New-York tribune., 1912-03-03
BOROUGH GOSSIP
downtown Residents Look Upon
Old Saloon as a Hoodoo.

--ook,vnites of the downtown section
r. beginning to look with a bit OF
so-stitious dread upon the old saloon
smith and Jay streets. where John
@,,s,,eford was murdered last May. Mr.
,,,hi,eford ran the saloon. Upstairs was
,odge room and a kitchen. and on the
go Aoor an attic bedroom. Sometimes he
W." ,d use the bedroom instead Of going
sts home in Sheepshead Bay, where he
- With relatives On the night OF May
"a - renained in town. The next morning
- mas found dead and his jewelry and
- ~ were gone. No one knew anything
ahout the murder until hours after 1t had
occurred, because not even Waterman
S,os IN the premises at the time The
.oloon was closed for months and then
!" was opened by James F. Clarke IN
January his brother. Matthew Clarke VINO
scted as his bartender. suddenly dropped
soed HIS death was due to heart disease
last week Clarke returned TO A' .''"'
.o-louslv I'll Physicians were cale, md
torrd that he was suffering from apopieNy
u. died a few hours later. Adding 10 the
,oIsfortunes Of the family his eight-year-
nld son was attacked by vicious puIiuoe'
re has been taking the Pasteur treatment
THE neighbors admit that the mlsfortuheS
~ the Clarke family may have been only
coincidents, but they have their own oplh-
ion about the saloon.
A plan is on foot TO establish co-oPela-
tca grocery store I'm Flatbush. The plan
hos been worked out by a committee OF
,ba Fiske Terrace Association Letters
have been sent out TO the householders OF
Che section asking their help in the enter
nrise. The committee proposes TO incor-
rorate the Glenwood Mutual Association.
uath a capital Of 5000. This will not be
aone until there is reason to believe that
% least two hundred families can be band
,aa together to trade with the store. 1t IS
ss,,n,ated that $500 will be required to fit
pn q store and that the cost OF main
tsnanee will be about $500 a year. The
committee expects to DO $4,000 worth of
business a year and to make a net profit
Of 5000 annually. This will be handed
over 10 the stockholders, who will thus
make 100 per cent profit a year on their
investment While making 100 per cent for
its hackers. the store will sell goods much
cheaper than the ordinary grocery-accord-
ing TO the organizers.
Burton Holmes will give the last of his
course Of Illustrated lectures on travel un-
der the auspices OF the Brooklyn institute
of Arts and Sciences on Wednesday. His
topic will be "Buenos Ayres, the Paris Of
America" A new course of lectures on
travel has been started by Emanuel NJ
Newman. His lectures fall on Saturday
afternoons and evenings. His next lecture
will be on Scotland and wales" Next
Saturday afternoon the New York SYM
phony Orchestra will give n Young Peo-
pies Concert" An entire Wagner pro-
eIamme will be rendered. Beatrice Forbes
Robertson will give three special Lenten
lecture recitals on Wednesday evenings. be-
ginning with March 10.
torforation Counsel Watson has made
formal motions IN the Supreme Court to
have condemnation commissioners appoint
Cd in the two actions begun by the city to
acquire rsrks at Coney Island and Rocks-
way Heach. No opposition was made TO
the motions. and Justice Marean granted
thCm. saying he would be pleased TO well
come suggestions from those interested IN
the personnel of the commissions. II was
said that the Corporation Counsers office
was particularly anxious for the prompt
appointment Of the Coney Island commits
sion, as the city holds an option on Dream
land, which expires on April Is.