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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-06-21
WOMAN HELD AS THIEF
Found Hiding in Home of Wall
Street Broker by His Dogs.

Two Boston bulldogs owned by Mrs. Al
fred II. Caspary. wife OF q Wall street
broker, VINO lives at No. Il West 65th
street. were responsible for the arrest last
night Of negro woman, who was found
under the dining room table I'm the Cas-
parry home. The woman, who says she Ia
Rosie Smith. thrty-eight years old. Of No.
ISL West 133d street, was locked up in the
West 6sth street station. charged with
burglary.
Mrs. Caspary took the dogs out for an
airing. AS she went out she locked the
vestibule door, but left the inner door I'M
locked. The police think the woman was
hiding In the wide vestibule at the time
When Mrs Caspary returned few minutes
later she saw womans old coat hang
ing on the hall rack. and also noticed that
her own richly embroidered shoes had
been taken away and pair Of well worn
leather shoes substituted.
Mrs. Caspary started upstairs. but the
dogs refused TO follow. They went into
the dining room. and their growing
caused Mrs. Caspary 10 call her husband.
who found the woman hiding under the
table. After a short tussle the intruder
was overpowered and turned over to the
police. A search for possible confed-
crate proved fruitless
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-06-21
SULZER WILL ASK
FOR a DIRECT TAX
Decides to Do So After Confer
ence with Representatives OF
State Bondholders.

Albany. June Ex-Governor Sulzer prob
ably will ask the extraordinary session oil
tho LEGISLATURE TO enact legislation de-
signed 10 levy a direct tax amounting dP-
rrovi,natelv 10 5000 900 to meet the eN-
7, nses Of state government.
Announcement to this effect followed
conference the Executive had late TO-DAY
with hnanciers representing large holdeIs
~ state bonds. the Commissioner OF I'm
cheney and Economy. j. ". Delaney the
STATE Superintendent Of Banks George {.
Van Tuyl; Deputy State Controllers NJ
I Walsh and Edwin :. Harris. and Dep
uty Attorney General James a. Parsons.
4 proposition TO use proportion Of the
81 600 900 surplus in the sinking funpS'
instead Of levving a state tax, was aban-
doned on the advice Of the bankers and
fnanclcrs, who expressed the opinion thai
the bond purchasers throughout the couh-
try would misunderstood the situation
and that the market for future bond is
sucs would he seriously depressed by
such action.
4 compromise plan was suggested by
Lawson NJ. Purdy. Tax Commissioner of
New York. II purposed using only n
portion Of the sinking fund surplus each
year by reducing the contributions TO
certain funds However. IT was decided
that # would be unwise to change the
system this year, and the Governor an
nounced that he would make no recon-
mendation TO change present methods.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-06-21
PARROT SHOCKS THE COURT
Bird "Sassed' the Neighbors
and Is "Outspoken" at Trial.

Mrs. Johanna NOgt, Of No. Us Magenta
street East New York. whose parrot
Archie "sassed' her neighbors until some
Of them caused the woman and the Of
Tending bird TO be summoned 10 New Jer-
sey avenue court. abs got rid Of Archie,
and i'm consequence peace again reigns IN
the neiehborhood. Mrs. Nogt told Magis-
trate Geismar that she had sold the par
rot 10 man living outside Of East New
York. and the court declared the case
closed
She declared in court that the parrot
was a bird OF first class character. Mrs
Ormsby Jandre, Of No. 10 Magenta street,
had called the bird a 'tyrant,' saying he
was in the habit Of using the most hor-
rible language.
Judge said Mrs. Jandre that bird
consigned all the tenants Of the building.
individually and collectively, TO the in
fernab regions every day and night"
"Oh., have a heart have heart said
Archie, in his cage near the courts
elbow.
Magistrate Geismar then asked just
what the bird said. but Archie himself
responded profanely before the witness
could reply
The court then directed that the
wicked bird be taken away at once.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-06-21
OCEY SNEAD'S MOTHER DIES
Insane Woman Killed Daughter
in Bathtub in East Orange.

Trenton y. j.. June 2o.-Mrs. Caroline
y. Martin. mother OF Mrs. Ocey Snead,
victim of the hathtub murder I'm East
Orange several years ago. died late to-
night In the State Hospital for the Insane
here, where she was committed after
being sentenced to seven years I'm the
State Prison upon the conviction of man
slaughter
Soon after she was convicted Mrs Mar
tin. who was sixty-seven years old. was
admdgcd insane and sent 10 the asylum.
IN autopsy is TO be performed to-mor
row Ia ascertain whether or not she com
mi'ted suicide. Her sister, Mrs. Wardlaw
while being held as witness in the case,
committed suicide in the Essex County
jail.
The asylum authorities did not give out
any statement in regard 10 .he death of
Mrs. Martin except 10 say that her death
was mysterious.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-06-21

That venerable bunco game anniversary
known as the Spanish prisoner s"ind'e
which. it is believed, was started oy
sailor on one of Columbus's caraVeIS-iS
soon TO see it's finish. The THOUSANDS VI
dupes who have contributed TO the easy
living of the swindlers will soon have the
satisfaction Of seeing them behind pars'
instead Of leading easy lives on easy
money. For years and years these AM l.
lusian and Castilian WallinSfords nave
been inveiging Americans with tehder
hearts and loose money. Now they nave
struck snag and it does look as though
their graft is ended.
Sheriff Hamburger IL on their tran. ne
declared Yesterday. without divulglnS MS
plans. that he would do what the span
ish government has been unable 10 10
and which the victims OF the s"lndlcr'
have failed 10 undertake-the breaking up
OF the thieving gang who make their
HEADQUARTERS in Madrid and make them
Spanish prisoners in reality.
Tho interest of the Sheriff in the oper-
atoms OF the swindlers was brought
about through a letter which his COUSIN.
Louis hamburger. of No. 25lS Eighth ave-
nue.. manufacturer. received from tho
swindlers and which he very properly
turned over to his distinguished relative.
This communication was identical with
thousands Of others that have for years
been received in this city This Is the
second time within three months that
persons close 10 Sheriff Hamburger have
Ia = n
similar letter was sent TO Daniel Green
blatt. managing clerk Of the Sheriff Of
fee and confidential man to the Sheriff.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-06-21
AGED MOTHER LOST AGAIN;
SON BlAMES OFFICIALS
Woman Found by Police Sent
to Charities Department
and She Slips Away.

The Department OF Charities Was Sc
yerely criticised last night by Thomas
Walsh. ~ 40 Ice East i2fth street. and
his sister. Mrs Elizabeth Glenn. 81 No.
cSi Beck street, for tho careless way.
they alleged. the department handled
their mother. Mrs Elizabeth Walsh. sixty
eight years old. who lives with the daugh-
ter she has been missing since Wednes-
day
Her disappearance was reported that
night by Mrs Glenn 10 Detectives shoe
ing and sullivan. Of the Morrisania sta
uou. At e.l5 Thursday morning Mrs.
Walsh was found wandering AT ssth
street and Third avenue by policeman,
who took the woman to the East Ssth
street station She was later taken 10
the Municipal Lodging House.
After her identity had been established
by thl yolicc. they Informed her son.
Thomas. vino went 10 the lodging house
several hours later and was informed that
Mrs Walsh had been taken care Of by
the Department Of Charities and sent 10
the pier at East 25th street. When ne
arrived there the son said that he was
informed hy tho superintendent that his
mother was on the pier and about to be
sent 10 the Home FOR the Aged on Black
wells Island
Twenty minutes later, according 70
Walsh. tho superintendent returned and
said he Was unable to md Mrs. Walsh on
the pier and that she must have strayed
away somewhere. Walsh then informed
the police and a second alarm was sent
ont
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-06-21
BABY STEALER HID
FOR THE GRAND JURY
Annie Boyarsky Arragned in
Brooklyn for Kidnapping
Mrs. LeberWartz'S Baby.
MIND OBVIOUSLY AFFECTED
Pleads with Court to Restore
Her Twins" Which She In
sists the Doctors Took
Away from Hell.

The abnormal love for chillren which
has driven Annie BoyTsky. the
eighteen year old Brooklyn girl. to kid
nap half a dozen babies n the hst
three wears was strikingly Emphasized
yesterday when she was removed from
Bellevue Hospital 10 the New Jersey
avenue (Brooklyn) police curt, where
Magistrate Geismar held her without
bail for the grand jury
The arraignment was result OF the
girls latest escapade. that Of stealing
five-year- old Frieda Liberwtz. of No.
il5 Wyona street. Annie am her niue
victim fell into the hands OF the police
when. on May 8. two days after the
kidnapping, she wandered inc Gouver-
ncur Hospital to have an injured hand
treated.
The child had been found, several days
before. in The Bronx, dressed In torn
clothing, including an old sweater. She
was restored 10 her mother, and her
captor. her mania patiently increased
following her arrest. was pliced In the
observation ward.
The courtroom was crowded yester-
day when the girl entered between two
detectives. She denied the kidnapping
charge. but in her denial the persistent
dclusion that she was the mother OF
twins cropped out.
Il did not kidnap Frieda LiberwitI,
she told the magistrate. 81 just took
her FOR "a walk and then left her In
Brownsville, at Rockaway and Lib
erty avenues. love Frieda. | love
her mother too and love most of all
my twin babies that we're taken from
me 10y the doctors.
Please. judge. help me 10 get my
twin babies back again she begged
the court. while tears filled her eyes.
The girls appearance WAS that Of a
NeaK-minded person and the oDserva-
tons Of the physicians at Bellevue bore
out that conclusion. To throw the po-
lice of the trail she gave Frieda a
Buster Brown" haircut after she got
her away from home.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-06-21

Wautaga was wrecked off the Arverne
shore during the storm. She was being
taken from Freeport by Frank Crosby
Ralph Baxter and Frederick Carol 10
Mariners Harbor, Staten Island.
When the storm broke It was decided
to use the engine, but this refused to
work. The mainssil had been lowered
and when the crew resorteG 10 this /.
was found 10 be out Of commission.
Drifting helplessly in the heavy sea,
the yacht was seen by Thomas B. Hol-
land. a hotel proprietor who told the
United States Volunteer Lifesayins
Corps. Before aid arrived, however,
the yacht was smashed against the
pier at Il foot of Cedar avenue. The
men swan ashore.
The damage in Newark was estimat-
ed at thousands Of dollars, lightning
striking many dwellings, Office and
manufacturing buildings and playing
havoc with electrical service OF al!
kinds. Scores OF persons were shocked
by the bolts.
A trolley car on the Kennen avenue
line at South 10Th street was struck
by lightning, throwing the passengers
into a panic and setting fire TO the car.
A panic on a trolley car in Jersey
City resulted from bolt Of Lightning
which short-circuited the electrical con.
:rol and burned the hands and face o.
Patrick Murphy. the motorman.
4 Mrs Daily, Of No. 1920 Boulevard,
Jersey City. a passenger on the car.
was taken TO the Jersey City Hospital
with her face and arms badly burned.
other passengers were slightly injured,
lut were able 10 go to their homes IN
assisted.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-06-21
HARRURGER AFTER
SPANISH PRISONER"
Venerable Swindle Limps Up to One Of
Shenf's Kin, So He Unleashes Blood
hound of the Law.

But Greenblatt comes from the lov..
East Side, where people don't care "a,
oney. so he passed over without com
ment the offer from Madrid to let him !,
on a secret how 10 get $4,000
Sheriff Hamburger was on board ~.
Imperator yesterday, but he denied ,t.,
his visit was TO select a cabin in yh,c,
for the Madrid swindlers. "Oh, no
have a better plan" he said. which :
will make known in due time"
A story told by the writer Of the le,ts,
to Louis Hamburger is as well known her.
as Robinson Cruso.' ''SolovieM." >,
it was signed, was a banker in 81. Pa.
tersburg, Russia. He had to fee, leayin,
a deficit of 100000 rubles. Then he was
imprisoned in Spain on the charge o,
manslaughter. He inclosed a "nevspap.,
clipping telling of his arrest in EN-.
land. lie has darling daughter" also
he has $4,000 hidden away in America
All he asks is that Mr.. Harbyrger adj.
vance enough money TO pay his legal e1.
penses in Madrid, for which kind assist
ance he is willing to give $4,000. Hs
knows that the prospective victim will 90
the right thing because he has good ref.
erences OF his honesty"
"Solovieft" cannot receive tho reply m
prison. but he gives a cable address in
Madrid and the message will be trans.
mitted to him. The message is 10 read,
AuaftipD HarbuYppr"
But M. Solovieff" beware! Not only
will the swindle be frustrated. but Har.
burger. the Sheriff OF New York County
and terror OF all evildoers here. there
and everywhere. is on your trail.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-06-21
Giant Torch in Sky.

II is supposed the lightning got
mixed up with some OF the electric
wiring about the tower and sent out
showers Of sparks. making the lofty
dome look like a giant torch in the
sky.
When the deluge struck Coney ISL
and every place that boosted even
single board was used as a shelter.
Two bolts OF lightning hit Luna Park
structures. one. appropriately. landing
on the spectacle Tornado and Flood"
and ending the performance tempo
rarily, and the other damaging The
Dragons Gorge" scenic railway. At
the west end OF Coney Island fifty
tents in the tent colony there were
RACED to the ground. Many craft In
Sheepshead Bay and at Bath Beach
were dragged from their mornings and
washed to shore.
William WEIGH, of the Bensonhurst
Yacht Club, TO make his motor launch
more secure tried to reach II in a row.
boat The craft was upset and WEIGH
was rescued by Commodore lie Sau-
wage and William Dexter. He was
taken to the Coney Island Hospital.
Jamaica was plunged into partial
darkness for more than an hour when
the electric display got busy with the
electric street lamps. A frame house
at Jamaica Creek and New York ave-
nue. was struck by bolt and later de-
stroyed by fire.
A two story brick and frame building
at Stewart and Montrose avenues. Will
iamsburg. was struck by lightning and
destroyed by fire. The De Greising
Company, leather tanners and manu-
facturers. occupied the building. The
loss was estimated at $4,000.
The 5o-foot auxiliary sloop yacht
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-06-21
SHOOTS UP A SCHOOL
Maniac Kills Three Children and
Wounds Some 20 Others.

Bremen. June O-Three school children
are dead. five others and teacher are
pcrhaps mortally wounded and fourteen
additional children and two men more or
less seriously injured as the result Of a
mailman. with several automatic pistols.
running amuck in q Catholic school here
to-day.
The mailman Is a young head teacher
named Schmidt who had been without
employment for some months. Entering
the school corridor this morning, Schmidt,
without warning. fred upon and wound
cd the woman teacher. Then, with an
automatic pistol in each hand. he en-
tered the classroom where the little girls
were At their studies and opened fire
upon them. There was a wild panic, dur
ing which one girl fell down the stairs
and broke her neck. The lunatic then
fred into the courtyard. whore the boys
were gathered. bullets striking several OF
them.
one stray bullet from the madman's
weapons wounded workman I'm an ad-
Joining building The ianitor Of the
school attacked Schmidt and was shot
through the chin and q teacher who
grappled with the murderer received bull
lets in the breast and stomach.
The lunatic finally was oyerpowerod. but
not before he had been badly injured by
crowd Of cnraGcd people attracted TO
the schoolhousc by the shooting The
police were compelled to use their sabres
in order to protect the man from death at
the hands OF the mob.
Ten automatic pistols we're found In
Schmidts pockets. Most Of these had
been fired until their chambers were
empty. As there was no question but
that Schmidt was violently insane. he was
committed At once 10 an asylum.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-06-21

rain Of the year. and was natural
result of the protracted spell Of close,
hot weather Of the last few days.
Because Of the unusual severity and
audiences Of the deluge sewers all
over Harlem were choked up. and the
water. having no outlet, rose until 1t
covered the sidewalks several feet deep.
In many instances cellars were flooded
and bakeries spoiled
At 1l6th street and Lenox avenue the
sewer was blocked TO such an extent
that the water rose until il began to
pour down through the iron bars OF the
subway ventiators. In few minutes
The rushing torrent cascaded down on
the southbound tracks in a miniature
Niagara. covering the rails under two
inches Of water and seriously inter-
fering with the running Of trains.
The marlborough company sent for
crew from the drainage department,
and with the aid Of two big electric
pumps the food was sucked from the
subway. and normal conditions fol-
lowed.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-06-21
LIVES AFTER JUMPING
FROM WASHINGTON SPAN
Only Man Who Ever Survived
Leap Says He Did 1t
on a Bet.
POLICE CHARGE SUICIDE
Long Dive Comes in Time to
Save Boys Who Bathed
After Fashion of Sep
TENDER Morn"

A man who said ne was John Bruins
thirty-one years old. an architect hv-
ing at No. III Elsmere Place, The
Bronx. dived from the middle Of Wash
ineton Bridge, 1S1st street and the
Harlem River, yesterday afternoon
From the point where he left the span
it is two hundred feet to the water
He escaped practically uninJured ana
was locked UP in the Highbridge station
charged with attempting suicide. tie
Indignantly denied he had attempted TO
end his life. and declared to Captain
Reith that he had made the dive be
cause some of his friends had told MN
he had no nerve and he wanted to
prove to them that they were wrong.
There were many persons on the
bridge at the time and they stood
aghast as Bruins, after strolling to the
middle Of the bridge suddenly climbed
on the railing and dove head first.
Patrolman Stepat was on the shore
below about TO arrest some boys for
bathing clad as September Morn
Brunss act saved the boys from arrest.
Stepat looked up and saw Bruins fall
ing. His body made several revolu-
tons but he struck the water head
first.
To the surprise Of all who had Wit
messed the deed the man came to the
IN,
and started a vigorous overland stroke
for shore.
Stepat got into a boat and was rowed
out to Bruins, who was pulled into the
boat and taken TO the shore. The po-
liceman summoned DR.. Callaso from
Fordham Hospital and the surgeon
took Bruins TO the Highbridge station
in the ambulance. There he looked
over the man, but could find no injury
except a small cut where his face had
struck the water and a few bruises.
Captain Reith asked him If he had
tried to commit suicide.
NO" replied Bruins. Il did it on
bet. My friends told me / had 10
nerve, and dared me 10 Jump from the
bridge / did il TO prove l had the
nerve
The police Of the Highbridge station
doubted Brunss story Of bet, and de-
clared that it was their opinion that he
leaped from the bridge in an attempt to
end his life. His mother Mrs. Mar
garet Bruins, shared their view.
He had been sitting up until and
t o'clock in the morning she said Of
her son last night. studying and read
ing books on architecture. / believe
the strain Of continual studying and the
not weather unbalanced his mind"
The police said Bruins was the first
man who ever jumped from the Wash
ington Bridge and escaped with his
life. Half a dozen persons have COM
mitted suicide by throwing themselves
from it since the bridge was opened.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-06-21
ROADS QUIT RATE FIGHT
Minnesota,Lines Won't Contest
Supreme Court Ruling.
~ TelegTalh to No IrIbune.

St Paul, June 20.-At meeting with
the State Railroad and Warehouse Com
mission this morning railroad presidents
and attorneys agreed 70 establish as soon
as possible the state rates held valid by
the Supreme Court OF the United States,
thus ending all talk Of further litigation
by the roads
The rates include the two-cent passen-
ger fare and the commodity and NOR
chandise freight schedules.
The railroads agree to pay refunds due
shippers for overcharges during the long
period in which the state rates were en-
Joined. This will amount to approx
mately 100000.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-06-21
AUTOIST ON TRIAL AGAIN
Rosenheimer Loses Demurrer-Was
Acquitted Of Murder Charge.

Edward T. Rosenheimer. who was ac-
quilted Of a murder charge after his
automobile had caused the death OF
Grace Hough on Pelham Parkway in
August. 800, pleaded not guilty yester-
day before Judge Foster. I'm General SEES
sions. to another Indictment found under
the Callan law. charging him with fail
ing TO return report Of the accident.
Rosenhemer's pleading has been held UP
for two years because OF demurrer TO
the indictment filed by his attorneys.
Recently the Court Of Appeals disal-
lowed his demurrer. He furnished new
bail in 5000
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-06-21
HELD FOR BEATING CHILD
Father Thought He Had Right
To, Court Thought Otherwise.

JOlanda Fara. ten-year-old girl,
showed Magistrate Barlow. I'm Harlem
court. yesterday bruises on her arms
which she said had been caused by a
whipping from her father. Alexander
Fara. the father. who said he was an
artist told the magistrate he thought he
had the right TO do as he pleased with
his child The court thought otherwise
and held him for Special Sessions.
The girl was found crying in a hallway
by a neighbor. who notified the Chill
dren's Society. The child's mother de-
serted her husband two years ago.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-06-21
Park Avenue Becomes Lake.

The trolley cars on 125th street were
affected by the downpour. the cable slot
becoming a lane Of water and many
short circuits ensuing on Park ave
nue.. under the tracks OF the New York
Central Railroad, from lO5th TO ll6th
streets. which is low ground, the entire
street. from curb to curb, resembled
lake. At lO5th street and Third ave-
nue.. a section OF the sidewalk caved
in. but no one was injured.
Z. T Wood. employed by the New
York city Railways Company, was look
ing at the storm from a window of his
office. on the twelfth floor of the city
Investing Building al No. l6j Broad
way. Following a vivid streak of light
ming to the north Mr.. Wood was sure
he saw flames spring from the dome or
the Woolworth Building. followed by
eddving smoke. He communicated
with the Greenwich street police sta
ton and told Lieutenant Carroll the
tower was afre. 4 policeman and sew
eral fremen from Engine Company s.
I'm Liberty street, were sent TO the
building.
After ascending in the elevator to the
fifty fourth floor they climbed out or
a window and made their perilous way
along the scanolding on the outside of
the dome There were no signs OF the
woodwork having been ignited by the
bolt. however. and the firemen retraced
their steps sinGerly.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-06-21
JAILED FOR EMeEzzLlNe $4,000.

Providence. June 2O.-ConNcted OF en-
bezzling $4,000 from the Peoples Savings
Bank in Woonsocket. OF which he was
teller. three years ago, Hermengilde Bes-
sett was sentenced to-day TO three years
Imprisonment. He had returned 5000.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-06-21
LEGISLATURE oveRRIDEs Foss

Boston. June 2o-The Senate concursc
with the House to-day In passing o'H
the Governors veto the bill prohibiting
street railway companies from requiring
employees TO work more than nine hours
in eleven consecutive hours. The vote was
Is 10 II.