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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-10-06
The Old Sleepy Hollow Sr1@se'

tho headless horscman. According TO
Edgar Mayhem Bacon, who, at the time
OF tho bi-centennial OF the old church, m
1897, published a little book OF chronicles
OF Tarrytown and Sleepy Hollow, the
spirit of the headless Hessian did not
disappear until long after the death OF
Irving
about twenty years ago" gays Mr..
Bacon, 1.-THE writer was passing one morn
ing through the little lane that borders
the Pocantico, between Broadway and the
site of the burned factory (Brombacher 81,
when ne overheard an IrishwomaD who
stood by her cottage gate relate this
marvellous tale to her neighbors:
IT wasn't late. mebby not mower than
tin o'clock, an me waitin here be the
gate for Dinny TO come in, an he only
stheppin up 10 Johnny Manin's Wild de
can, when, upon me sowll thrue as I'm
standin' here, see right out there in the
road a big black, shadder-like, widout
any head, an him OH horseback at that'
There was no doubling the sincerity
OF the tones | looked at the ghost-seer.
Honesty and ignorance shared the realm
between them Had she possibly had her
imagination fred by reading Irving? IL
was easier to believe that she had actual
Ia seen the headless Hessian.
ALLOW the possibility of the apparition,
and | will show you Why the place where
the woman thought she had seen him was
mos, appropriate. \ few rods up the stream
the ford and abutments still show where
the ancient bridge stood! before the course
OF the post road changed; few rods down
one ends the present bridge What more
natural than that poor, headess spook
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-10-06

The Veteran Corps OF Artillery, OF
which Captain Charles Elliot Warren h
adjutant, having recently been conimis.
stoned by the Governor In the latter ranf,
has received permission from Major Gen
erai Organ 10 use the range at Blauve!t
FOR revolver practice on Saturday. October
IS. The shooting for qualification Will b
under the same regulations as those pre-
scribed for the national guard. Lieu
tenant Theoaud has been directed 10 have
the proper supply or ammunition o.
hand. as well as reserve supply Of
weapons, and Lieutenant C. II. Eagle vii
supply one days rations. Captain Wsf;
rem and Lieutenant Eegie ars both ~;
members OF the TIN Regiment and also
served as commissioned officers In The
18th. The members OF the corps will re;
sumo their usual indoor drills and r.
volver practice In the armory OF the nS
Regiment
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sf,auvright, 1912. by the brentwood Company
.ARIs has SO large foreign popu-
iation within its walls that II mas
IL frequently been described as
.,oSynono,is. A. considerable percentage
of these aliens are distinctly OF an IN
desirable character, and were the
French government TO expel from its
y.rritory all those belonging 10 this
cate4orv the foreign element on the
hanks OF the Seine would be diminished
bv nearly one half-perhaps even more
This would manifestly be a task Dc
soud the powers of the French police
az now constituted, and the result Is
kbat the authorities tolerate tens OK
ohoueanda who really merit deporta-
,,on and content themselves with turn
ing out of the country individuals VINO
oave attracted more than ordinary at
tsntiou. either by their questionable
mode of life or else by their attacks
upon the government and upon those in
mower. Even so. the number OF ex-
nu,sions run up into the thousands
each year.
These expulsions are decreed, not by
INV court Of law, and do not form part
or parcel OF any judicial procedure, but
they take place on the strength OF the
mere order Of the Minister OF the In
fey,or or OF the latter's deputies. In the
nerson of the governors or prefects OF
the various departments me Tor
sipner thus treated has no legal re-
Dress, It il only fair to add that when
mistakes are made--and they are very
,are--and the alien who has been SUBJ
,ected to expulsion is able to secure the
intervention OF his ambassador ana
government, or to prove In any other
,vav that he has been unjustly treated,
.>paration Is invariably made voiun-
tarfly. But In nine cases out OF every
ten--in fact, In 900 cases out of every
tbousand--tf1e action OF the Minister OF
the Interior, Of the Project Of police
and of the provincial projects proves
10 have plenty Of cause and gooo
ground. and no matter how much the
expelled party may buster at the time
and insist that no is the victim OF pri-
vate vengeance, France is well rid OF
him.
Ill call attention to the matter It is
because Don Ludovico Pignateili OAR
ngona, who reached New York recently
on board the French liner La France.
has left France In consequence OF one
Of these orders Of expulsion; and while
he has never been convicted OF any
crime, II is just a question whether a
foreigner who has been turned out OF
France by the police as an undesirable
alien can be regarded as an altogether
desirable visitor in the United States
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frequently associated and upon the
chance OF plucking the unwary In such
a manner as 20 deter the latter from
taking any legal steps for redress.
often good looking. dashing and enter
tanning, they prey especially upon
Americans visiting Europe for the first
time, who have not learned TO distin-
guish between the members Of the real
great world abroad and those who have
nothing but sonorous titles OF doubtful
value TO recommend them. Sometimes
this exotic uristocracy contents Itself
with the money Of the American vic
tim and sometimes, unfortunately, II
succeeds in securing the hand and the
fortune Of the dupe's daughter.
The law authorizing the Minister OF
the Interior and his deputies TO expel
undesirable aliens by mere admlnistra-
tive order and without judicial process.
irrespective OF the question whether or
not the individual concerned has ever
been convicted in France or abroad Of
any crime OF misdemeanor, dates from
the Second Republic, and was enacted
in 1919. In 1882, and again four years
ago, an attempt was made in the ma
tional legislature to modify this law In
such a manner az 10 restrict the orders
for expulsion emanating from the Min
lister of the Interior and from the pro-
vincial projects To- foreign ex-convicts,
and providing that the expulsion OF all
other parties should be made depend
ent upon a decree in council OF the en-
tire Cabinet, so as TO place the respon-
sibilty upon the latter. But in each
instance the measure was defeated, and
the law of 1Si9 remains unmodlned ana
as a habeas corpus act In France. the
person ordered 10 be expelled is unable
to obtain any legal stay Of the penalty.
and the only manner by which he can
manage TO delay his departure is by a
violent resistance, in which case he ia
lodged In Jail and has 10 undergo u
term Of Imprisonment before being
turned out OF the country.
Sometimes this law OF 1910 is en-
ployed by the French government 10
put n stop to unfriendly criticism Of
It's policy by foreign correspondents
representing foreign newspapers In
Paris.
During the Dreyfus controversy, for
instance, a number OF foreign news
paper representatives who had made
their homes on the banks OF the Seine
for twenty and thirty years We're sum-
marily expelled from France by order
of the Minister of the Interior for COM
menting In the letters and dispatches
which they sent 10 their papers In a
manner adverse TO the Cabinet, and |
have personal knowledge that GAM
BETA. during the days Of his power,
would have caused the expulsion from
France Of NJ. de Blowitz, the Paris cor
respondent OF THE London Times,
had not De BIowitz taken the precau-
ton OF securing letters OF naturaliza-
ton as a French citizen French citi-
zens being safe from any arbitrary &C
ton Of this kind on the part Of the
Minister of the Interior and of the
provincial projects.
Perhaps the most arbitrary instance
of this kind that can recall occurred
wheD General Boulanger was Minister
of War. 1t may be recalled that at his
instigation the enactment of q decree
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-10-06

Officers Of the 18th Regiment Of coas
artillery have decided to arrange to han
the regiment attend the inauguration OF
the next President In Washington
March. The regiment Will also hold sths
ietic games at the armory on Thank
giving Eve.
Colonel Appleton OF the 18th ReSn'en'
has received with regret the resignation
OF Lieutenant Byrd ". Wennan. raj
TALON ad;utant, on account Of business
Lieutenant Wenman Joined the Tth - q
private IN Company I, January - Iva
He was promoted lance corpcrai, No'eas
Der q, 1899; corporal. September q, wv
sergeant, April %, 100; battalion sergeant
major, November Z. 1902; regimentai SCI
geant major, January 8 1908 ana nis'
lieutenant and battalion adjutant Apis
5, 1903. Colonel Appleton h2e detaieu
Lieutenant Colonel w. G. Fisk inspee'o.
OF drills, and the nights for drill ASSIGNEE
TO the several companies are as foho"s.
Companies d. @ and II, Mondays ~
and r. Tuesdays: c, X and L. Weone.'
days: b. I and NJ Thursdays. The "ols
In the big drill hall will not be eonp'e'su
for some time yet. and the eonpan,e
will use the hail on the top moor OF wv
administration building for tho present
Company L, OF the Goth Resiment 20.
unanimously elected First bea'ena"
William f. Norris captain, vice Scah'v"'
retired. The first military service o. -.
new captain was as a private IN tiV.s
M, 7,h United States Cavalry, whl'e -
Joined September ., 1875. and from VIA"
he. was discharged for disability pcoe-
Der IL. 1871. due from being shot mr..
the breast In the famous battle oi ~
Little Big Horn. Montana, asains' ~ -
Sioux Indians, Juno rs and 20 h,S AZ.
this fight General Custer and all NE
GERS and men were killed. 10 the ls''
of go. Captain Morris served WIN
battalion under Major Reno. ne '
the Ssth Regiment as private ~ s,sa.
pany e, December iG 1900. ard was "a
corporal In 1903 and first heutentn'
1904.
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was secured exiling from France the
late Due d'Aumale. who had been IN
many Instances his benefactor. The
venerable English clergyman the Rev.
Or. Drought, who for moro than twenty
years had been acting as rector OF the
little English Church at Chantiily and
!, looking after the spiritual welfare OF
tho large colony OF English trainers,
Jockeys and stable folk OF one kind and
another. who make their home there, at
one Of the parish meetings allowed a
vote TO be passed expressing sorrow of
the congregation at the departure from
Chanillly Of the old duke. who had been
a most generous subscriber 10 all the
charities OF the church, which he had
indeed built and endowed for the use
OF the English living at Chantilly.
There was nothing political In this
vote Of sympathy. 1t merely expressed
sorrow az the departure of one who
! had been the principal patron OF the
church and OF its congregation, with
out a word Of reference TO the govern
ment. II wound up with the hope that
no might soon be able to return 10
Chantilly once more. Yet for having
allowed this vote TO be passed DR..
Drought was expelled from French ter
ritory within the brief space of twenty
four hours, being conducted from Chan
lilly TO Calais by couple OF members
of the French police and placed on
board boat leaving for Dover. The
English Embassy was unable 10 obtain
any kind Of redress or repeal OF the
order, and as Boulanger at the time
was anxious at all costs 10 provoke a
war with England with the object OF
| establishing himself as dictator at
Paris, and as Great Britain did not see
her way 10 satisfy his selfish personal
projects In connection with the matter,
the question was eventually allowed to
drop.
/ But France Is not alone In this re-
spect. Every Continental country of
! Europe, even democratic Switzerland,
reserves TO itself the right of expelling
foreigners by administrative order
without judicial process. Thus, when
the lato Francesca Crispi was Premier
of Italy he expelled within twenty
! four hours, and In particularly brutal
| fashion, the correspondent at Rome OF
! the Paris Figaro" who had been resi-
dent In Italy for quarter OF century.
The correspondent In question had
been guilty Of no offence against the
Italian government or nation, but had
merely ventured In one of his letters to
! the Figaro" TO comment on the taste
OF Nine. Crispi, woman OF most no.
torious and impossible antecedents, In
| Kissing at Roman theatre play
which was being applauded by Queen
Marguerite.
Four years ago the Russian govern
ment expelled, likewise within twenty
four hours, tho resident correspondent
at ST. Petersburg Of The London
Times" Notwithstanding his intimate
relations with the British Embassy and
its vigorous intervention In his behalf.
Nor was he allowed to return; and n
few weeks later THE Times" sent an
other member Of it's staff to take his
place on the banks OF the Neva.
England Is the only European coun-
try whore the deportation Of objection
able aliens Is dependent upon previous
conviction and upon judicial process,
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pic!ous card playing from several
Boulevard clubs TO which he had OBJ
tainei admission as a temporary for
eign guest, he had been running a phi
vate gambling establishment In the
apartment which he occupied on the
Avenue MscMahon. A detective OBJ
tanned admission in the guise Of rich
devotee Of the card table, police raid
followed. and thereupon the Minister of
the Interior, without taking the trouble
Of bringing Don Ludovico into court,
signed an order for HE expulsion from
French territory.
Don Ludovico's fate recalls that OF
the scion Of another sicilian-Neapolitan
family OF ancient lineage, namely, that
Of Monroy. The parsonage In question
assumed the title Of Prince Of Formosa,
which had at one time belonged to the
sicilian Monroys, but 10 which he had
failed 10 establish his right 10 the salts
faction OF the Consulta Heraldica at
Rome. He was a very striking looking
illhIif VIM AVl ~ Va stfhto 30
ured a great deal on tho Riviera, In
Paris and In London, In all OF which
three places he became known 10 many
Americans. In some way or other no
managed in 1907 TO secure election 10
the Travellers Club In Paris, but had
not been long a member before such
unpleasant stories began TO arrive from
the Cercle de la Mediterrane at Nice
that Lord Grimthorpe. as president Of
the Travellers, felt himself compelled
TO call upon the Prince OF Formosa for
an explanation. The matter was
smoothed over in consequence Of the
Prince d'Essling. president Of the
Cercle de la Mediterrane, at Nice being
compelled to admit that there were no
definite charges against the man. A
few weeks afterward the prince was
ellers' Club In the Champs Elysees, by
virtue OF m order OF expulsion signed
by the Minister of the Interior, on the
ground that he had no allowable means
Vi tAlSltHtNt lIll i' NtDFI'th Oil
his livelihood upon gambling and that
without having been actually caught in
the act of cheating he had attracted
good deal Of unpleasant criticism, as
we'll as pronounced suspicion, by his
persistent good fortune at cards.
The prince In taking his departure,
ronnrtn1 NV The npltnn IN fha frnntlaV
threatened all sorts OF vengeance on
the part OF the Italian government az
soon as ever he reached Rome. But the
Italian government did not stir one
finger in his behalf, while the italian
Embassy in Paris professed ignorance
as to the existence Of any bonahde
Prince of Formosa, vouchsafing the ad-
ditional remark that the French Min
the Partisan police had doubtless good
and valid cause for their action In the
affair.
If the expulsion OF the Prince Of For
mosa created SO much Of a stir in Paris
II was because IL constituted the in
auguration OF a species Of houseclean-
Ing on the part Of the French govern
ment and Of Project Of Police Lepine
for the purpose OF Kidding Paris Of that
horde of more or less authentic foreign
mobiles who, with no allowable means of
livelihood. depend upon their winnings
at cards. upon the generosity Of women
Of doubtful repute with whom they are
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-10-06
lAncients Say New Bridges
Site Is Not the Same as
That Across Which the
Headless Horse
man Rode.
Asst spring war was begun on
hsautiruI bridge. made of Indiana

Asst spring war was begun on
beautiful bridge. made of Indiana
~ limestone, across the Pocantico
River at North Tarrytown. 1t was to re-
place the simple stone and brick arch
structure by which the New York and
Albany Turnpike, known rs Broadway,
crossed the stream just below the old
Dutch church whose fame was so greatly
augmented by the part given IL in Irving IS
Legend of Sleepy Hollow" William
Rockefeller gave tho money for 1t, sum
amounting TO approximately $4,000, with
the idea that il should be a memorial to
Irving
Recently attention was called to the
bridge by Mr.. RockefelleT's attitude re-
gardinz the wording OF the tablet placed
an II stating 10 whom 1t was dedicated,
He ordered one tablet removed because 1t
mentioned him as the giver a Few days
ago nc ordered second tablet taken Ok
This one informed those who crossed the
bridge in their automobiles with the
speed Of the wind on their way 20 New
York or Albany that IT. was memorial
60 the genial writer Of the flrst half OF
rhe nineteenth century, who had discoV-
cred 10 the world the historical, legendary
and scenic treasures of Tsrrytown and its
neig5borhood. He wished Il TO be In
lscribed as the "HeadlesS Horseman
Bridge" erected in memory or Washing
ron Irving This decision was made in
ltbe evening. After ne ''had slept over II,
he changed his mind and no reference is
no be made 50 tho strange figure which
scared Ichab Crane out Of seven years
growth. The news paragraphs thar an
pounccd his decision after sleeping over
St'' assigned no reason for it. IL probably
was NOT because ne had let tho question
rest f,l company with his watch under his
lpiIlOw, hut because nc had learned be-
tween dark and daylight something about
tbe layout of the town In the days before
lha was born.
/ Mr.. Rockefeller is not the first person
gho has looked upon the predecessor or
lAhe bridge which ne has just put up as
tho ono referred TO in Irvings famous
lTaIe. without doubt thousands OF per-
SONS who have wandered along tho beau
ltifuI old highway have looked with rev.
lerent awe upon the bridge that was re-
Icently removed and imagined 1t TO be the
ONE where the strange headiess horseman
rose In hts stirrups and flung his head az
Door affrighted Ichabod. They have pict-
ured to themselves the fragments of
nunpkfn found the next morning in the
vicinity of the bridge which figures IN the
tale as lying on the steep slope Of the
bank beside the road just north OF the
present bridge. Perhaps they have &C
cepted the statement that the yellow ball
atop the belfry on the little stone church
I'd on the hillock at the foot OF the ceie-
brated cemetery where the dust OF Irving
lies was made of the fragments of the
pumpkin by means Of the application OF
the most thoroughly advertised brand OF
glue.
The antiquarians do not seem to accept
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Rcefee Gift REEVES Legends of Original Sleepy Hollow Brdg
Tales of ASPIRATIONS Induce
Speculation as to Their T
Enjoyment Of This II
Latest Lux.
ury. !

should wander irresolute between the ola
site and the new?
THAT some untoward influence occat
sionalIy manIfests itself at the new
bridge is not unknown. A few years ago
a sober and careful citizen from the lane,
returning from the distant saloon with a.
pjtcher of beer which he was expecting
to drink In the bosom OF his fanny. was
dragged upon the bridge BY invisible
hands, though it was clear moonlight
and flung over the high parapet into the
water OF the Pocantico, where he swami
for some time, being miraculously unable
10 find the shore, and was at last rescued
BY his neighbors. Another, who had been.
In tho clutches OF the same uncanny
wrestler. succeeded in escaping without u
duckIng.
'Brom Bones, who figures In the couts
ship Of Sleepy Hollow as the practicas
Joker VINO impersonated the Headlee
Horseman. was in William Sees stors
with n lot OF other ancient cronies wheu
the first copy of the immortal legend
the devil, but Old Uncle Abrm Van Tas.
sci. the patriarch listened in great wrath
when some one told him that Washington
Irving had put him In a book. Grasping
his ponderous stick, he started for the
door. -
Hole on. Uncle Brom; where you
goin' so fast? they cried.
"'Goin' to lick that vritin' Teller till he
can't see'' reared the newly immortal
lied" a
There have been some changes in the
nelghborhood since Irving described the
locality. Tie silver sheet OF water
which he mentioned doubtless was the
dam which fed the old Phillips mill PEI!
haps this was the water In which tbv
sober citizen battied in vain in his e.
forts TO reach the shore.
Not only has the mill, built by Fred.
erick Phillips. the old PATRON who held
sway over the territory between fonkefS
and Tarrytown two hundred years ago.
gone 10 decay and disappeared, but tie
silver sheet has gone also. A broad
highway crosses a part of the land whic9
used to be submerged. Willows aud
other trees have raised themselves or
the bank OF the stream 10 give beaua;
ful green setting to the tine lines OF the
new cream colored bridge. The old lare
on the east side of Broadway. which fol-
lowed the south bank OF the so-caRed
river, is still in use. II is much straighter
than the course OF the stream The lat.
ter ripples gently over the small stones.
/ back and forth across the somewhat mar:
row ravine. Trees hang over its golden
brown waters. One would Judge from the
appearance OF the homes which border
the stream on the south side that tie
! good old Irish lady who saw the headlesS
horseman still occupies this retired spc.
with her descendants. ''-r
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In the days OF lchabod Crane. II ole
may trust the architectural Investigators,
the door Of the old church opened toward
the south in the centre OF the side, ana
not under the belfry at the west end as II
does now. The road, after crossing the
wooden bridge a short distance above the
church, passed along tho north bank OF
the stream in front of the church door.
The sacred ediflce, In the language or Try
ing. stood ION a knoll surrounded by
locust trees and lofty elms, from among
which It's decent whitewashed walls shine
forth like Christian purity beaming
through the shades OF retirement. y
gentle slope descends from II 10 q silver
sheet OF water, bordered by high trees
between which peeps may be caught at
the blue hills Of the Hudson. on one
SIDE OF the church extends wide, woody
dell. along which raves q large brook
among broken rocks and trunks Of fallen
trees. over deep black part OF the
stream, not far from the church, was for
merly thrown a wooden bridge; the road
that led TO II and the bridge Itself were
thlcllly shaded by overhanging trees.
which cast gloom about II even IN the
daytime, but occasIoned a fearful dark
ness at night"
Troubled spirits were always TO be found
in this dark sequestered spot, and It was
supposed to be the favorite haunt OF the
headless Hessian who, according TO leg
end. tethered his horse among the graves
OF the old cemetery. The church itself was
considered TO be a sort OF sanct larry TO
such as were pestered by the ghosts and
COLLINS. Once reach tho bridge by the
church, and one might expect 10 be re-
lleved Of the discomposing attentions OF
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being in this respect even more Liberal
than the United States, where the I'M
migration authorities retain the right
OF expulsion of aliens by mere admin
istrative order for certain period
after their arrival in this country
Here however, the aliens under orders
Of deportation can invoke the haoeas
corpus act, which at least enables them
to secure a temporary stay here pend
ing an appeal to Washington.
Ex-ATTACBE.