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Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-07-10
.OEV[|N, ACQUITTED,
\ COLD TO HIS. WIFE
He Speaks Kindly to Girl Who
Tried to Sweah His
Life Away.
IFrom a staff Correspondence

HACKENSACK, N j.. july 10
jane. D. Devlin, a vaudeville actor,
who on the night of May "A, last.
shot Policeman Patrick Considne in
the Devlin home. at Cliffside Park,
was found not guilty last night on
a charge of murder after the jury
that heard the evidence had DELHI
Grated for two hours and a half on
Its verdict.
The "unwritten law and a bit of
testimony that some of the Jurors
insisted was in evidence, but which
the stenographer could not find in
F., his official notes were responsible
for the quick reaching of the ae-
quittal verdict. by the jury.
The bit of testimony was a state
ment alleged to have been made by
] Considine as he lay dying in the
/ North Hudson Hospital, where he
, had been taken after Devlin shot
( him, following a quarrel over the
attentions paid by Considine to Mrs.
I Devlin, who is an actress known on
the stage as Mae Elwell
Con5idine's alleged statement was
81 got what was coming to me-" and
was made on the witness stand by
one of the doctors from the hos
pital who volunteered the statement
without being asked for it by Alex
ander H. G. Maidment, counsel for
Devlin, who was cross examining
him.
stenographer Can't Find 1t.
The jury asked Justice Charles W.
Parker for information on this bit
of testimony half an hour after they
had retired, and he had the stenog-
rapher search his notes for it, the
lawyers and justice being divided as
to whether the statement was made
in court or not Not finding it in the
record, the justice called the jury
! before him and told them they
would have to rely on their own
recollections as to whether the state
ment was made or not The jury
took a vote on the question and
seven jurors voted that they had
heard the testimony given by a wit
ness Up to the time this vote was
taken the jury stood ten for ac-
quittal and two for conviction of
granddaughter. The two voting for
granddaughter came over for acquit-
tai shortly after 5 O'Clock, and at
6:12 the jury announced it had
agreed.
Justice Parker had left the court
room not three minutes previously to
go TO New York, where he had din
ner engagement. He had informed
counsel in the case where he could be
reached at Gas o'clock and said that
If the jury had agreed by that time
he would return and receive the YER
dict.
The announcementsthat the jury had
agreed reached the courtroom just
two minutes before the train that
Justice Parker was due to leave on
left Hackensack. An automobile was
impressed into service and consta-
BILE rushed to the depot to catch JUS
tice Parker. He failed, and then tel
ephones were sought and the station
agent at Little Ferry, twelve min
utes' ride on the Erie from Hacken-
sack, asked to get word to the JUS
tice when the train reached there.
This effort was successful and the
Justice hurried back to the court
house in an automobile.
He reached there at 5:45 o'clock,
3ust three hours after the jury had
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-07-10
OBITUARY
MRS. HEMHAUsER's BURIAL

With members Of the Rosary So
dality of st. Charles Borromeo's
Church among the mourners, the
funeral of Mrs. Anna C. Hemhauser
took place from her home, SO Grum-
mon avenue, today.
The pall-bearers were John Schu-
bert, John and Conrad Rittweger,
Louis and Fred Cooper and George
Schweinfuerth.
At ST. Charles Borromeo's Church
a high mass of requiem was cele-
brated. The rector of the church, the
Rev. Thomas A. Walsh, was the cell
ebrant. Interment was in the Gene
terry of the Holy Sepulchre.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-07-10
Woman Dies of ApopIexy

Mrs. Catherine Keirstead, 80 years
old, of A Centre street, died sud-
denly at her home last night shortly
before midnight. Mrs. Keirstead had
been i'll for some time. She had suf-
fered several apoplectic strokes.
The county physician was notified
and will perform an autopsy this
morning.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-07-10

who is not mentally bright, is con-
fined in Jail since the day following
the murder as a material witness.
She is an orphan and has been
taken care of by Devlin's mother
since she was years. old, but the
mother said yesterday she would
have nothing more to do with her
After his acquittal last night and
before Devlin had greeted his wife
or mother Devlin told Warden Fred
Nestil of the Jail he would return TO
Hackensack today and make ar
rangements to have the child COM
mitted to an institution.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-07-10
FIELDER is ENDORSED
BY WEST END DEMOCRATS

Governor James F. Fielder was
unanimously Endorsed for the Demo
cratic nomination for Governor at a
meeting Of the West End Democ-
racy of Essex county, held last night
in the headquarters, 80 Speedway
avenue. The resolution indorsing his
election at the primaries next Sep
TENDER was forwarded to Governor
Fielder today by Otto Hausmann,
secretary of the organization.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-07-10
MRS. LAURA H. BALL

Mrs. Laura H. Ball, wife Of William
Ball, of 10 Howard street, Irvington,
died yesterday. Apoplexy was the
cause of death. Mrs. Ball had been
in poor health for several years. She
was a native of Newark, moving to
Irvington five years ago. She is sur
vived by her father, Charles Fred
ericks; her husband and daughter,
Laura Ball. The Rev. j. E. Patter-
son, pastor of the Florence avenue
chapel, will conduct the funeral SER
vices, which will be held Saturday
afternoon at 2:30 at the1ate residence.
Interment will take place in Fair
mount Cemetery.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-07-10
CHERRIES BRING JAP HERE

ITHACA, N. ", July 10.--Takso
Kusano. professor of pomology at the
Imperial College Of Agriculture and
Forestry in Japan, the land OF the
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-07-10

cherry tree. has come here at the
expense of his government to study
cherry culture. He has been received
as guest-student at Cornell Uni
versity, whose farm has sixty-four
of the most advanced kinds of adj
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-07-10

Combs, chairman of the Democratic
National Committee. continues to
make excellent progress toward re-
covery from the effects of the opera
ton for appendicitis performed On
him m Tuesday,
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-07-10

BILE cherries, while Japan has only
fourteen kinds.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1913-10-20
.'AM?"-BY GOUVERNEUR MOI
ILLUSTRATED BY DOM J. LAWN
Copyright by Chas. Scribner's Sons.)


stand divorcing a man who had be-
come intolerable to me; but l could
never, never fancy myself marrying
assin-if my husband had died still
loving me, still faithful to me-
81 take your point" said Saterlee.
81 have never thought of it along
those lines. But 1 may as well tell
you, ma am, that myself have buried
more than one wife"
eff we are to be on an honest foot
ing" said the lady, 81 must tell you
that 1 have divorced more than one
husband, and yet when size myself
up, l do not seem to myself lost
woman. It's true that l act for my
living"
81 know" he interrupted, you are
Mrs. Kimbal. But 1 thought l knew
more about you than l seem to. I'm
Saterlee. And my business at Carca-
some House is the same as yours"
She was silent for moment. And
then: -,
"Well," she said, here we are. And
that's lucky in way. We both seem
to want the same thing-that is, to
keep our children from marrying
each other We can talk the matter
over and decide how to do it."
eve can talk it over anyway, as
you say" said Saterlee. But" and
he fished in his pocket and brought
out his sons letter and gave it to
her. She read it in the waning light.
But" he repeated gently, that
doesn't read like letter that brute
of son would write to a brute of
father; now, does it?"
She did not answer But she open
ed her purse and took out carefully
and infinitely folded sheet of note
paper.
That's my Dolly's' letter to me-"
she said, land it doesn't sound
like" her voice broke. He took the
letter from her and read it.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1913-10-20

Continued from Saturday,
PART~II
eff l can help in any way" said
Saterlee, somewhat grimly, you can
count on me- -. Not" he said a
little later, that Pm in entire SYM
pathy with your views, ma'am. {.
Now, if you'd said this man Saterlee
; had divorced three wives. :"
The lady started. And in her turn
suffered from a torrential rush of
blood to the face. Saterlee perceived
it through her spread fingers, and
was pleased.
q eff you had said that this man."
he went on, 'thad tired of his first
wife and had divorced her, or been
divorced by her, because his desire
was to another woman, then | would
Cd your antipathy for him.. ma'am.
But 1 understand he buried wife,
and took another, and so on. There
is a difference. Because God Almighty
Himself says in one of His books that
man was not meant to live alone.
Mebbe the more man loved his dead
wife the quicker is he driven to find
a living woman he can love. But for
people who can't cling together until
death-and death alone part 'em-
for such people, ma'am, don't give
a ding"
"And you are wrong" said the
lady, who was nettled by the apph-
cability of his remarks to her own
case. Let US say a good woman
marries man, and that he dies-not
the death-but dies to her Tires of
her, carries his love to another, and
all that. Isn't he as dead, even if she
loved him, as if he had really died?
He is dead to r-buried-men don't
come back. Well, maybe the more
she loved that man the quicker she
is to get the service read over him
that's divorce-and find another
whom she can trust and love. Sup
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-03-29
BASEBALL
Diamond News and Gossip

Lambert John Fucich. the Vols $50 in
vestment in soup bone, held the Cubs hit
less and runless for three innings Mon
day and they are now figuring him a sec
ond O'Toole
Jack McCrone says he fears the fever
in the South and that's why he will not
report to Memphis. The truth is that
when he was with Chattanooga in 1910
the only fever he had was Spring fever"
but he carelesly let it become chronic.
Bill Schwartz says the reason he fired
Viola, the Cuban player, was that one day
when he needed pinch hitter Viola
hOisted the yellow flag and hid behind the
club house rather than take the chance.
When the Reds were in Birmingham
Catcher Dflger showed up the famous
Bobby Bescher with his throws to sec
ond. If this one could hit he would go
to the big leagues for large money.
Dilger may learn, too Jimmy Archer
was sad hitter when he was with At
lanta and so was Ed Sweeney. Both are
sluggers now, especially Archer.
This from Joe Tinker: Recruits now
adays are too quiet and retiring. Noise.
what l want and that's what wins base
ball"
Lexington and Maysville, of the defunct
duo vi dos tCdGucs are lIB " SSl iAlNO
the Ohio State league.
1t will be- recalled that Secretary Far
rell cut down the Blue Grass for being
too fresh.
Memphis papers say it takes more en-
durance than skill to play a game with
the Turtles this season.
The Reds "stole" a ball game from the
Barons, and all because the Birmingham
players and the umpire, the famous
Chestnut did not know the rules.
It happened that, with Tinker on third
and Hobby on first, Egan hit a grounder
that swatted Hobby on the leg. OF course
Hobby went on to third, making a stall
that the ball had hit ELAN before it hit
him; while Tinker went home. The UNI
pire called Hobby out, but forgot to send
Tinker back to third
So. Thinkers run scored, in the face of
the fact that run is not allowed under
the rules, when a base runner is hit by
a batted ball.
Pretty slow thinking for the Barons.
the players did not know the rules. But
then they never do, that is, with a few
shining exceptions.
The Cincinnati team hasn't found a
club in the South willing to take any of
the players it wants to turn loose.
80
Here's a new one on Almeida. George
Stallings has refused to waive on him and
may land the eXBaron third baseman.
Wouldn't he be another hitting buzzard
to add to that string!
Here is a guess al the men Charley
Frank will carry up to May I:
Pttchers--Evans, Bremen, Brenton,
Gudger, Smith, Williams, Swindell.
Intielders Atz, knapp,
Robe, Kibble.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. Kraft. Spencer.
acknowledgements YantZ, Mathews
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-03-29
JOE THOMAS AND SAYLOR
EXPECTED HERE TO-DAY

Joe Thomas, the crack New Orleans
lightweight, and Young Saylor, Of In
dianapolis, principals in the match to
be decided in the Orpheum Theater
Tuesday night, are expected here to-
day.
Henry Norton. promoter of the affair
received word from the managers Of
both boys yesterday stating that they
expected to be in Atlanta not later
than tonight, and would finish train
ing for the fray here. Saylor and
Thomas have been doing light work in
their home city, so will need but little
training from now on. The boys are 20
box at 1873 pounds at o'clock.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-03-29
BRUNSWICK MOGUL SURE
EMPIRE LEAGUE Is 20. K"

SAVANNAH. GA, March &c. c.
Vaughan. Of Brunswick, president of
the Empire state League, is enthusiast
tic over the prospects OF the newly or
ganized association.
"The Empire League" he said, Us
going 10 jump right into baseball with
the very brightest of prospects Every
thing points that way. The people in
the Empire section are ripe for league
ball. and they are going to get first
class article Every city IN the league,
with the exception of Valdosta, has
elected the management of their teams.
and Naldusta win certainly make good.
II am in receipt of "A telegram from
Jim Sinclair Of Waycross, stating that
a meeting was held and $4,000 raised
for that club. Waycross has elected
Pop Becker. a former Savannah play
err as captain OF the team. and | un-
derstaud that "A number of fast play
er- have slrcady been signed.
throughout the Empire territory,
the fans are anNiously waiting for the
opening date Baseball is the princi-
pal topic of conversation among them.
The Empire season can't help but he
successful. There is absolutely nothing
tn prevent it being so. so far as the Of
Nciuis of the league can see. The cit
s. in which we operate have been
without league bail for several years,
nd some of them have never had any
Ht all.'
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-03-29
GEORGIA OPENS
SEASON TO-DAY
WITH AUBURN

n THENS, GA, March 2s.-ATika
n Donahue and his ball tossers
from Auburn arrived in Atb.
ems this morning for three-gama
series with the Red and Black
There will be one game TO-DAY.
with a double bill Tomorrow
Both teams are determined +.
win. Auburn, besides losing i,
every baseball game against Gaor-
gia since 1910, is still nursing r..
venge for last falls football wal.
lop she received at the hands -
Cunningham athletes to saw
nothing of two basket ball defeat,
since.
Cunningham and Wahoo bavs
been working their men late and
long, have shifted the batting or-
der and drilled extensively in sig.
nails.
Georgia will lose the services Of
two of her best hitters in this Sc
ries. Bowden will be unable to do
any catching in several weeks on
account of strained ligament in
his throwing arm. He is reporting
daily to practice, but is doing very
light duty" In scrub game Wed
nesday Peacock, captain of last
falls football team, who was to
catch one of the Auburn games,
split the first finger on his throw
ing hand and will be out of the
game for several weeks. Aside
from these injuries the team is in
good shape
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-03-29
PREP LEAGUE NOTES

Callahan, of Marist. is still keeping up
his brilliant work at pitching. In the
game with G. NJ. A. Wednesday he got
eight strike-ou in the four innings
Solano, of c. NJ. A, has cinched his
place at shortstop on the team this year.
He made a grandstand stop in the game
with Marist.
G. NJ. A. and Marist will get together
this afternoon 10 play off the game
which was called on account OF rain last
Wednesday. The game will be played on
the Marist diamond, on Ivy street.
Georgia Tech will have a big inter-
class field day at the fats on April Is.
and on April IA a cross country run will
be held. covering "a miles. A medal
has been offered to the winners of this
event.
The big feature of the track meet will
be a relay race of a quarter of a mile for
each man and four men on each team. A
prize has been offered by a local firm
for the team winning this race.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-03-29
BIG ATHLETIC TOURNEY
AT A. A. C. TOMORROW

Those being lucky enough TO be at
the Atlanta Athletic Club tomorrow
night win be well repaid for their time
and trouble, The club members have
billed what is known here as Athletic
night. which generally means a big
nights sport.
However Joe Bean has promised
those who are present tomorrow that
he will have something new to spring
on the unsuspecting public For weeks
Joe has had his athletes drilled in ex-
ercises Of all sorts, such as dumb bell
drills, wrestling, jumping, dancing ard
several other feats
The athletes are to have the accom-
paniment Of the turkey trots and tam
goes to keep time with the drills. There
will also be a number Of stunts on the
bars and rings by Francis and House.
who have won applause time and again
by their clever exhibitions.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-03-29

tunny, with more boxing than has ever
Australia, France and England. there are
very few champions, whose right to the
titles they claim is beyond criticism
Coulon claims the bantamweight cham
pionship, by virtue of having Voluntarily
annexed II years ago; Ledoux, Of France,
claims II because he knocked out Digger
Stanley, VINO had beaten Jem Bowker.
who Knocked out frankie Neil Klaus,
McGoorty and MOha are claiming tho
middleweight title.
Willie Richie says he is lightweight
champion Of the world, but now Freddie
Welsh is disputing his claim. Freddie
saws Richie is only champion of America
and must defeat him for the worlds I'll
tle. The welterweight division is all mud
This leaves Johnny Kilbane the only nm
disputed titleholder.
Rumor says "Roodie" Unholz and
Battling Nelson may fight IN Kenosha.
No doubt we may expect a graceful affair
lot Of footwOrk
The Dane and the German are in love
Bat claimed he murdered Unhozaand Ru-
dy asserted he made Bat quit, out in Los
Angeles IN 1908.
Jim Jeffries. SS years old. weighing
st his weight. Address Los Angeles, Cal"
VIII Il come to this? Rumors that JEFF
fries has started training are rot taken
seriously by the sporting fans.
Eddie Nearing and Morris Bloom. two
sterling welterWeights, fought ten rounds
10 draw near Chicago the other night.
The bout was held in private.
Joe Rivers reigns but a slight favorite
Cross
scheduled ten-round bout at New York
April 8. Thousands Of dollars are being
wagered on the above odds.
Two matches are scheduled for decisions
tonight Freddie Daniels and Bobby
Waugh are billed to meet in a fifteen
round affair at st. Joseph, Mo, while
Tommy Mcfarland and Red Watson are
to clash in a twenty-round set-to at San
Francisco.
Terrell Ross is on the warpath Ross
says ne is after the scalp of Kid Brown
the local bantamweight and is willing to
meet the latter In winner take-alI
match, or for a side bet Il can beat him
over any distance, and will sign up for
the match AZ once" chirps Ross
It's getting to be the rage First,
Mrs Oscar Matthew Battling Nelson
sued her hubby for divorce Now Mrs.
Robert FitzsimmnuS is in Reno asking the
matrimonial market At that. il must he
great to be the wife of some box fighters.
Unless Willie Richie changes his tac-
tics soor, he may become one of the most
unpopular champions The public wants
and INSISTS upon lighters on the Bat Mel
son Ad Wolgast, Joe Cans. Young Cor
bett and Terry McGovern type-boys who
will fight every week If suitable opponents
are 10 be found.
Pittsburg is said 10 have offered S5.000
to Luther MCCarty to box Jim Martin in
the smoky city. IL is certainly surpris-
ing the good money some people pay TO
see bouts these DAYS.
Among the star pugilists Of the past dec
AIDE. who won fame and fortune by dint
Of incessant smuggling. Jim Ieffries and
Tom Sharkey probably are the best fixed
financially Of the entire aggregation
Kid Mccoy made and gambIed a for
tune after his best days as fighter were
over Bob Fitzsimmons is i'm about the
same boat
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-03-29
Champion Getting Bad With Fans by His Sailing Tactics
RITCHIE SHOULD GIVE WOLGAST RETURN FIGHT

there are no ethics in pugilism,
and the chances are he was right.
1t is for each boxer to lay out the
course he thinks best and judge of
the correctness of his judgment by
the measure of success met with.
1t is in Willie Ritchie's power to
dodge a Fourth of July meeting
with one of our willing American
lightweights and go junketing
across the pond if he feels that way
about it, But 1t would be as well
for him to remember that so far he
has done nothing to perpetuate his
name as a pugilist.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-03-29
TURTLES AND TIGERS
READY FOR GAME TO-DAY

MEMPHIS. TENN. March as-with
me exception Of q Few scattered cases of
"s-ifnris q .aalsdy ocCasioued by siren
Gus wurE ia Tie frigd open. as prevails
here, the turtle squad IS tn ft condition
Tor lie opening game with Detroit to-day
Jack Love. The new inneider has not
shown Gp vet but BE IS expected ra ar
rIge tU tine f0- tie game
BIZ rrste.u has neel named HELD can
tsln. 20 succeed CrsuCaE. who WAS dra req
nv Indianapolis laSl fall
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-03-29

clusion of other and more legiti-
mate matches.
GXITE want Mcfarland and We will
sign with him the moment
he agrees to do 135 pounds few
hours before, as he agreed to do at
Milwaukee" This is Nolan's bat
tie cry.
Any one knows that Mcfarland
can not make 135 pounds for boxing
purposes at any time of day. If
Packey agreed to any such thing
the match would be one to view
with suspicion.
Jimmy Britt once declared that
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-03-29
TECH To OPEN
WITH CLEMSON
TIGERS TO-DAY

TIME Georgia Tech baseball
team will formally open the
season this afternoon, when
the Yellow Jackets and the Glenn
son Tigers meet at Tech fats. The
TWO teams viii play another game
tomorrow.
The field has been so vet tbs
past few days that thirteen barrels
OF gasoline were poured over the
infield yesterday. and set on fire.
The diamond Is in good shape now
for the games.
Early indications point 10 2 most
successful season this year for the
Jackets. The school boasts of some
star men and I'm the practice games
the !nfield has played brilliantly.
Montague Brothers on Hand.
The famous three Montague
brothers are all members Of the
Tech nine this year and are al
playing fine ball.
The Clemson bunch reoprted
early this morning in good condi-
ton and ready to give Tech all II
can handle and maybe little more.
How Tech Will Line Up.
TIE probable lineup for Tech
Nil Je. Attridge. catcher; Eu-
buss and F9eIder. pitchers Holt
day. first base, Donaldson, short
stop. L. Montague second base:
Moore. third base; r. Montague
CCaptD. left field; r Montague
or Wooten. center field. Pound,
right field.