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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-06-26
POLICEMAN FORCED
TO RESIGN, HE SAYS
Woods to Begin Investigation
To-day Into Charges Against
CAPTAIN DOnOhue.

Commissioner Woods's attention will
be called to-day to charges by Patrol
man John J. Mara that his resignation
last night was forced by Captain
Thomas Donohue of the Macdougal
Street station.
Mara charges that he was prosecuted
because he had been successful in get
ting the Court of Appeals to reinstate
him after he had been acquitted of
writing anonymous letters to Commits
sioner Waldo charging Captain Dono-
hue and officers of the East Eighty
Eighth Street station with showing
favoritism.
The patrolman was reinstated last
Monday and sent to Macdougal Street.
He says that he reported at 2 o'clock,
and when he told Captain Donohue that
he did not have the new style uniform
the captain ordered him to pin shield
on his civilian coat, take a nightstick
and patrol the Varick Street post, the
toughest, according to Mara, in the pre-
cinct. Mara refused and reported sick
and decided that ne was not wanted
and resigned Wednesday. The resigna-
ton was accepted and took effect last
night at midnight.
Mara repeated mis- story before Cap
tain Donohue in the station house and
the captain refused to deny the accusa-
tions.
When the action of Captain Donohue
was placed before Guy Scull, the sec
rotary 70 Commissioner Woods, Scull
made an investigation. He was unable
to reach Captain Donohue, but said
later that he learned from a lieutenant
that Mara, not having a uniform, was
assigned to house duty. Mr.. Scull said
that he would lay the matter before the
Commissioner to-day.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-06-26
THREE MADDEN AIDS
HELDFOR EXTORTION
Police Charge They Worked
Hold-Up Scheme to Raise
Fund for Gangster.

Three men were arrested for eXtor-
ton and blackmail last night because.
il is alleged, they tried 70 get money
70 finance an appeal for Owney Mad
den. the gang leader recently sen
fenced to from ten to twenty years for
murder. The prisoners are Frank
O'Brien. Charles Travis and Matthew
Murphy. They were arrested after a
night in front OF the Winter Garden.
Subscription lists have been started
all over the West Side for Owney, the
police say. and unwilling givers were
threatened in an effort to get their
money. Bernard Mcnamara, Of the
Travellers Insurance Company, was
one of those approached. He showed
the police a letter in which his life
was threatened il he failed to give $40.
By the advice of the detectives ne
made an appointment with the coll lee
tors and prepared roll OF marked
bills. When the money had been
passed Mcnamara was to drop his
He gave the signal and
four detectives jumped from taxi
cab and engaged in a tussle with the
three men. Frank O'Brien. according
TO the detectives, aspires 20 Owney
Madden's place among West Side gang
ktSIA
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-06-26
NORTHERN BANK
OWNERS MUST
PAY 100000
S37l, 900 Against J. S.
Robin, Convict, Largest
of 1926 Judgments.
ORDER TO RESTORE
ISSUED BY COURT
Postmaster Morgan and Ex-
Mayor Van Wyck Among Those
Who Must Reimburse.

Stockholders Of the defunct North
ern Bank were ordered yesterday to
restore nearly S1.OOO.OOO from their
own pockets to depositors Of the in
stitution under batcn of 1876 judg-
ments fled with the County Clerk.
The assessments were the result OF
activity on the part Of the State
Banking Department.
The law which holds that the stock
holders shall be responsible for part
OF the banks losses proportionate TO
the amount Of stock held by them was
invoked in the case of the Northern
Bank. After affirmation by the Court
Of Appeals, the judgments were dock
eted.
The largest judgment of the lot was
that found against Joseph &. ROBIN,
whose high finance enterprises
wrecked the institution and for which
he was sentenced 20 a term in Sing
Sing. He will be required to pay back
1911 900.
Former State Senator George W.
Plunkett was another of the stock
holders hit, the amount in his case
being S1.5l3 Upon calling at the
I
the amount of his judgment was, he
declared:
This is the first time in my sew
enty years that judgment was ever
entered against me. | went into the
bank stock proposition because ! be-
lieved it a good investment. Now
must pay ou., instead OF realizing
return"
Postmaster Edward NJ. Morgan was
ordered to pay out Si,l24, while his
assistant. Thomas VI. Murphy, was hit
for S1,O23. Charles W. Morse, who
spent several months in the peniten-
tiary at Atlanta, will rave to make
good to the amount Of Si13 and his
sister, Jennie r. Morse, a like sum.
Former Mayor Robert A. Van Wyck
owned stock which will make HIM re-
sponsible for Slab.
Others against whom judgments
were filed and the amounts they Will
have to pay were Norman Seymour,
Sl2,533; Daniel Seymour, S8,697; Wal
ter NJ. Van Norden, $1,000; Max Co
hen and William R. Craig, S8,S9S
each: Edmund L. Mooney, $1,000; An
thony Stumpf, $1,000, and Abe Baer,
s4,456.
The matter of collecting under, the
judgments, by summary proceedings
of attachment, has been stayed for
thirty days. 1t was announced by
Breed. Abbott & Morgan, attorneys
for Eugene Lamb Richards, State
Banking Superintendent, that that
time would be allowed to elapse IN
which the stockholders might pay up
before the Banking Department took
further steps against them.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-06-26
CHAIR UPSETS: TWO DIE
Mothers Fall Turns on Gas
Found Dead with Baby.

Mrs. Isabelle Chastaine, eighteen
wears old. and her three-months-old
daughter, Gertrude, were killed by gas
Yesterday at their home, 1883 East
Eighteenth Street, Brooklyn. They
were found by Mrs. Chastaine's
brother, John Helveston, who lives
with them. He was unable TO get into
the house after repeated ringings, and
got ladder, which he placed against
a second floor window. Through il he
saw the child lying in bed.
Helveston then forced a door and
ran upstairs, where he found his sis
ter dead. Il is known, that she was
subject fainting spells, and it is
thought by the police that he tried to
reach the shelf Of closet by chair
which tripped and threw her against a
gas let on the wall as she fell.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-06-26
One Band Meets Secretly
at Grave of Victim in
Frank Case.
SLATON TO LEAVE
STATE TO-DAY
Will Depart After Inauguration
of Harris-Demonstration Ex-
pected During Parade.
From Special Correspondent, Of The Tribune.

From Special Correspondent n The Trbunel
Atlanta, Ca, June 25.-As soon as
his successor, Judge Nat +. Harris, Is
inaugurated Governor CT Georgia, to-
morrow morning, Governor John VI.
Slaton will leave Atlanta on a long
trip. It is reported that he is to start
Immediately after the impressive cere-
monies at the capital, which begin at
noon. His destination is not yet
known.
Many Georgians believe 1t will be
for the best interests of the state for
Mr. Slaton to leave Georgia until the
present excitement over the Leo NJ.
Frank case comes to an end. Reports
still are current that there will be
monster demonstration tomorrow
against Georgia's chief executive as a
result of his ruling in the case.
There will be thousands of Geor-
gans at the Inauguration exercises.
From Macon will come great crowds
to pay tribute to their fellow-towns-
man, who becomes Governor. 1t is
generally believed the demonstration
will take place during the inaugural
parade.
Mass meetings continue to be held
in all parts of the state, particu-
larly within a radius of twenty miles
of Atlanta. There has been quite a
change recently, however, in their
nature. Several of them have been
secret gatherings, and reports have
persisted that threats Of violence have
been made against the Governor.
II is said that one meeting was held
tonight at the grave of Mary Phagsn,
in Marietta, and that oaths were taken
10 avenge the death of the victim of
the murder. A meeting was held at
the river last night half way between
Marietta and Atlanta, which about two
hundred residents of Cobb and Fulton
counties attended. At this meeting the
case was thoroughly discussed, but the
plans have been kept secret. 1t is also
reported that O secret gathering was
held near Hapeville.
Another bill was introduced in the
Legislature to-day by Senator Fakes,
amending the constitution so that the
Governor will not have the right TO
pardon or commute in capital cases un-
less the majority of the prison COM
mission recommends clemency. II was
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-06-26
BECKER AROUSED
BYGINTY STATEhEN,
Counsel Incredulous, but PIX
oner Tries to See Author ci
New Jack Rose Story.

Charles Becker. hearing in the tai
house at Sing Sing Of the s,atsrs)
made by Edward Ginty, Of D,ns.y
Conn, that Bald Jack Rose had .aldiI
that Becker did not want H,rrs
Rosenthal killed, but only "queer,d' |
a gambler, snatched at the intor-.
ton. Too impatient 70 consult VI
his attorneys, he asked prison at,i,ia
to get word out that he wanted 70 4
Ginty or at least get an AFFIDAVIT ~
him.
Martin T. Manton. Becker's eeurs
was incredulous. The story should
investigated. he said, but he was \
building hopes on II.
I'm going to Danbury to-morss
said Rose in Boston YESTERDAY
won't say a thing about 1t untl II
asked Ginty if he said told hin Id
Then may have something to 81
I'm tired of being misquoted On d
Becker case"
Mrs. Becker denied herself to 1
callers.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-06-26
MRS. PELL ACCEPTS
$4,000 VERDICT
Disappointed in Damages for
Husbands Death, but Holds
Finding indicates Memory.

The Jury which for the last two
weeks has been hearing the evidence in
the suit for $25O,OOO damages brought
by Mrs. $. Ogden Warden Pell against
the Long Island Railroad Company
gave the plaintiff $4,000. according TO
= sealed verdict opened before JUS
tice Aspinall, in the Queens County
Supreme Court, yesterday morning
The jurors retired late Thursday after
noon and reached their decision in a
few hours.
In addition to the verdict. the court
ordered that ex-Justice Augustus Van
Wyck, counsel for Mrs. Pell, be paid
5 per cent Of the amount as a fee. This
is the customary proceeding in damage
cases. The railroad, besides the $780,
500, will also have to pay the costs Of
the trial. which will he between $4,000
and $4,000
Mrs. Pell was accompanied 10 court
by Mrs. Nathalie Schenck Laimbeer,
whose two suits for 100000 are 70
come to trial. Both were disappointed
when they heard the verdict. They
conferred with Mr.. Van Wyck, and
finally agreed to accept the amount.
Il think the verdict is inadequate"
Mrs. Pell said later, "but feel that !
could not 90 through the strain OF an
other trial, and am forced to accept 1t.
After all. il was not the money | want
ed so much as a vindication of my
husbands memory. He has been vindi-
Gated by the verdict, which shows that
he did not recklessly drive his car on
the railroad tracks at the cost OF his
life and those of two others"
While the case was on trial the rail-
road has been busy putting up safety
gates at the scene Of the accident. The
gates are ten feet from either side Of
the tracks and the gate itself is an i'm
mense pole, which when lowered forms
a regular barricade across the road.
These barriers are designed to prevent
reckless Automobiles from dashing
the lowered gates.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-06-26
SNARE TWO IN DRUG TRAP
Sleuths Almost Lose Captive
in Dive Through Window.

Two men tried 20 sell Peter Sullivan,
. Federal agent, $500 worth of cocaine
last evening. One Of them, Royal Dun
bar. of % Lawton Avenue, Brooklyn, Is
, prisoner in Bushwick Hospital, and
Albert Haring, Of 500 Palmetto Street,
BROOKLYN. is in a cell at the Ralph Ave
cue police station.
The sale had been staged in a vacant
loft al 1850 Broadway, Brooklyn, and
Detectives Thornton and Waitword
,ere outside as invited guests. Sulli-
an had trailed his men from Texas.
As Sullivan was about 70 get the can
~ cocaine Haring became suspicious.
He signalled TO Dunbar. who Owed
through a back window. Haring dashed
put the front door, but was captured
after a brief chase.
Dunbar was found in a vacant lot.
HIS left foot was broken, and he was
injured internally.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-06-26
Huh! Col. Bills Off to Prison;
Guilty? Not Bit. Outrage, Hob?
Sellin de Luxe Books? Why Notp Huh7 They Had
Him Wrong; Best Lawyers Admit It-But
Remember He's Not Saving a Word

Colonel William J. Hartley, late Of
the New York Athletic Club, left town
yesterday for Atlanta, where he ex-
poets TO be the house guest Of War
den Alexander of the Federal peni
Tertiary for not more than two years
Colonel Bill felt very badly over
leaving New York. In fact, he was
not the same old Bill who used TO
sell de luxe books TO women and write
poems to James ]. Farmer. His
famous front" was gone and that
fatal gift of beauty" which he be-
moaned in letter 20 Farmer was
missing. Truth 10 tell, Colonel Bill
needed a shave, and the Tombs valet
had neglected 10 press his trousers
so, let IL be noted, was his temper.
That angelic dispos; ion" was gone,
temporarily at least, snG Colonel Bill
aid not hesitate to say what ne thinks
Of numerous New York institutions
and individuals. Take II from Colo
mel Bill, justice is afflicted with mem
tai strabismus and "the newspapers
Of New York are on the blink" And
believe Bill, he "ouChta know, take
il from me. ! was in the game thirty.
eight years ago and worked with Jack
Sturgeon, and see where he is now
Just why Colonel Bill should give a
line on the age OF the dignifed John
J. Spurgeon, editor OF "The Pkiladel-
phia Ledger" he did not say.
WELL" ne began, after a handsome
brunette, said at the TombS 10 be his
daughter, had kissed him goodby. ~
suppose you hell hounds are satisfied
now that you see me on my way TO
jail. Huh? There aren't any news
paper men in this town any more |
was in the game thirty-eigh. years
ago with Jack Sturgeon, and see
where he is now"
Huh! Do ! know the game? Huh.
well guess | do. Say, ! was doing
business around here when Charlie
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-06-26
ROBERTSONS DIVORCED
Verdict for Wife Despite De
NAL of One Minute Kiss,

The jury in the suit for divorce
brought by Mrs. LAUREN {. Robertson
Of 200 West Fifty-ciChth Street, agains;
Edward +. Robertson, an importer. gave
its verdict yesterday afternoon in favor
Of Mrs. Robertson.
Miss Nina Tempest, named as core
spondent. denied that she had stolen
the love Of Robertson. as at previous
hearing she disputed other witnesses
who declared they saw the importer
imprint sixty-second kisses upon her
lips.
After considerable opposition Gus
tave LANCE, jr., attorney Nor Mrs ROD
ertson, was allowed TO read into the
record parts Of the testimony IN the
divorce suit Of Mrs. Mildred G. Bell
against James F. Bell, stock broker,
in which Miss Tempest was named, and
which resulted in victory for Mrs. Bell.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-06-26
Mrs Nils Florman Is Only Twenty but Says in Her Peti
ton for SIS 900 Outrgh from Fathers $3OO,0O0
Trust Fund That She Needs the Money

A yearly income Of $4,000 is not
enough for Mrs. Nils Florman. II Is
impossible for her TO take care of the
baby. maintain her $4,000 a year apart
ment at III Madison Avenue, her sum-
mer cottage at Sands Point, Long
Island. and employ nurses, maids and
chauffeurs on that amount, she as
serted in the Surrogates' Court yes
terday in making an application for
S25 900 outright of the 100000 trust
fund left her under the will of her
father, Charles Kohler, whose estate
was worth more than $4.0GO,O0O.
Mrs. Florman was twenty years old
on December 10, 1914, she said in her
petition. On April 3, 1914, she was
married TO Mr.. Florman, and she and
her husband went to Europe on a we'd
ding tour. The war broke out when
they were at Wiesbaden, Germany, and
they were unable to leave the country
while the weeks mobilization was IN
progress. When the Flormans did get
away it was without baggage valued at
$4,000.
Upon her return to New York Mrs.
Florman took an apartment at TT
Madison Avenue, for which she pays
$4,000 n year. She obligated herself to
the extent of $4,000 to furnish the
rooms, she said OF this amount Sl5,-
900 remains TO be paid.
Another large item of expense to
Mrs. Florman is her infant son, born
on January Is, this year. His advent
required the engagement of trained
nurse and an ordinary nurse to wheel
the perambulstor and shake rattles be-
fore his scowling features when he was
i'll tempered. And to wash and dress
the youngster. Mrs. Florman found she
could not do without a special maid
And then, of course, Mrs. Florman
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-06-26
RITTMAN BARELY
ESCAPES DEATH
Leaves Pittsburgh Plant Just
Before Explosion That Killed
Three and Injured Seven.

Pittsburgh, June 25.-Ten men were
burned. three fatally. by an explosion
late to-day az the plant of the Htna
Chemical Company, where experiments
are being made under government di-
rection OF DR.. Rlttman's new process
for the manufacture Of gasolene.
Stephen Homer, twenty years old, died
after being taken 20 a hospital, and the
condition Of four other men was de-
cIared serious tonight. Among those
seriously injured was George Lobdell,
superintendent OF the plant; DR.. Ritz
man left the plant a few minutes be-
tore the explosion.
Local REPRESENTATIVES Of the company
maintained secrecy regarding the cause
81 the explosion, but, according 70 the
police, IL resulted from an experiment
Being made By Superintendent Lob
dell. Oficials Of the company said the
plant was not being used in the manu-
facture Of explosives or chemicals, but
ss an experimental station.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-06-26
SING SING JOHNSON
AND WILLARD BOUT
Boxing Match July a Between
White and Negro Will Settle
Prison Championship.

Wagers of all sorts were posted by
inmates of Sing Sing prison yester-
day, on the outcome of a big boxing
match 70 be run OFF for the prison
championship, July 4, between Slug
ging" Chink, negro giant, and "Bat-
Ting" Ryan, the white hope" Chink
now holds the prison heavyweight belt.
Each Of the big fellows is rated at
200 pounds. Chink is from the cell
block company, and Ryan from the
yard company. Ryan was the betting
favorite to-day, although some of the
negro prisoners were stalking cigars,
tobacco, fruit and money bets on Chink.
The fight will 90 twenty rounds, un-
less there is a knockout to terminate
it sooner. The principals are trying TO
agree upon referee. To the winner
will go a prize of S25, which is a big
amount inside of PRISON walls, and to
the loser So, offered by the Mutual
Welfare League Athletic Committee.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-06-26

must have her own maids. The rent
must be paid, too, not only on Madi-
son Avenue, but at the summer cottage
on Long Island. Three servants be-
sides the chauffeur are required at the
Sands Point home. For servants alone
Mrs. Florman pays $4,000 month, she
asserts.
Mrs. Florman and her two sisters,
Vera Byrne Kohler, thirteen years old,
and Rita Mary Kohler, twelve years
old, each have an income of $4,000
year. In addition their father left
them $500 900 in trust, the first $780,
600 to be paid when they are twenty
five, the second 100000 at thirty-tive
and the third at fortyfve.
The marriage Of Miss Olga Kohler to
Nils Florman, jewelry salesman, came
as a surprise to society. The cere-
mony was performed in st. Patrick's
Cathedral on April 5, 1914. The an
nouncement of the engagement of Mr..
Florman TO Miss Helena Stallo, joint
heiress with her sister Laura to the
millions of the late Alexander Nc
Donald, Standard Oil man, had been
made a few years previous, and was
broken by Miss Stallo. d,
Florman, it was then rumored, had
claimed to be a descendant of Swedish
kings, but investigation of the Flor
man family tree was said to have re-
vealed that It was not all the young
jewelry salesman represented it to be.
A few months before his marriage
Florman was accused of selling jewelry
to George W. Quintard. of 80 West
Fifty-ffth Street, while the latter was
intoxicated. He was upheld by his en-
Movers, however. At one time Flor
man was attentive to Miss Katherine
Force. a sister of Madeleine Force, now
the widow of Colonel John Jacob Aston.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-06-26

Morse was in the stir, only he wasn't
in hole like this. Huh! He owes me
yet for work did for him. Huh!
Justice? Huh! Why the best law
yers in New York say that the only
count in the indictment that applies
to me was the conspiracy count. That
was chucked out. That was the only
one that named me. Huh! Lawyers
say they have no right to send me TO
Nlanta on that"
Seems you're going, though? ?"
Huh, Guess ! am. But it's a raw
deal. Scheme 70 defraud. Say, there
was nothing to it. Any place we got
money twas from people who were
trying to beat US and scheming to beat
somebody else. Don't see any Of them
indicted, do you7
Broke? Course I'm broke. Jim
Farmer? Yes. Jim's got some; what
Of il? Wish he had more. That's the
reason that Mary Alice Watts is suing
HIM over there in the court now. HUH
She won't win. Sure. Jim wins; gets
a few days more in New York. don't
he? Amt that a win? HUH
Hell, amt il? Atlanta in a dsv
coach with bunch OF chinks and wons
and niggers. Huh! Square deal. Huh,
Now, remember, haven't said a
word. See the lawyers. They saw I
cant be sent away. But I'm going.
Huh,
VIII ] write poetry in Atlanta, Why
mott Remember that one I wrote Jim
they read in court? Went this way:
Rah rah. rsh r.h rsh. rsh'
HoV much money shall ! dfay'
thousands lmce OF -four for Jim
Ahd old BIZ Hartley the sane for him
Whats the matter with that Ain,t
/. good poetry. huh?
"Bet;er'n the justice and the news
Tapers in this town. Huh, what do
you think? They didn't have a thing
on me-not even an indictment-and
here I'm going away. HUH"
Same old story. said the keeper
that listened 10 Colonel Bill. "Snma
day a guilty man will leave here for
Atlanta or Sing Sing and the Statue
Of Liberty1l do q skirt dance"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-06-26

understood that a bill would n I.
troduced asking the Governor "a f,
sign, but it did not come up IN !,
House to-day.
One company of state militia !, 81,
keeping guard at the Governor, t,-,
and martial law still continues then
Two regiments OF the Georgia :,
tionsl guard will take part In ii. !
auguration exercises tomorrow.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-06-26
Confesses Thirteen Murders

Birmingham, Ala. June 25.-Syd
Jones, hanged in the county Jail yard
here to-day, left note in his cell in
which he confessed responsibility tor
thirteen murders. Two of his victims
were white men, one a Mobile &
Ohio brakeman and the other Min
nesota deputy sheriff The others were
negroes. 81 am sorry ! missed get
ting Richard Moore, September Il,
1912" Jones wrote. Just one more
would have made an even number"