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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-03-21

The murder OF n~ve-vear-old Leonore
Anna tohn in the hallway of her home.
352 Third avenue, the work Of u per-
vert n rs atrocious In character as
any murder in the City's history. did
not seem much nearer solution last night
than II was ut 7:t5 =. NJ Friday. when
the little girl was found, stabbed and
dying. In a dark corner on the second
floor only one flight from her door.
However, 100 detectives are At work
on two clues which they hope will lead
10 an arrest.
The mos, promising clue was dis
covered at the Knickerbocker Hotel and
cafe. Third avenue and East Twenty
iifth street. less than "A block from the
nous where the murder was committed
II was said there that a dishevelled man
with the front Of his coat and his hands
covered with blood had rushed into the
place abou II o'clock Friday night.
james Bonner. Bartender in the cafe.
said the man was about ; feet I inches
tall. about so years old. foreign looking.
with black hair streaked with gray.
Bonner FIRST ordered him out and then
showed him through n side door.
He walked down Twcnty-nfth street
and tsdt WIS the last ! saw OF him. the
bartender said
The man seemed as Il he was
drugsed," he added. "aud | noticed It
scratch about three-quarters OF an inch
LONG Oh his nose
Inspector Faurot announced ldst night
that another important clue Is u piece OF
yellow candy fashioned like a top. 1t
was found nea the body Of the child
dnd was SIN sticky when picked up 10y
a detective. indicating that the child
had been sucking II.
The police searched every candy shop
In the n~eighborhood but could find no
one who sold that special sort OF candy.
Accordingly Inspector Faurot Is i'm
clined Ia the belief that the candy was
bought by the murderer and given TO
The child. lie is specially nxiou 10
have all makers of candy and all candy
vendors inform him j: they handle such
candy. The aim Is to find any man who
may have bought such candy in the last
few days.
only one person could he found VIII,
had seen the child just before she was
slain. Mrs. Helen Spcuelcr. who lives
in tho same building, caught a glimpse
Of Leouorc. milk pail In hand. almost
at the head Of the second light o. st,irs
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ment below lives Mrs. Spcugier. her
husband n their two children.
~I.eouorc had been sent out twice for
milk about Z O'Clock. The FIRST time
she went to a bakery a block away and
leturned empty handed. Thu cashier at
this bakery a Y hat as Lconore left
the shop she passed close to rather n
dark haired man who seemed to notice
her.
When IcOuorc came home without the
milk she WIS sent out again to another
place. There she was able &c have her
TWO quart pail filled. 1t had no cover.
she came rome again at I 10. as nearly
~ the time can he fixed. Mrs. Speng-
lcr. who had stepped out into the hall
to call her own children. looked above
her and saw l%.eonore almost at the
top of the stairs. carrying tho milk pail.
The small girl smiled down and said
hello"
Mrs. %SpenElcr corralled her two chill
drcn and went back into her own apart
inent. But in the half minute Il took
her to do this LeOnore would ordinarily
have reached the door of her own home,
half a dozen steps away. II appears
rs r some one must have met her at
tie head OF the staircase, just outside
her own door.
1t was less than fifteen minutes later.
Mrs. Spcngler feels sure. that she heard
an outcty. Miss augusta Johnson, who
lives ou the same foor with the Spen-
glers, but In No. $50. on the other side
of the wide hall, had found the girl lying
In the dark corner OF the hall Just be-
yond her door.
There was no evidence that the muir
derer had gone down "A rear stairway
which leads TO the yard and the cellar.
II seemed just a. unlikely that he had
one up three flights OF stairs and es-
capped over the roof What did seem
likely was that he had simply walked
down the front stairs and out into the
street. or. II he was an inmate OF tho
house. had got back unohserved into
one OF the apartments.
Resides the blood on the hall floor
there were three drors on the staircase
OF No $50. we'll above where the girl
lay. Thov We're circular and appeared
20 ave fallen from above. not to have
been spli~hed on the Woo The police
couldn't account for them Most OF the
blood had been taken up by the girls
thick Woollen clothing.
\ curious feature WAS that the pail
full OF milk. not q drop spilled. stood be-
side the dying girl. Il was suggested
that II she was seized and choked the
milk must have been spilled. Whoever
killed her must first have got her to let
go Of the pail and then placed II beside
her body before he fled.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-03-21
ELOPEs WITH DOORMAN.
Miss Bernheimer WEEDS SO q Week
Apartment Employee.

Isabel. the e;ghteen-year-old daughter
Of Charles DAILY Bernheimer. a retired
stock broke living at the Brentmore. SIS
Central Park West. and James Murray,
-. a doorman In the apartment house,
employed AZ "A wage of $40 a week. were
married last Friday afternoon at the
Church OF the Blessed Sacrament in
Seventy-irst street.
Mr.. Bernheimer received his first word
OF the marriage over the telephone from
his daughter n few hours after the
ceremony. The announcement was sup
plemented by the information that she
and her husband were then at the Penn
s~ylvania station and were just getting
ready to start on their honeymoon.
II was said al the Brentmore last
night that Mr.. ~Rernheimer had nothing
10 say. Friends of the family believe
that he will give his blessing to the
couple before long.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-03-21
VARSITY CLUB LIFE ATTACKED.
NaIe's President says It's Dcplor-
nhIy Behind Oxford'>.

P~HUNpELpHtA. March 20.-'1niversitv
club life In America is deplorahly behind
that Of oxford and Cambridge. Unlike
the social life IN those foreign uni
yersities ours fails in ins'illing q power
ou tie part OF the undergraduate 10
grasp the vital problem. Of business and
politics Thus spoke President Hadlcy
ot Yale At the banquet OF the Yale
Alumni 80 the Hotel Adelphia tonight.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-03-21
Entire district stirred u.

tn" entire Assembly district has ncv =
been so stirred before i'm its rathrr
stormy history The guarding of
Rofrano. = city employee getting $4,000
n year. who has the backing Of tn" city
administration and who has been ptOmi-
nent In the district for years, Is rc-
ga rded az p%ortentOus Oh Cherry I'm and
it, cnvirons. The clubhouse of tho
e-;ey crowd aud the Rofrano crowd,
within half a city hlu"k Of each other
on Madison street, are visited nightly
by Ia" followers of the political rivals
:SS the talk Is largely of what tho nis
trict Attorney and the police may dis
close in their investigations Of the two
murders now before the courts
Ia chronological order the three muir
dcrs which form the basis OF the investl-
cation occurred AZ follows
Nincenzo Cardillo, A Rofrano aid.
killed by stabbiug at Catharine and
Monroe streets on December II, 1918.
Albert and John Gaimari and Nicolo
Gcna charged with crime. Trial June,
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-03-21
THREE MURDERS
MAY BE LAID TO
POLITICAL WAR
Trials This Week Likely to
Bare History of Foley
RufranO Feud.
POLICE \ LEADER
DESPITE HIS PROTEST

Certain sensational Developments in
political camps In the Second Assembly
district-the Cherry Hill sect .on-have
resulted In the last few days from an
investigation, on the part of the Dis
trict Attorneys Office and the Police
Department. that promises to unfold
the political feud of the past three years
between ex-Sherif Big Tom Foley n
Michael a. Rofrano. Deputy Commis-
sioner OF the street Cleaning Depart
ment.
Police Commissioned Arthur Woods
has seen ~ TO surround Rofrauo. de-
spite the ~latter's vigorous protests. with
a police guard both day and night. This
guard was instituted two weeks ago.
after the murder of u member of the
Foley crowd IN broad daylight. 1t will
be maintained until the gang warfare
that sas already brought death to three
OF the opposed henchmen and caused
many stabbing ARRAYS has been quelled.
The circumstances surrounding these
killings. all within a radius of about
six blocks. will he aired In court this
week. Two defendants In one OF the
murder cases-that of James Minott. a
Foley man-come to trial tomorrow be-
fore Judge Grain in Part IL, General
Sessions. \ witness in the trial of two
franc adherent last June also comes to
trial OH a perjury charge at the same
time. And another Rofrano man who
was to have appeared at the same trial
will be sentenced under the sullivan
law on Tuesday.
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Two Others In T0mbs.

""' ~
will be sentenced under the sullivan
Law on Tuesday.
Two Others In T0mbs.
In connection vita the same political
and gang warfare two more men. one
OF them "A recognized close adherent of
Rofrano. are LOCKED up in the Tombs.
one OF them is accused OF the murder
OF the Foley man whose sudden death
prompted the police 10 place a guard
about Rofrano. The other. Rofrano's
aid. was arrested on Friday night
charged with ~subornatiou of perjury in
the trial last June of the alleged muir
derers of another adherent OF Rofrano.
Several circumstances prompted the
sweeping investigation by the District
Attorney into the affairs of the Second
Assembly district. Inquiry into the
series OF three murders In the same
vicinity. zach of them apparently re-
tsliatory. struck a snag In the Inability
OF the District Attorney men to get
witnesses. who most certainly saw the
crimes committed. to testify. There
was evidence of a species OF terrorism.
Al the game time neither robbery nor
any other motive than political or gang
revenge could be ascrihed.
The shooting Of Michael !. Gaimari.
Tammany captain OF the seventh Flee
tion district of tho Second Assembly
district. at ? O'Clock on the morning of
March & at Madison and Chestnut
streets. two blocks away from the oak
street police station. the third of the
series OF killings in a year, finally
brought about the recent action by the
District Attorney and the police.
Gaimari had ong been a Lieutenant. Vf
Tom Foley. Foley said at his funeral
tina h- had lost ''one of the best friends
he had.
Following tho Gaimtri death the first
move on the part # ~" police vas 10
assign Detective Franklin II the Firsi
Branch bureau to stick 10 Eofrino day
and night. Franklin meets him at his
home. II Oliver street. every morning
and sees him safe al HON" at night.
Franklin knows the Second Assembly
district like a book and when he Is not
with Rofrtno his side partner is. They
never lot Rofrano out of their sight
except IN his own house, which Is in tho
heart of the district.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-03-21
ANTS KNIT FOR A
Bor Of Articles VIII he shipped to
France FRIDAY.

A box containing 3 bands, 8 wristlcts.
3 socks. sweater. l6 mufflers, 3 knitted
caps, knitting needles and yarn was re-
celved yesterday by THE Sun from the
anti-sufYrage committee Of Albany, y. Y,
for shipment to the Princesse de Polk.
These supplies. with others nov on
hand, will be shipped to France next
FRIDAY,
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O. H. KAHN AIDS WAR VICTIMS.
Give. $4,000 60 Relieve su6ering
In France.

PARIS. March 2o.-Otto II Kahn OF
Kuhn. Loeb & Co. has given 10000
francs $4,000 to the Project OF the
Seine for the relief of war sufferers In
France
Half Of the amount will 60 20 wives
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-03-21

The guard about tho Deputy street
Meaning Commissioned has not pleased
him at all. He has tried every exp
dent 10 have the detectives removed.
hut without avail. The men have strict
orders 20 watch him and protect him,
largely as a preventive measure from
a police standpoint, and Rofrano has
complained to the police, to the District
Attorney and to his man. friends with
out avail.
Rofrano found out that Detective
Franklin's superior was Capt. William
J. Deevy, acting head OF the first
branch at Police He~adquaSSers and went
10 Deevy. Deevy told Sim his protest
was useless. that he might go 10 the
Second Deputy Commissioner. Frank
Lord. with his complaint.
Mr.. Lord gave Rofrano no satisfac-
tion, from all accounts, and advised him
to see COMMISSIONS Woods. Mr..
Woods did not remove the detectives
and they are still protecting the Deputy
Street Cleaning Commissioners. Af'or
Rofrano's protests Commissioner Lord
conferred with District Attorney Perkins,
and both agreed that II was TO tho In
teres,s OF peace in the Second Assembly
district 20 he cautious.
Neither the District Attorney nor the
police has been able 20 connect def
nitely the acts OF violence IN the district
WIN AAt' lFFAA'NN''' 80 Nv = wv
and Rofrano, but they are investigating
both. The men believed TO have been
engaged In the various shoOtings and
Standings of the last few years. since
the Rofrano-FOley breach. Were adhcr-
ents of one or the other Of these men.
and the three men Killed were reclg-
nized Az aids OF either Foley or Ro-
franc.
The investigation by Assistant Dis-
trlct Attorneys Deacon Murphy and
George u, Brothers, who have a detc
tive specially assigned ~ the ots..s
under them, has taken them .uto Pro
whole history OF the political warfare 'n
the district. the old Fourth ward, which
is one Of the most cosmopolitan In ~"
city. Mi. Brothers VIII prosecute tho
trial casep scheduled Ia begin t0-'nbr-
row and Robert ". Elder will defend the
men on trial. Sympathizrrs with either
Foley or Rofrano are watching the de-
yclopments with interest.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1915-01-29

dlework can be placed. The upper
portion A Is also a pocket, the open.
ing Of which Is indicated by cross
The novel feature about this apron Is
that when II is taken of to be put
away the pocket containing the needle
work can be folded upwards into TOP
pocket. and in this way the lower
pocket is closed so that nothing can
possibly fall out.
This Is shown accomplished In the
lower diagram, and to make things
perfectly secure. the waistband strings
can be twisted round 1t and tied to.
gether, and it will then take up very
little space In a drawer.
The apron is bound throughout az
the edges with braid and can either be-
made with strings to tie round the
waist as shown or II preferred band
can be arranged to fasten with hook
and eyes.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1915-01-29
Looking to the Future.

We are to consider that nations like
Rome, France, Austria. Russia, Great
Britain. have gone forward by the
miliennium-the thousand years. We
have not yet grown into our name. We
are q nation in our small clothes
America! It 10 already dating from
1S98)-something bigger than the
United States, We are even more
fortunate than Rome, for IL 1t be ma.
lures intent to widen our hive, and IL
1t would in any way conciliate the In.
dian-Spanish and dian-Portuguese
Of the South, we could wisely and
without humiliation abandon our ship
clerk Vespucius and accept our cap
tain's name of Columbia for our huge
portion Of the western world. Colum.
bia may become the gem of the oceans
Six seas may lap her beaches
McGovern. in National Magazine,
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1915-01-29
IN A NEW MATERIAL
DAINTY EVENING FRocK rs A
THING OF CHARM.
Triumph of Costumer's Art, as Much
on Account Of Its Graceful
Lines as Its Fresh and
Pretty Cloth.

We are always glad when somebody
thinks of something new and places it
within our reach on the market, This
refers most particularly to dress fab
RIGS, for when the same old materials
are on hand, season after season, with
out variety, 1t is monotonous to a de-
gree to see the gowns and frccks of
all occasions built of the same stereo-
typed materials In each and every
case.
For this reason we welcome all such
new weaves as satin glamour, Geor-
gette crepe, libellule taffetas. peau de
chat. wool crepon, faille, and many
others. With these and many new
colors on the list one should be salts
fed.
Cream-colored Georgette. crepe is
combined with chiffon taffeta in the
dainty evening frock design here
shown. A plain underslip of cream
chiffon taffeta. with ten-inch plated
foot founce makes the dress founda-
tion, over which short-waisted cor
sage and a long. full tunic of Geor-
gette crepe is arranged.
The corsage runs to v in front and
back, with the edges defined by orchid
colored velvet ribbon about an inch
and half in width. A pink rose is
caught against one shoulder, the very
short kimono sleeves are held around
the arm with velvet ribbon. and the
decolletage Is filed in front and back
with fold Of the underslip material.
outlined across the top with pearl
beads.
The tunic Is mounted with full, even
gathering at decidedly high waist
line, beneath an encircling hand Of the
orchid velvet ribbon, tied In bow at
center front. Another such band holds
the tunic in against the figure couple
of inches above the hip line. and the
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1915-01-29

as she became conscious Of his aston
ishment, added falteringly:
Have you any objection to meeting
me tomorrow on the bluff overlooking
Dark"
The judge was looking at her; he
had not moved; nor had an eyelash
stirred, but the rest of that sentence
had stuck in her throat, and she found
herself standing as immovably quiet
as he.
why there?" he asked
"Because"-her words came slowly
haltingly. as she TREMENDOUSLY, almost
fearfully. felt her way with him-"be.
cause-there-is-no - other place
-where-I can made-my point"
He smiled. 1t was his first smile
in years and naturally was a little
constrained-and. to her eyes at least,
almost more terrifying than his frown.
why have you waited till now p
he called out. forgetful that they were
not alone In the house, forgetful, ap.
parently, Of everything but his sur.
prise and repulsion. "Why not have
made use of this point before it was
too late? You were at your husband g
trial; you were even on the witness
stand?"
She nodded. thoroughly cowed at
last both by his indignation and the
revelation contained in this question
of the judicial mind-"Why now. when
the time was them"
Happily, she had an answer.
Judge Ostrander, l had a reason
for that. too; and. like my point. It
is good one. But do not ask me for
it tonight Tomorrow | will tell you
everything. But 1t will have to be
In the place l have mentioned VIII
you come to the bluff where the ruins
are one-half hour before sunset?
Please be exact as to the time. You
will see why. II you come"
He leaned across the table-they
were on opposite sides of it--plungine
his eyes into hers. then drew back. and
remarked with an aspect of gloom but
with much less the appearance of dis
trust:
"A very odd request, madam. hope
you have good reason for IT," adding.
Il bury Bella tomorrow and the ceme-
terry is in this direction. will meet
you where you say and at the hour
you name
And, regarding him closely as he
spoke, she saw that for all the COR
rectness of his manner and the bow
of respectful courtesy with which he
instantly withdrew. that deep would
be his anger and unquestionable the
results to her IL she failed to satisfy
him at this meeting of the value Of
her point In reawakening justice and
changing public opinion.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1915-01-29
THIN WOMAN MUST RELAX
Too Much Nervous Activity 10 One OF
the Reasons for Her Not Putting
on Flesh.

The thin woman Is usually nervous
and active, and nips her budding
pounds before they have time to add
the faintest suggestion Of curve to
her figure. It Is as important for her
to learn to restrain her activity, to
put. as 1t were, brake on her move
ments. and to observe stated periods
of relaxation. as 1t is for Madame EN-
bonpoint to exercise her fat away.
II only they could change prescrip-
tons. what Joy there would be! For
the woman who weighs too much is
prone to welcome ON easy-chair and
lounging-robe with ecstasy, while the
bony maid considers ten minutes of
open-eyed repose an ingenious form of
torture. Yet there can be no swapping
of horses In crossing this stream.
The thin little maid who really
wants to add pounds of plumpness
must register solemn VOW that she
will observe ten-minute period Of
rest" at least twice day. Neither
is this to be any ordinary rest. says
the Mothers Magazine. Every bind
ing article of clothing is to be re-
moved and, with the body clad in
nothing more combining than loose
lounging-robe, she is to sink back In
a chair. and let the energy actually
ooze from every inch of her body.
This is not so simple as 1t sounds.
First the fingers should be made limp,
then the wrists should relax as II
they we're dead weights; next the
arms. then feet, ankles, legs. Next the
head should be allowed to drop heay'
Ivy. to the side front, other side; and
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1915-01-29

pears in the spaces between the bands
Of velvet and are also seen running
through the center Of either side Of
the waist
The wrap is new one. very youth,
full and pretty in development oil
azure blue peau de cygne with white
fox fur. The cape portion is gathered
to an already gathered yoke, with
serpentine double row of shirring be
tween, while the lower edge is cut 10
serpentine scallops and bound with
self-cording, which very slightly holds
in the material.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1915-01-29

are interested. The feeling we can
understand; the thought-that is, Mrs.
AverilPs thought-we should dc we'll
to follow.
The one great question which had
agitated her was this: Should she trust
the judge? Ever since the discovery
which had changed Reuther's pros
poets she had instinctively looked to
this one source for aid and sympathy.
But her faith had been sorely shaken
In the interview just related. He was
not the friend she had hoped to find
He had insisted upon her husbands
guilt, and he had remained unmoved,
or but very little moved, by the dis
appointment of his son-his only re.
manning link to life. Judge Ostrander
might seem cold-both manner and
temper would naturally be much af-
fected by his unique and solitary mode
of life-but at heart he must love Oil.
yer. 1t was not in nature for 1t to
be otherwise. And yet
1t was at this point in her musing
her restless pacing. She was always
of an impulsive temperament. and al.
ways giving way to it. Sitting down
before paper and ink she wrote the
following lines:
My Darling IL Unhappy Child:
know that this sudden journey on my
part must strike you as cruel. when. II
ever, you need your mothers presence
and care. But the love feel for you,
my Reuther. Is deep enough to cause you
momentary pain for the sake of the great
good l hope to bring you out of this
shadowy quest. / believe. what / said to
you on leaving. that great injustice was
done your father Feeling so. shall I re-
main quiescent and see youth and love
slip from you. without any effort on my
part to set this matter straight? / can
not. I have done you the wrong of ST.
lence when knowledge would have saved
you shock and bitter disillusion. but will
| not add to my fault the inertia of cow
ardly SOUL Have patience with me, then;
and continue to cherish those treasures
of truth and affection which you may one
| day feel free to bestow once more upon
one who has right to each and all OF
| them
This is your mothers prayer.-DE.
BORAH SCOVILLE.
1t was not easy for her to sign
herself thus. It was a name which
she had tried her best to forget for
twelve long. preoccupied years. But
her purpose had been accomplished.
or would be when once this letter
reached Reuther. With these words
in declaration against her she could
not retreat from the stand she had
therein taken.
She recommended that rapid walk
ing to and fro which was working
such havoc in the nerves of the man
in the room below her. When she
paused 1t was to ransack trunk and
bring out fiat wallet filled with news.
paper clippings, many of them discol
ored by time, and all of them showing
marks Of frequent handling.
The first was black with old head
lines:
(TO BE CONTINUED)