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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-01-28

A little later Policeman Michael @. King
caught the janltor. in undershirt and
trousers, after a chase OF two blocks from
his home. His trousers were blood
soaked. He said they got so when hts
wife threw him 10 the floor Of the htchc n.
In Kriegleder's pocket were found
Christophers watch and the letter from
Miss Franklin. District Attorney Murphy
thought yesterday that possibly Christie
pher. brought to the house by this APP
pealing missive. deferred saying anything
to tho janitor until they reached the cellar
alone together
ut may be that Christopher then said
to kriegleder.' stop beating your wife
and that the janitor rctorted, What 10
you know about it," Mr.. Murphy COM
mented. AS an answer to that it seems
| likely that Christopher displayed Mss
| Frankliu's letter.
| christopher was then killed and 'hs
Imurderous attack on Miss Franklin fol-
lowed"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-01-28
CROPSEY AGAIN HITS
HAND PICKED JUDGES
District Attorney Also Charges
Justice Benedict With
"Cowardly Act"

IN a brief the concluding paragraph
of which fairly sizz,cs. District Attorney
James e. Cropscy OF Kings county made
final answer yesterday to the charge mat
he had shown bad taste and disrespect
in referring to certain Kings county
Judges rs hand picked" and az the
lap friends" OF cN-Clty Comptroller Ed
ward NJ Grout His defence is based on
Justification, and he not only reiterates
the original charges but Celebrates them.
Supreme Court Justice Benedict comes
in for the severest denunCiation, though
he was not included among those referred
To originally as hand picked" II was
his action in rebuldng the District At
torney from the bench for his speech be-
fore the Fulton street Board OF Trade,
and his refusal To permit the District
Attorney TO reply that aroused the lat
ter's ire.
'It il hard to conceive" says Mr. Crop
sey." OF an act that displays less manhood
than this act OF Justice Benedict. II
was the act OF a coward!y man wearing
the cloak OF a supreme Court Justice and
abusing his power" He charaCterlZes
It as "a gross act of judicial liwlessness.'
Mr.. Cropsey holds that Mr. Grou
was uniustinably favored at one time
or another by Supreme Court Justice,
! Clark Blackmar and ScuddeT, by former
| Supreme Court Justice Marear. now ON
I cial referee. and by County Judge Dixie
| Former Justice Marean. he holds, was th'
/ worst offender Iic asserts too that tn
| Judges, excepting Justice Scudder. ,Acltly
! admitted the truth OF his charges wher
| they declined an invltatlon to appear be
] fore the special Investigating committee
Coiucidrnt with the filing or the bric
I Mr.. Cropsey was served by counsel 70
/ Mr.. Grout with a notice that he woul,
| apply for a change or Venue.
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SHOWS THAW WAY OUT.
writer In Legal Magazine Points to
Freedom.

Commenting on the recent developments
In the case Of Harry X. Thaw. the editor
OF the Bench and Bar. a legal magazine.
asserts that II Thaw is acquitted on the
charge for which he was arraigned yes
terday he would have legal right %
lnsis; that he be allowed TO return to the
State from which he was brought for the
purpose OF the trial only while IL he Is
convicted. Il Is difficult to see that he
would have more to face than a short term
OF Imprisonment, for a verdict OF guilty
would necessarily include n finding that
he was sane, which would entitie him to
immunity from confinement in Matteawaa
regardless OF the earlier verdict that he
was insane.
The editorial presents the opinion shat
even II the escape from Matteawdn and
the subsequent proceedings we're out OF
the case and even II II were conceded that
Harry X. Thaw IL and always has been
insane, an obstacle 10 his indefinite in
generation in Mateawan would seem "a
exist in the fact that prior 10 his arrest
for murder he was a resident OF ionnsvl-
vania and not of New York. While his
commitment TO MWteawan after being
found not guilty OF murder was in ac-
cordance with the letter of the law, 1T Is
at least CUES tionable whether the statute
under which he was committed could prop
! erly he construed to apply to the case ~
one not a citizen OF the State. or whethe.
such construction would not make II vlo-
latlve of constitutional rights"
Consequently" the editorial says, "un'
| der the well recognized rule OF statutory
construction, a police regulation must be
so construed as not 10 affect the people Of
| other States
III this view of the law of the case HI
correct IL may well he contended that the
| forcihle detention of Harry X. ThaU
within the limits of New York on th'
| ground OF insanity. and a refusal 20 allow
| him 10 he conveyed to his home in tbs
/ state Of Pennsylvania. upon a proper ap
| plicatiOn. would be an unwarranted as
| sumption OF authority on the part OF the
State Of New York. an infringement of thu
rights Of Harry X. Thaw. the individual
| and an affront to the State OF Pennsyl
vsnia ot which be is a citizen"
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NO MYSTERY IN CASE.
Nothing Peculiar About Jerome's
Quitting, says woodbury..

ALBANY, Jan. 27.-Attorney-General Egg
burt T.. Woodbury. said tonight that he
has had under consideration from the
day he took office the question of the ad-
visibility OF continuing William Travers
Jerome or any other outside counsel in
connection with the Thaw ease after Thaw
was returned to the jurisdiction of this
STAKE He said he had reached the con-
cluslon that the Attorney Generals Of
nee, with the assistance and cooperation
OF the District Attorneys Office Of New
York. should handle the case. Tie saiu
"Mr Jerome was not removed from this
case, but simply was not continued after
the limited purpose for which he was
designated had been accomplished, namely,
to secure the return Of Mr.. Thaw to the
Jurisdiction OF this state"
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Kriegleder's bruises have convinced the
District Attorney that "he" and she"
Of whom Miss Franklin writes are the
janitor and his wife.
Christopher visited the kriegleder8
Tuesday night. Mrs. Kriegleder says her
husband asked him to go TO the cellar and
see " he could fix broken CRATE. Tho
two mon went down there together.
a half hour later her husband came
upstairs. While she was in another room
Miss Franklin was attacked in the kitchen
and severely wounded. Mrs. Kriegledet
says her husband left the Nat before she
entered the kitchen. When she found
Miss Franklin lying there she ran for Il
policeman.
The police found Christopher dead on
the cellar bottom with a crowbar beside
him. His head was crushed. Miss
Franklin lay dead in the kitchen. All OF
Kregleders clothes were In the rooms ex-
cept his trousers and undershirt.
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.TOMBS KEEPS THAW
UNTIL TRIAL, FEB. %
for Examination
Into Prisoners Sanity at
Bellevue Denied.
BAIL NOT TO BE SOUGHT

Harry X Thaw was permanently
lodged in the Tombs yesterday until Feb
ruary 90, when he will be called for trial
on the charge OF conspiracy. In man
ner his counsel won success yesterday
by preventing his removal TO Matteawan
until that time. The State. however.
forced a promise from the defence not to
seek bail in the meantime.
Supreme Court. Trial Term, Grim
inal Branch. Justice Davis on the bench.
Spectators mostly italian. Army OF news
paper men and photographers. Dismal
day outside. somehow getting inside and
throwing, as IL were wet blanket over
everything.
"Har-K-Taw to tho barr
tip Jumps Thaw with a guard at his
elbow. The expression on his face de-
notes nothing OF any inner emotion. jus
tice painted on the wall continues TO stare
at the ceiling indifferently. Atmosphere
stufry. nobody seems much interested
general debility and very low pulse,
whats this?' thinks the crowd. "Thaw
has lost his punch :"
No society women. No well dressed
men. No high tension OF expectancy At
all II nigh; as we'll he cut and dried
case in bankruptcy for all the interest II
arouses
"Can the public really be sick OF Thaw -
think the newspaper men. ThaW hpecu-
lates, no doubt. on the same question.
There's a mumblng OF VOICES. John t.
Stanchfeld of counsel for Thaw is on his
feet saying something. So is Franklin
Kennedy. Deputy Acknowledgement, now
in charge for the state in place OF MIR.
Jerome. But nobody can hear what Is
being said Five minutes later counsel
ats down and the matter Is settled.
Thaw is taken back to the Tombs. The
spectators get up and drag themselves out
OF the room. The public will he told to-
morrow that their morning coffee Will not
be favored with Thaw again for an
other month.
Before these dreary proceedings began
Justice Davis called counsel into MS
chambers for a conference. There he in
formed Mr.. Stanchfeld. as he informed
the court room later. that the request to
have Thaw examined AT Bellevue could
not he granted.
! After IL was all over Thaw shook
hands with several friends az II he had
won some sort OF victory. Josiah Thaw
his brother, and Morgan j. O'Brien, Jr.
had sat al his side during the proceed
/ ngs.
! According 10 assurances given by MI
! Stanchheld there will not only be no ap'
plication for bail before the trial but
| there will he no attempt 10 &c, wrl'
OF habeas corpus.
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BINNEY'S BODY GIVEN
TO GARDEN FLOWERS
Eccentric Lawyer Believed Last
Six of the Ten Command
ments Enough.

Harold Osgood Binnev, the patent law
Yer whose ecceutricities involved him in
frequent escapades and who died on No.
veinber 90 last from an overdose Of head
acne tablets, made an unusual will when
he was prisoner in the Blackwells
Island wOrkhouse on November ]. 1914
where he had been sent because he re-
fused to give bond OF $1,000 to keep
the peace after being arrested for DIS
orderly conduct
The will. which was witnessed by three
patients in the hospital ward in the work
house, was filed for probate yesterday
in behalf of the widow. Mrs, Elise Martin
Binney, who is named as chief lcgatee
and sole eXecutriX.
The will ends with this paragraph:
AS to myself request that l be not
buried, but If agreeable to my wife be
utilized as 10 my corpse in such wa as
may be best fo- science in the opinion OF
some physiological chemist rather than a
mere medical doctor---or burned, and my
ashes strewn in some garden near the
seashore where it's solids may prove al
least of use to the shrubs and flowers.
Il request that no needless expense be
wasted on church ceremony or on the
trappings OF woe. die as l haze hVel
"a convinced. and trust, good IN
bdel. believing that the last six OF TN
De,alogue would he better observed
without the presence OF tine four super
stitious ones that preccde them'
II was stated yesterday that the Ia"
ver's wishes were carried out TO the eh
tent of cremating his remains, but NJ
disposition has been made a. yet OF nv
ashes While the petition accompanying
the will states that the dec"dent left "i"u
sll 900 II r. possible that the es'h'e INV
! be lnrgely wiped out by debts.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-01-28
MRS. FRANCES LITTLE TO WED
surprt.- rur Newport 4" News OF
Her ThIrd Marriage To-day.

Mr.. Frances Coster Little and Gustav
John Schirmcr White OF this city VIII
he married to-day at 1880 In the cham
hers of Judge Charles L. Guy. They OBJ
tnined n marriage license Yesterday at
thc marriage license bureau. THIS an
nouncement will come as surprise 10
penpls in New York and Newport so
riety, who had no previous knowledge that
Mrs Little was TO marry again. TINS
viii be her third marriage and she has
been twice divorced.
Her first husband was Henry Spies KIP
Of this city, from whom she secured "A
divorce in Reno In 1910, ana arterward
she married Julian McCarty Little OF
Newport. from whom she secured di-
vorce in Providence, r, l., nearly year
ago. Mrs Little Is the daughter by a
former marriage Of Mrs. Lewis Quentin
Jones Of Newport Mr., White Is grand l.
son OF the late Gustav Schirmer, the music
publisher, and he is a nephew OF Rudolph
SChirmer.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-01-28
STATE TO DEMAND FULL
TAX ON Wendell ESTATE
Comptroller Travis Will Insist That Deeds to Sisters Were
Executed in Contemplation of Death-Legal
Precedents for Action Said to Exist

The transfers by John c. Wendell OF
valuable parcels of his Manhattan realty
within several years before his death.
which IL has been said will reduce ma
terally the amount of inheritance tax to
be collected by the State of New York
on the Wendell property. will result In
a vigorous effort by the representatives
OF state Comptroller Travis TO prove that
Mr.. Wendell made these transfers in con-
temptation of death, and that accordingly
all transfers made within this period
should be taxed just as II they had re-
manned in the ownership OF Mr. Wendell
This fact became known to THE SUN
yesterday as the result OF an inquiry
into the law and decisions covering such
case Mr.. Wend.l was so years old at
the time Of his death, and was suffering
from a stroke OF paralysis when he left
New York in November, and as re-
suit of which h. died at his summer
home at Santa Monica, Cal. on Novem-
Der 80. The question as to whether
under the circumstances the transfers of
realty made by Mr.. Wendell to his sisters.
Ella Wendell and Rebecca Wendel-Swope.
within two years of his death are taxable
was subm tied To several attorneys yester-
day who have had extensive experience
IN dealing with such matters while acting
as counsel for the state in transfer tax
appraisals
Moses II. Rytteuberg, who has handled
n number of important cases involving
gifts IN contemplation OF death while
assistant to Thomas r. Rush, counsel to
former state Comptroller Sohmer, pointed
out that under decisions in the Surrogate =
Court and higher courts the counsel for
/ state Comptroller Travis should not have
great difficulty in proving that MIR. Wen
dels advanced age and condition of
I health warranted the contention that the
I transfers OF more than S2.OO0.OOO Of prop
/ erty To his sisters within two years were
[ in contemplation OF death, and that the
! estate should not he permitted to avoid
| the payment of tax on such transfers.
cites Dunno Case.
I one OF the strongest decisions in point
was made IN the estate OF Ellen Dunno
/ by Surrogate Cohalan on May "a last, In
/ which II appeared that the decedent con-
VeyeI property in Manhattan to her son
on January 90, 1912. at which time she
] was so years II age. She died eighteen
/ months later. One Of the witnesses tCsti-
| fed that ut the time the transfer was
made Mrs. Dunno was suffering from
J heart diseasa while the son and his at
turney said she was not physically infirm
! or mentally deficient In holding tn,
! transfer taxable, as made In contempla-
| ton OF death, Surrogate Cohalan said
! when a person reaches the age OF
80 years and makes gift OF a substan-
tial part OF his property, the presumption
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S. S. GREAT NORTHERN SAILS.
Carries 500 Passengers for Pacific
Coast Via Canal.

PHILADELPHIA, Jan 27,-Tne Great
Northern. one OF the two new pas
senger ships built by the Cramps
for the Great Northern Pacific
Steamship Company, started this af-
ternoon on her maiden voyage To
san Francisco via the Panama Canal,
The snip which is said 10 be the finest
OF the kind ever built in Philadelphia,
carries 500 passengers, Including Gov
eminent and San Francisco exposition
officials, representatives of the line. eX-
Gov Glynn VI New York, Norman T..
Mack ana Mrs, Mack. and II. j. Heinz.
the International Sunday school leader
It is expected the voyage will last about
seventeen days Stops will be made =,
Colon, Balboa and San Diego.
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PRESIDENT TO AID BLIND.
Wilson at Head or Patrons for F~te
at Lighthouse.

President Wilson mas consented To head
the list OF patrons for the annual enter
tainmsnt OF the New York Association
for the Blind. of which Joseph II Choate
Is president and Miss Helen Keller Vice
president The fete win be given this
year on Tuesday. April e.
The committee OF entertainment con-
sists OF Mines Lawrence Gillespie. Peter
Cooper Hewitt, Richard Irwin. Herbert l..
Satterlee. LOrillard Spencer and Mizs
Winifrcd Holt The treasurer IL Henry
Morgan Post and the executive secretary
for the fcte is Mrs. VI. II. Sherwood AL
communications may be sent 10 the Light %
house, Ill East Fifty-niuth street
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is that the gift IL made because the
donor realizes that in the ordinary course
OF nature he cannot survive much longer
and wishes to anticipate the effect OF a
will or the intestate laws by giving his
property to those persons who would be
ltgatees under a will or beneticiaries
under the int,state laws. If such gifts
were not taxable the provi.!ans of the
transfer tax law could he nulNhed and
rendered ineffective
IN somewhat similar case before
Surrogate Fowler in the matter of Loewi
lie made the following ruling:
THE decedent was az years OF age
when he made the alleged gift, and he
had been suffering for about one year
from the disease which finally caused his
death III proceedings of this kind, where
the benehCiarles of decedents bounty
claim exemption from taxation upon the
ground that the property passed to them
as a gift from the decedend. the represent
alive OF the state In endeavoring To
show that the transfer Of the property Is
taxable. labors under the disadvantage
OF finding II practically impossible TO pro-
cure competent and disinterested Wit
ncsses to the acts and conversations by
which the gift Is alleged TO have been
consummatel, as such gifts are usually
made under circumstances which do not
favor the presence OF disinterested par
ties The state. therefore, must neces-
sarily depend upon the testimony or par
ties who are interested In testlfying In
favor Of the construction which Will eN-
empt the gift from taxation
convincing PROOF Required.
Surrogate Fowler said that because OF
these conditions the court would require
of the benenciaries Satisfactory and con-
Vincing proof that such gifts were &C
tually made with the intent to pass tttle
Mt the time Of the making OF the alleged
gift and not to avoid the payment oil
A transfer tax. If satisfactory evidence
is not furnished, mo presumption In Favor
OF such gifts Will be INDUCED In and the
property will be held To pass either as q
gift in contemplation Of death or Intended
to take effect in possession or enjoyment
at or after death"
Mr. Ryttenberg pointed out that the
problem OF producing sufficient PROOF by
the state Comptroller that the transfers
were made In contemplation OF death j.
made easter by the fact that Mr.. Wende
made no will and the transfers were made
| 10 his sisters. who would have inherited
| the properly anyhow.
II is expected that Surrogate Sawyer
| in Westchester county will appoint th'
administrator OF the Wendell estate ant
| AK the amount Of their bonds tomorrow
| Af1davits filed yesterday show that no
! ices to creditors have been published 70
| four weeks, hut not a single claim hai
been filed against the Wendell estate
| This fact brought out the statement yes
| terdav that Mr.. Wendell always paid al
| bills Immediately In cash or BY check
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WHITE CROSS TO AID
YOUNG GIRLS ONLY
ccts Pembroke JOnes's Old
Home TO Save Them From
Temptation.
LAWRENCE BACKINS PLAN

out NJ trc maze OF activities Of charity
.o..y..t,,rs organized since the great war
,..,, ,n relieve suffering in this and
s,,,r Countries doomed yesterday the
....g of the white Cross Committee OF the
,,,,..lr club. This committee recently
I'D tine brownstone house at ~ West
,,,,.. FIRST street and Is making a speciality
,...l.. tue dictatorship OF Francklyn Law
.......r giving food and shelter to beau
....r sweet young girls who are out OF
. ,... and who because Of their attractive
,,., M snt he subject to unusual tempta-
ton
Tho White Cross Committee. which uses
a.. .,,,,rn OF the white cross, and which
,.s.,5, another relief committee In this
49,. O., employ the emblem. came under
..-,,.,y because Of the assertion of sew
.-,i .rcr-lue whose names nave been used
4. lawrence 100 connection with the cont
...,,.. or the American CLUB that they
loan. .,ofhIrg about the work OF either the
,.,,t, ,r tn, charity committee.
Lawrence. I'm turn, met these assertions
~, producing letters to show that the per-
am. In question. with the exception of
90, had All written him letters at some
,.,,s within two or three years accepting
,-.,,......p on one Of his honorary COM
,..tfY.-
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Uur when Lawrence made that letter
public ne admitted that representative
Of the Mayor had called on MN on the
prryiuuS day to ascertain whether any
liter had been written IN behalf of Mrs.
Mitchell in regard to either the club or
iu, committee. Lawrence said he refused
'u answer the mans questions. Thus the
man went away with the belief that no
such letter had been written from the
MAYORS office. But Lawrence also pro-
durcd letters from Cows. Hall and Craig
showing that they had also accepted hon
ortrv membership
'uv"stigJtio OF Lawrence and his ac-
,.y0tIcs with the American Club and the
White Cross Committee was brought
about by the statement of Lawrence him
SELF i'm regard to his aims In opening the
homo in the West Iifty-ilrst street house,
which belongs to Henry Walters, president
Of the Atlantic Coast Line, a director in
the United states steel Corporation and
ore or the big railroad and industrial
leaders OF the country. and which was
occupied BY Pembroke Jones until two
years ago
My aim" he said, "ls TO reach out for
the beautiful, sweet young girls-all over
Is ycars-who have been turned out OF
employment because of the war and who
might be driven to the streets because Of
lack OF funds. My aim Is not TO care for
Old women, hut young women. We want
elucatcd, refined intellectual girls, who
because Of their unusual qualities may be
subjected to unusual temptations
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Mrs. MItchcI's name uscd.

.yue,ln OF the white Cross conf
,,.tse ~ the American club mentions the
v.fe nr Mayor Mitchell as a patroness or
FIN, ..,up Assertions were made by Law
,.,I.a t,lt Mrs. August Belmont and Miss
Ann, Morgan were Interested in the work
o. the committee.
Mayor Mitchell earlier in the day had
authorized the statement that The
v,.,r and Mrs Mitchell have not given
,.s,r permission in any way for the use
O., Mrs Mtchels name in the project
~ any way.
Nncrcuron. when Lawrence was con-
f-,r,,d with that assertion. and also with
kilograms from different persons through
,h. country. also Gov. Hail o: Louisiana
and GO, Lock Craig NJ North Carolina
as saving that they had not authorized
M MS. Of their names. hc Immediately
won't to niles where ne has hundreds "
not thousands OF letters from well known
persons. lie produced letter from
E.rtram Cruger. executive secretary 10
the MAYOR. dated In April, and saying
Mrs Mitchell has asked me to write
and thank YOU for your very kind letter
o. The 23d instant, enclosing a care cer-
ttfyius that she has been elected an
honorary patroness Of the American club
Sn, accepts with pleasure tine honor cOn'
ttlr,d."