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say either what was the amount OF the
estate, will the management OF which
he has been concerned.
The autopsy that determined that Mrs.
Nichols died OF shock and fright after
her struggle was performed In the I'M
dertaking establishment OF william J.
Minor, 405 Fourth avenue. by Dr.
Schultze and Or. Schwartz.
The only marks m the body that
might be called oun resulting from
the struggle were a bruise on the right
side OF the forehead and another on the
right arm.
After the autopsy Mr.. and Mrs. Grlggs
arranged for the funeral. which prob
ably will be held Sunday afternoon from
the house at 4 East Sevcnty-ninth street.
The funeral will be private. Mr.. Griggs
aid and Mrs. Nichols would be buried
in the family vault at WoOd!awn Gene
terry.
Commissioned Lord and Inspector
Faurot went TO bed after the autopsy.
completely exhausted by their work OF
Wednesday night and yesterday. Be
fore leaving the Third branch detective
bureau. however, they issued orders that
a general alarm for the three men
wanted be sent through New York and
n~eighboring States.
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CUPID FOILS ASYLUM QUARTS
Insane Heir to Million EIopr,
with Nurse.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. Sept 9.-Thomt.
Kerr OF Hastings. Neh., Is years ole
orphan and sole heir to 81 900, 900. VII.
was adjudged insane six weeks = g.
prevent his marrying, clipped with
nurse from the Waukosha Springs ST.
tarium. Waukesha. Wis. Tuesday q.
has not been ound.
Kerr has been under treatment sea-
eral years. lie was removed from On,
Grand View Sanitarium at Kansas CT.
six months ago following the finding CD.
the county lunacy commission that h'
was incompetent. Under the laws OF
Nebraska he cannot legally marry.
DIR. John Punton of the Grand View
Sanitarium said to-day that Kerr wanted
10 marry every woman he met.
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Laborer sbot Down In streets As
saiIant Esca

Matthew Leone. 35. a laborer. 125
Mulberry street. was walking in Null
berry street. near Hester. Yesterday
when a man jumped from a crowd and
fred six shots at him from a revolver.
Three OF the shots took effect, striking
him in the abdomen. Leone was rushed
to the Hudson street hospital and died
shortly a%fterward. His assailant o.
capped. Reserves from the Mulberry
street station were called TO handle tn"
big crowd which gathered. Dctectiv"
Bottl OF Police Headquarters was as
signed TO the case.
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said. ian told me they would kill me
II l opened my mouth. Two of them
wore masks. / couldn't recognize any OF
them"
The stories OF all the servants agree
that this happened shortly after 5 o'clock.
II was not until 9 :35 that Lieut.. Bir-
mingham. sitting at his desk in the de-
tective bureau at Police Headquarters,
heard the maid's frightened voice over
the telephone telling him that her mis-
tress was dead.
1t was just before 10 o'clock that
Drs. Delahunt n Kent arrived in a
Flower Hospital ambulance, and found
Mrs. Nlcholss body in the doorway OF
the library, at the front of the third
story OF the gray stone house. The two
surgeons found every evidence that the
elderly woman had died n! a courageous
struggle agains the three men.
over her head and about her neck
were twisted n sheet and a table cover
In such a manner hat 1t appeared as II
she had been strangled. Her glasses
lay shivered on the floor and her eve
ming negligee was greatly d~isarranged.
Bending over her and searching for the
Keys TO the wall safe in which the
thieves believed Mrs. Nichols kept her
Jewelry, was Edith Langfeldt. the maid.
Evidently Mrs. Nichols's assailants.
Intending only to take this jewelry and
not to harm her. left in fright when
they saw that the attack The made
upon her when she offered unexpected
Resistance had killed her. They must
nave pulled the rings from her fingers
hastily, not stopping to look for the
keys or open the wal safe.
Took Only the Rings.
After looking carefully in the wall
safe and all other possible places. the
police n Mrs. Nicholas nephew, Mr..
Griggs, are convinced that the rings
are all that was stolen. A detailed de-
scription OF these rings is yet lacking.
but Cyril +. Peck, n dealer in diamonds
at 1853 Fifth avenue, OF whom Mrs.
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Nichols bought them. has been called
back from Massachusetts and Is ex-
pectcd to-day TO furnish one. The list
the police telophoned all over the city,
and sent men to every pawnshop 10
watch for, is as follows:
An emerald ring, two carats, with a
two carat diamond on each side.
Four rings. each set with three d!a-
mouds of two carats each.
A plain gold wedding ring with the
"E. j.. ~" to "E. G." or IL. g."
\ small open face gold watch in
laid with diamonds is also believed TO
bc missing.
Mr.. Griggs and the servants agreed
that Mrs. Nichols had a great many
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diamonds. of which she was very fond.
In fact she was never known to buy
other Jewels. Almost every night. the
servant said. Mrs. Nichols put on be-
sides the several rings she wore dur
ing the day three or four more which
they believed she took from the wall
safe and sat for some time before her
mirror. adm.ring the gems.
Just what other jewclry. II any, Mrs.
Nichols had in the house could moi be
learned. Her nephew declined to d.
vulge the contents of the wall safe, or
what might be the total value OF all his
aunt's Jeweiry. Most OF II, he believes.
is kept In a safe deposit box, which Will
be opened to-day. Mr.. Griggs would not
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The Camden police heard to-day OF
reports that Peterson was the man who
figured In the murder OF Mamie sullivan
In Paterson. y. j., eighteen years ago
last March, one OF the most mysterious
crimes IN tho state. Peterson when
asked about that case showed remark
able memory He recited the facts ~
detail. but said that he had no other
connection with the case than that he
was the man who found the woman's
body, \ coroner's Jury found that the
woman had died at the hands OF UNI
known persons. II was clearly estab-
llShed by Camden detectives that Peter
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things for a long time. ! don't believe
anything will happen
Il wouldn't go riding with the doctor.
I knew too much o Mrs. Mohr, Tor
one time. when | was down al Newport
| went out to find the doctor and he was
sitting in a hammock. | sat down
beside him while we were talking and
in a few minutes Mrs. Mobr came out
in a rage and accused me Of kissing
him. He left in a hurry and did too,
''Mrs. Mohr told m to find out all
that | could about her husband and
that she would be my friend n protect
me. She was talking horribly and |
told her she ought not to say such things
in front OF her seVen-year-old boy.
"'That's all right she said to me,
hes doing good work peeking through
~keyholes,'
THE day after the shooting she called
me up and said Isn't In terrible. Flor
ence?' | didn't know what had happened
until she told M that the doctor had
been murdered, and then she asked me
to shut up the office and come TO her.
Took Book to Lawyer.
81 didn't go, but took the red book
In which he kept records Of all his cases
and carried It to Mr.. Hurley, the law
yer. There were no names In this book,
the women patients were known by
numbers to which he had the key"
Although Miss Ormsby said that DR..
Mohr thought little of the warning she
gave him on Saturday, Frank Lima, the
gardener at Newport said that the day
before DR.. Mohr started back 20 Provi-
dence on the ride In which he met his
death, he had a p"remonition of trouble,
Ia, ,yng afraiI sn1,athipu uaa going tn
happen to him and was greatly wor-
ried.
Representative Max Levy OF Newport
also told to-day of Or. Mohr's fear OF
Brown. The doctor had called at Mr..
Leyy's office to tell him OF threats
against his life and mentioned Brown
In such a way hat when Levy beard of
the murder, he was able to give the
police information on which Brown was
arrested.
William II, Lewis, ex-assistant Attor-
ney-tieneral. visited Victor Brown,
George w. Heals and Henry Spellman.
the negroes held for murder, In the Bris-
toll county jail to-day, He said that
he had been asked I otalk with them by
Browns wife in Boston, but he did not
know whether he would represent them
or not.
Mrs. Mohr said to-day that all her
husband's family sympathize with her
and that Augustus Mohr, his brother,
who lives In McEwansyille. Pa, "A
offered her and her children a home
with him,
Uncle Gus has a farm there with a
house on II which he does not use" she
said. "and he has told me that ! could
have IL. They have all been on my side
and have been very kind. ! intended to
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King Plans New steamship Line.

MADRID. Sept. 9.-The establishment
OF a new steamship line between Spain
and the United States was announced
here to-day. The steamships will ply
directly between Nigo and New York.
The enterprise IL said to he backed by
King Alfonso and influential circles in
New York.
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Hartford Doctor One of h Heirs
to Nichols Estate.

HARTFORD. Conn, Sept. 9.-Dr. Jonn
Il. Griggs of this city. well known as
as X-ray specialist. acknowledged to-
night that he had come into a fortune
of nearly $500 900 through the death ~
Mrs. Elizabeth Griggs Nichols.
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Tells OF Great Expectations.

Peterson told Prosecutor Kraft that
he was anxious to complete the lumber
transaction with Cord because a coal
company had agreed to give him 3 cents
a ton for some 5000, 900 tons OF coal
the company expected to mine on the
Ian every year. The coal could not
be mined until the timber was cut. He
tried to sell the timber to the standard
Oil Company. but refused TO sell when
he found he was expected to accept stork
in payment.
The authorities are also interested In
Peterson's statement that he washed his
clothes on the afternoon OF the Cord
murder. The washing was done in his
attic because. he said, his family was
away n his washwoman failed to
come.
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son was never suspected OF having any

son was never suspected OF having any
knowledge OF the Sullivan murder be-
yond the part he said he played.
Peterson salt that he had come to the
United States t~wenty-eight years ago
n that he went to Paterson in 1885,
working in factories there. On the night
OF Mamie Sullivan's death. ne said. he
stumbled over the Woman body on the
street Just after he heard two women
scream. He helped carry Miss Sulli-
cans body into a nearby house. From
there. she was taken TO a hospital,
where she died. Soon after that Peter
son went to New York, but returned 10
Paterson later to < in the real es-
tate business.
Cords partner Is said to have ad-
mitted that he served eleven months in
the Essex county Jail for forging checks.
but explained hat he i~nnocently tried 20
pass a check given to him by a friend.
He said he was arrested in connection
with a land deal in Towanda, Pa. but
was discharged when the magistrate
heard the case. lie also said that he
was arrested on "A charge OF larceny in
Philadelphia, where he was freed in the
same way.
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always been artistic and my husband
used to show his friends in Newport the
decorations which ! painted on the walls
OF some of the rooms.
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WIFE DENIES RIVAL.
IN CORD MYSTERY
Brands as False PetersOn's
Story Of Woman Disturber
of Home.
PARTNER IS STILL HELD

CAMDEN, N. j., Sept. 9.-Olaf F.
Peterson, who has been held as a ma
terial witness since Samuel S. Cord.
his business partner. was murdered a
week ago Monday, repeated to-day In
his first complete statement that a
woman figured in the mysterious crime.
Cords wife denied P~eserson's state
ment when 1t was read to her later
As the authorities have been sceptical
OF what Peterson has said about the
crime and as developments to-day
added to the mystery Of the real estate
mans death they continued to keep
Peterson in custody.
Several months ago" said Peterson
cord told me there had been trouble
At his home the night before because
Mrs, Cord had found faurt with his In
timacy with another woman and ne
feared he would have to take a sep
arate room in his W home. He men
toned his wife's jealousy many times
after. / never heard the name or adj
dress OF this woman, but l knew ne
was Interested in one, for often when
| was in the office she called up and
asked for Cord. II he was not In she
would not cave a message, but always
said, NO, just tell him somebody called
up"
Cord Sought Privacy, He Says.
'If Cord was In at the time ! would
call him TO the telephone as soon
as he found out who II was he would
say. Peterson, leave the office a Few
minutes. won't your Other people
called up and he talked to them with
me in the office. That was what l
meant when I said a woman was In
the case. When ! ven TO Philadelphia
before I was arrested and told he au-
thorities ! was going to try to learn
who the woman was I thought l could
find out from Charles Lube, the onice
clerk, but now I am satisfied he does
not know"
mfr. Cord always told me where he
went asserted Mrs. Cord in refutation
OF Peterson's statement. and l never
| was Jealous. I trusted my husband alb
solutely and l never had n reason TO
think my trust was misplaced. In all
our life together he was away from me
but one night. except when he went to
Florida last April. and that was the
night he was killed. He never made UP
his mind to take another apartment in
our home. There was never any occa-
sion for Il. Our life was ideal. Mr..
Peterson also told an untruth when he
( said Mr.. Cord warned him not to tell
me OF their Florida land deal. I knew
every detail Of it, for Mr.. Cord told me
all about IT."
IL. Won Fossen of Audubon. y. j.. fur
nished the authorities with interesting
information to-day. Won Fossen said
Peterson asked him on Tuesday-Cord
was killed on Monday-to indorse a re-
newal note for n loan due to Or. l. A
Shattuck OF New York. Peterson knew
then that Cords body had been found
but when Won Fossen asked Peterson
why he did not get Cords Endorsement
for the renewal note Peterson simply
said he was through with Cord.
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I)ICTURE No. /, Mrs. Elizabeth Nichols; the home of Mrs. Mich
l. OILS at A East Seventyninth street, the cross indicating the
library in which she was robbed and found dead; 3, Onni Palas, the
second man, who confessed his part in the crime, being taken under
arrest from the Nichols home; 4 Ileona Pivonen, the cook, and 5,
Edith Langfeldt, the maid, both of whom are held as material wit
neses.
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IRIS. NICHOLS DIED OF FRIGHT IN FIGHTING MASKED MEN;
$4,000 JEWELRY STOLEN: SERVANT CONFESSES PLOT
Admits He Let Men Into
House and Bind Him
as a Bluff. =
FIVE UNDER ARREST
IN POLICE DRAGNET

The death OF Mrs. Elizabeth Griggs
Nichols, widow of James f. Nichols,
who founded Austin, Nichols a Co.,
was caused by fright Inc by the sud
den strain OF the fight which
the sixty-three-year-old woman made
against three masked men who. aided
nv a servant, attacked her in her home
NJ ( East S~eventy-ninth street on
Wednesday night and TOOK from her
fingers after she was dead rings worth
$4,000.
This was made clear yesterday By
onnf Talas, the youthful second man
An the Nichols home. that the three men
had persuaded him to aid them in rob-
hing Mrs. Nichols. Talas confessed
Yesterday morning to Deputy Police
Commissioner Lord and Inspector TAI
rot after a rigorous all night examina-
ton. He was charged with homicide
and made a prisoner. Eight others are
detained as material witnesses.
Search was begun Immediately for
the three masked men. One of them,
Talas told the police, is named Arthur
Walters. or Waldemar, and was Mrs.
Nlchols's second man until a little less
than three months ago. Then he wa
discharged after one of Mrs. Nicholas
rings. mysteriously missing. had been
mysteriously returned. 1t was on this
mans recommendation. however. h a
Talas got the position Of second man
when waldemar left II.
In Talas's confession, taken by a
stenographer before a notary. the
young man. who is a Russian Finn,
says that for several weeks he had been
hard put TO 1t to resist the urging Of
Arthur and the other two-who were
Firms also-that he work with them to
rob Mrs. Nichols OF the large quantity
Of jewelry Arthur knew she possessed.
He did not yield until Tuesday night,
Talas said. when all four talked over
the rpbhpry.
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valuable on this seasons pro-

most valuable on this seasons pro-
gram.
This afternoon the music ana en-
tertainment was furnished by the Or
phean Musical club, a dandy good male
quartet, and they were followed by
Arthur Katche, who interpreted in a
most artistic manner The Music Mas
ter. Katchel is a great interpretative
artist and the crowd enjoyed his effort
very much.
Victor Murdock, Of bull moose fame,
former congressman from Kansas, will
be the feature of tonights program,
speaking on National Bad Habits. He
is a striking national character and a
very fluent and eloquent speaker and
the big tent should be packed.
Those the chautauqua have
found that the grounds are much bet
ter than was expected. The lots On
which the big tent has been pitche ed
have been drained thoroughly and a
large amount of straw has been spread
so that there is not the least mud and
conditions are far superior to what
they were last year.
AS has been said, the program this
evening and tomorrow cannot be miss
ed by the patrons of the chautauqua
as the program is of the best. No one
ever heard more enthusiastic speak
err than Victor Murdoch, who will oc-
cupy the platform this evening. He has
something of interest for everyone who
is interested in the method of govern
ment in these United States. He is one
of the heroes of Kansas politics and
Kansas like North Dakota is interested
in the political situation as it affects
these great middle western states.
Tomorrow afternoon Kryls band
will entertain the people of the com
munity. This is a musical organization
composed of artists throughout and the
music loving public will be well repaid
for visit to the chautauqua grounds
to hear this program.
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There are two things that should
not be forgotten in considering the
chautauqua program and that is that
Victor Mudrock, the noted Kansas
insurgent, will 4be the speaker tonight
and that Kryl's band will be the fea-
ture of tomorrow session. Rhese
are numbers that should not be missed
under any circumstances.
There were almost twice as many
people at the evening session of the
first day of chautauqua as attended
the afternoon session, for the musical
program. by the six university girls
was fine, and the humorous lecture by
Lou ]. Beauchamp, world traveller, au-
thor, newspaper correspondent and
philosopher was one of the best ever
listened to on the Fargo chautauqua
platform.
Mr.. Beauchamp kept his audience in
roars of laughter much of the time,
but with every story or quaint saying
he drove home some bit of philosophy
or some startling fact. Forty years on
the platform and still in his prime
He lost his home In the Ohio foods a
couple of years ago and is starting life
anew, but as smiling as ever, and
makes the statement that he is the
happiest man in America, because
though he lost nearly all his property
the life of his wife was spared.
Miss Jean ProtZman, junior super
visor, had nice lot of little folks out
to Junior Chautauqua this morning
and this work promises to be unusual
ly interesting.
DR.. w. B. Dickinson, the morning
lecturer, talked on Supervised Play
grounds, to an altogether too small
audience this forenoon considering the
able and valuable address he gave
The morning lecturers are among the
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Complete Note to Germany
on Frye Case Made Public

Washington, June 29.-By agreement
with the German foreign office the
state department made public last
night the text of the note sent on June
"a by the United States, asking Ger
many to reconsider her refusal to set
tie bY 8 ht diplomatic negotiations
instead Of by prize court proceedings,
the claim presented on behalf Of the
captain and owners of the American
ship William p. Frye, sunk with her
cargo of wheat by the commerce raider
Prinz Eitel Friedrich. Ambassador
Gerard cabled that he had delivered
the note last Saturday afternoon.
The American government declares
that inasmuch as Germany has admit
ted liability for the sinking of the Frye
under the treaty of 1928, prize court
proceedings are unnecessary and not
binding upon the United States.
Aside from the question of how the
indemnity should be paid, the note
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(Bys Melvin Hildreth.)

When the directors of the Nelson
County fair, which will be held at
Aneta on Friday and Saturday of this
week, decided to substitute for the
sensational and usually useless fea-
ture, debate on what many consider
to be the livest issue before the state
today, they introduced an innovation
which brings the fair to it's full real
ization as an institution. to it's proper
sphere of endeavor in the develop
ment of community spirit and the
substitution of an ideal Of education
for the momentary thrill Of the bated
breath.
The interest which has been aroused
in the Twichell- LOTUS debate on the
question of the state ownership of
a terminal elevator is not confined to
Nelson county. Already delegations
from nearly every section of the state
are planning to attend. In fact ehe
interest is so great that large tent,
capable of holding 1000 people has
been secured.
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URGING
SPECIAL
SESSION
Maritime Association Asks
Wilson to Reconvene
Congress.
TO REPEAL SEAMAN S Law
Unless Law Is Repealed Old
Lines May Quit
Business.
TO REPEAL SEAMAN S Law

New York, June 29.-The Maritime
association of the port of New York,
800 representatives of domestic and
foreign steamships, are preparing an
appeal to President Wilson urging a
special session of congress to repeal
the seaman's law. Unless the law is
they claim, long established
lines will be withdrawn.
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UNEARTH
PLOT TO
MURDER

Pittsburgh, June 29,-Thomas. G..
Forney, an attorney from Washington,
with Geo. McHenry, a waiter, also of
Washington is being held by the police
accused of attempting the life OF For
ney's father-in-law. F. T. Schneider, a
wealthy candy manufacturer in a
hotel here and will also face a charge
of conspiracy according to the chief of
detectives. A promissory note, which
the police claim McHenry told them
Forney had given him, to dispose of
Schneider was received here this
morning, having been found among
McHenry's effects.
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Real Educational
Feature for Fair
Instead Of Usual
Momentary Thrillers

There is no doubt but that the sub
ject of discussion is very important,
And there is no question but that the
people will welcome an opportunity to
hear at one time both sides of this
important topic. especially as the two
gentlemen selected are the foremost
representatives of their respective
sides. The people have not yet had an
opportunity to judge fairly and i'm
partially the merits Of this particular
controversy. There is no better method
than the debate. providing of course,
that it is the debate Of Lincoln's time
when people focked to hear the little
Giant and Honest Abe present argu-
ments that stimulated constructive
thinking. But the debate at Aneta
will not be in any manner sensational,
there will be no undue demonstrations,
no disturbances. The debators will
speak on the merits of the question
and the audience will come for in
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