the work bc q.
Ing done through the country by Nurito,
the prescription In powder form which Is
a positive antidote for uric acid poison.
1t is a physicinn's prescription. pharma
ceutically compounded. without a trace OF
opiate. narcotic or any harmful drug.
Reputable physicians all over the country
are prescribing II AS long needed rAm
edv. and the news OF their success is ira"
ellinG.
At last here Is prescription---not a
and quickly relieve rheuma tism. sciatica
and neurits. II Is pure negligence. en.
not 20 try 1t. Particularly those who may
mink their cases are OF long standing lnd
cannot be relieved are Invited TO lr,
Nurito. 81 and 81 box. At Riker
iiegeman Drug Stores and al other lead.
lNg druggists.
Arizona republican., 1912-12-15

then turned his automatic pistol on himself.
 Some years ago young musician in the dance hall was in love with Bernice Moffatt One night he came to her room and fired a shot at the woman. She fell in a faint Think ing her dead, the musician shot and killed himself The woman was un- harmed. This same thing occurred Sunday morning. to all appearances. but this time Bernice MOffat was killed The two bodies were buried Sunday afternoon without church services in the Juarez cemetery.
 Bernice Moffat was a woman of about 25 years. She was rated as the
Arizona republican., 1912-12-15

most beautiful woman in the Mexican town She spoke Spanish and Eng fish as native. but was of Creole blood and originally came from Louisiana. She was of olive com plexion. tall and a notably graceful dancer. Aside from her height, she was said to resemble greatly Nazi- mova, the Russian actress, declared the most beautiful woman in the world" Bernice Moffat had been known in Juarez for more than five years. She is said to have a mother living in New Mexico.
 Lieut.. Viveros was not yet 20 years of age and a graduate of the Ma tional Military academy He came to
Arizona republican., 1912-12-15

FL PASO, Dec. 14.-Murder and suicide, ending the strange career of the reputedly most beautiful woman in Juarez is the epitome of a tragedy enacted in CiuGad Jaurcz. Police found the bodies of Bernice Moffatt. dance frequenter. and that of Fran cisco Teran Viveros, a sub-ieutcnant of the 18th battalion, in the womans room near the dance hall. where the two had Waltzed a few hours before 4 bullet hole was in the head or each, and from the appearances, the army officer had shot the woman and
Arizona republican., 1912-12-15
GAR SHORTAGE
 NOTED ABROAD
In Great Coal Regions In Germany 12,OOO More Cars Could Be Used Daily, While Other Sec tiOns Suffer Accordingly.

BERLIN, Dec. 1.-The lear short age" problem is not confined to America. if that is any comfort to the railway men and shippers across the sea. German business men are complaining as never before
 The president of the Council of Prussian railways takes an optimistic view of the situation which he charges against the unusual pros perity and does not give much en- couragement to the suggestion that the government should make a great addition to it's rolling stock and it's working force.
 In the great coal region of which Essen is the center. there was a shortage of about 10000 cars a day during the second week of November, and since then the deficiency has risen to more than 12.000 cars. The society of coal mine operators of Essen has issued a statement, in which it shows that the Prussian State railways have far from kept pace with the growth of the freight business of the country. While the total tonnage of freight transpored on he railways has increased by 70 per cen, within ten years the num- Der of employees has increased only 16 per cent and the mileage of the roads only 20 per cent. The state ment further tells that in the last week of October not less than 91 coal companies in the Essen district had to throw off entire shift of miners and that the loss of wages thus caused was nearly $50,OO0.
 The Essen society complains that cars often have to stand A hours waiting to be unloaded, owing to the insufficient force of laborers em- ployed by the government. An in terpellation on this subject was brought up in the Prussian Diet The president of Council said that the increase of traffic on the Prus sian roads, which was greater thar ever known before was due to tn unusually prosperous condition of business. The State, he said, woul' continue to build secondary railway: and would also build further main lines, but, he added, the state can not invest undue amounts of capita where it will have to lie unemployed for the greater part of the time"
Arizona republican., 1912-12-15
PERSONAL

A tramp was passing a marine store and seeing the man at the door he asked in a joking way: Do you buy rags and bones ?'
 You've guessed it first time. old chap, answered the man. Get on the cales',-London Telegraph.
Arizona republican., 1912-12-15

The chief responsibility for the fail- ure of the Turkish army rests with the Christians of that army, says correspondent, writing from Semlin. The Turkish soldier is the same brave fellow he used to be- but he was deserted by his Christian allies confused by his officers and left by his commisariat to starve, while noun tains of rice bread. beans and zWie- back were piled up less than twenty miles away.
 In the battle of KumanoWo, says the correspondent, twenty-five per cent of the army was made up of Chris | tians-Armenians. Greeks, Bulgarians, Servians and Catholic Albanians. Not much confidence was placed in the Bulgarians and Servians, but the Tur- | kish leaders had no conception of the l new unity of the Balkan states, and | could not have imagined that the | Greeks. always bitter enemies of the Bulgarians, would favor them. Ac-
 cordingly, while the Bulgarians and 1 Servians were generally employed in the munition trains, the Greeks were put at the front, generally in charge
 of the artillery. When the clash came
 the Christians promptly deserted to l the enemy, leaving the guns unserved
 and disorganizing the troop units. Al | the same time the BulgarianS Tn
 charge of the military supplies show
 ed no desire to bring up munitions
 for use against their blood brothers
 and when munitions were at hand il
 was found that thousands of the cart
 ridges were blank and soap instead of shells filled the caissons.
Arizona republican., 1912-12-15

Juarez. only few days ago with
 detachment of the 18th battalion, and fellow officers as Yet have been un- able to locate his relatives in Mexico.
Arizona republican., 1912-12-15

Herr von Jagow, the energetic po- lice president of Berlin, who has made an international reputation by his drastic measures. has just caused something of a sensation by refusing to allow speeches to be made in Eng fish and French at a big socialist meeting in Berlin. NJ Jaures, the well known French socialist leader. and the British socialist O'Grady were scheduled to address the meeting each in his own language. Jaures made his speech in bad German, while O'Grady's speech was translated in to German and read by another.
 In rejecting the application of the management to permit English and French to be used, the police presi- dent said: T regard the purpose of internationally influencing Germany s foreign policy as being contrary to the law of public assemblies asked for"
Arizona republican., 1912-12-15

The present "Ameri- can" Deep Well Pumps are the result of 40 years experience in building this class of pumps they are the evolution of the en- gineering experience of a concern that has built a business now extend ing throughout the world and who have won their reputation almost exclusively ly through the superiority of their deep well ma chinery.
Arizona republican., 1912-12-15

Oder. It will have a capacity of above 175.0OO,0OO cubic feet. and the lake formed above it will cover about 5000 acres. The dam is over 900 feet long, 197 feet high and about 24 feet broad at the top. While it was built primarily for checking floods, which have proved very dis astrous in that part of Germany the dam will serve an electric generating plant. where about 1000 horsepower will be produced when conditions are most favorable. The power will be distributed to many thriving manu featuring villages over a wide stretch of county. Four years have been Oc- cupied in constructing the daw. and it's lake, will be about s2,0O0,OOO It was built at the suggestion of the emperor.
Arizona republican., 1912-12-15

The coward kills it with a kiss;
 The brave man with the sword"
Arizona republican., 1912-12-15

The emperor has just opened the most important dam in Germany at
 Msuer, near Hirschberg, in Silesia. It is on the Bober river, .wihch flows from the Giant mountains into the
The Oskaloosa herald., 1912-04-18
hoas at Eleven Markets.

Eleven markets received $4,000
hogs, being 5000 less than week age
and 1000 more than corresponding
Tuesday year ago. Chicago's total
at 1000 was 1900 smaller than a
week ago and LOO larger than a
year ago. Omaha had $4,000 or 5000
less than week ago and 1000 more
than year ago. Kansas City report
ed $4,000, being same week ago and
5000 less than year ago. st. Louis
had $500 less than a week ago and
5000 less than year ago. Combined
receipts first two days of this week
157 900, or $4,000 less than a week ago
and 1000 less than year ago. Chica'
go the first two days of this week re-
ceived 1890. or 1850 more than a
week ago and 5,400 more than a year
ago. Combined receipts at eleven
points for 1912 to date 8,556,000
against 7,234,000 year ago.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1912-04-18
OUR KEOTA LETTER
p. e. o. MET AT HOME OF MRS.
FANNIE HARDING. MR.. AND
MRS. v. PALMER WILL LOCATE
IN MONTANA.

Keota, Iowa, April 17.--Chapter G..
NJ. of p. e. o. met in regular session
Monday evening at the home of Mrs.
Fannie Harding. Miss Bess Smock
was initiated into the mysteries OF
the sisterhood and a most enjoyable
program was presented by the com
mittee in charge. The profram con-
sisted OF selections from the cantata,
Ruth the Cleaner. Those taking part
were Mrs. Clara Henry, reader; Mrs.
Josephine Helscher, Ruth; Mrs. Gen.
evier Helscher, Naomi; Miss Mary De
zoe, pianist. yellow and white ice
cream, angel food and mahogany
cake and star cookies were served
Mrsf. r. L. Richardson has gone to
Minnesota to visit her son and daugh-
ter, Leo and Lucille, in their new farm
home. Incidentally she will assist
them with the garden making and see
that the household machinery Is run
ming smoothly. The young people
like Minnesota and the farm, but are
Just a wee bit homesick
Mrs McMurray, of Des Moines,
temperance worker, spent last week
in Keota in the interests of the w.
G. r. U. and temperance work.
Miss Pauline Harris came home Sat
urday evening from stay of several
weeks with relatives in Kansas.
Mr.. and Mrs. Victor Palmer lett
Monday evening for Montana where
they expect to locate. They will visit
Mrs. Palmer's sister in northern Mon
tana before selecting location.
Mrs. Guev, who has spent four
months at the home of her sister, Mrs.
William Chesney, left the latter part
of last week for her home in Ohio.
Mr.. and Mrs. NJ. A. Hulse arrived
Friday evening from Los Angeles
where they spent the winter with
their son, Ed and his family. They
report Ed and wife in good health
and in love with California. The trip
was delightful experience for Mr..
and Mrs. Hulse, both of whom are
over so years old
John r. Hamilton left Tuesday ev-
ening on a business trip to Ell Paso,
Texas.