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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1915-10-07

John G.. Johnson of Philadelphia,
the lawyer who has oeen engaged by
the bondholders 20 take the place of
thu late Major Holmes Conrad as
their counsel in the Virginia West
Virginia debt litigation before the
Supreme court, was in conference
Tuesday with members of the Virginia
Debt Commission as to the procedure
to be followed when the court conren-
es next Monday, with regard to the
judgment of nearly sl4,0OO.000 which
has: been rendered against West VIZ
GINA Nothing has been done by the
latter state to comply with the courts
decree, though interest has been ac-
cug,ulating at tia rats CT s.. 500 g
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1915-10-07

tier, 33 years old, whose sister, Mrs
| Anna Wilson, is in Jail charged with
arson for the alleged burning OF Le-
roy Sturm's barn near Pennington,
and whose brother, Joseph Raber, was
recently released from the State Penl-
Tertiary. Raber's body was found on
foot path leading through the
woods near Warrington az the same
spot where a Syrian was found MUIR
dered 10 years ago. Raber's death re-
suited from bullet wounds in the
head. It is believed robbery was the
motive, as Raber had $3.50 in his
clothes when he left home, which was
missing when the body was found.
A bullet which is believed tohave
been intended for City Jailer Nelson
Dixon, was fired early Monday morn
ing through the window of his room
in the Danville Jail by an unknown
person, Dixon lay sleeping on his bed,
close to the window, which was brok-
en- by the ball, and which showered
him with broken glass. The bullet
missed him by about three feet and
was evidently fired by some person
knowing the arrangement of the
furniture in the room. Dixon could
find no trace of the supposed assassin
when he ran outside, but it was GER
tain that the bullet had been fired
by some one standing on a pile OF
lumber outside the jail stockade.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1915-10-07

The Norwegian steamer Drammens-
ford arrived yesterday at New York
from Sandefjord, Norway, and re-
ported having been chased by Ger
man submarine in the North Sea,
between. Bergen and Kirkwall Cap
tain Stensmark said he escaped by
driving his vessel at full speed and
at the same time sending wireless
calls which brought British patrols.
The submarine then gave up the chase.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1915-10-07
PUBLISHED DAILY

Entered at the Postoffice OF Alexan
dria, Virginia as second class matter
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-05-04
MRS. COIN, MOTHER
OF LEONORE, WEEPS
Shocked When She Learns
Boy Is Victim of Maniac
Not Revengeful.

Only n few blocks away from the
scene Of the Murray boys murder, on
Third Avenue, near Twenty-sixth Street,
Mrs. Emma Cohn heard the news OF
another child victim Of maniac sim
liar to the ono that killed her little
e-ycar-old Leonore on March 10.
The same detectives that were on
last nights murder scene were those
who after forty-fve days OF investiga-
ton have failed to capture the muir
dcrer Of the Cohn girl.
Mrs. COhn was shocked. Tho First
Avenue tragedy recalled all the ter
rifying details OF her own bsby's
death. She sat staring at the kodak
picture Of Lconoro which she had
loaned TO The Tribune only a few
days before. She was unable to do
more than 20 cry softly for the
stricken mother Of the Murray boy.
lt was only last Friday that Mrs.
Cohn was talking to a reporter for The
Tribune about her baby, as she re-
luctantly gave him the picture.
That's just the way she looked.
And that's the same little dress that
my darling wore when she was killed.
That's the only picture | have, my only
consolation for the last awful six
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-05-04
WIVES NOT JAlLERS,
THIS JUDGE HOLDS
Courts Have No Right to Place
Husbands in Their Custody,
He Declares.

Supreme Court Justice Crane, in
Brooklyn, in a decision yesterday, held
the courts have no right to place men
IN the custody of their wives unless
the husbands are mentally incompetent.
The opinion grew out Of the case of
Mrs. Wilhelmina Helix, Of 272 Fifty
fifth Street, South Brooklyn, who ap-
piled for habeas corpus to get her
seventy -year-old husband, Henry,
away from her daughter, Mrs. Wilhel-
nina Minnie Meyer, of 51S Forty
eighth Street, who. she says, kidnapped
him from his home last Friday night
"No matter how old he is" said Jus
tice Crane, 81 do not understand that
wife can bring a proceeding like this
TO get custody of her husband. so long
as he has not been declared incompe-
tent. II the courts put husbands in
custody Of their wives, a man might
be brought up on proceeding like this
If he stepped out to the club for n
game of cards. If, however, it il shown
that Mr.. Helix is being kept by his
daughter against his Will, then ! shall
direct that the daughter return him to
her mother"
Mrs. Meyer said she visited her
father secretly every week, and last
Friday night found him weeping and
begging her TO take him away.
Justice Crane directed that Helix be
brought before him this afternoon at .
o'clock 10 decide for himself where he
wants to live.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-05-04
Jews MARK TWAIN
JOKES ABOUT T. R.
Scholum Aleichem Chief Spcake-
at Meeting of Educaa
tiOnal Alliance.

Scholem Aleicnem, known rs the
Yiddish MARK Twain and the beloved
humorist of Jews the world over, was
greeted by q crowd Of almost a thou
sand persons at the Educational ALI
ancc, East Broadway and jefferson
Street. last night Among those who
addressed the large assembly was
Jacob II. Schif, who, though still weak
from the automobile accident in which
he figured on Sunday, mustered all his
strength to be present.
Mr.. SchifF said that as a result Of his
trip TO California, from which he has
Just returned, he has come 10 the con-
clusion that there is room for 100000
more Jews west Of the Missouri River.
Everywhere ! went ] found my CO.
relicionists,' said Mr. SchiF, and
never was | proudtr OF being a jew
than in those seven weeks OF my jour
ney. We must, however, make ready to
say "scholem aleichem," which means
peace and welcome unto you, 10 the
thousands of our breathren who will
come to these shores at the conclusion
of the war. | trust that they will set
tie west of the Missouri, for here they
will find the greatest of opportunities"
Scholem Alcichem declared America
was a wonderful country. which he felt
proud TO call his own He referred in
humorous way 20 Colonel Roosevelt
and the Barnes trial. and in a serious
moment emphasized the unfortunate
position Of Leo VI. Frank, convicted on
charge of murder.
Among those present were Mr.. and
Mrs. Jesse Isidor Straus. Louis Mar
shall, Judge Lauer, Professor Gottheil
and Maurice Wertheim.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-05-04
CHASE SCHOOLGIRLS,
STAB PATR0LMAN
Two Men Brighten Children
with Butcher Knives
One Escapes.

Two men, brandishing large butcher
knives. chased a crowd Of children on
Fortv-seventh Street, between Second
and Third Avenues. last night. Seven
little girls from eight to twelve years
old ran screaming to Patrolman Curry,
who was ut Forty-seyenth Street and
Third Avenue.
1.-TWO men are chasing MS with great
big knives On, please help u.s. the
girls cried
Curry saw the men in the midst Of a
group Of children a block south on the
avenue and ran toward them. One OF
the men, who afterward gave his name
as Joseph DAILY, turned on the officer
and stabbed him in the hand. Curry
knocked him down with his nightstick
and was about to arrest him when the
children shouted a warning.
As he turned the second man lunged
at him. The officer lodged and
brought his stick down on the mans
head. As he reeled Daily again sprang
at Curry, and while the officer was sub
DUNG him the other man escaped.
Curry took his prisoner to the Fifty
first Street station, where both were
attended by DR.. Buckmeister, of Flower
Hospital. Daily refused TO talk. He
was locked up on a charge of felonious
assault.
The officer said that on the way 20
the station Daily threw away a small
wooden box Of the kind commonly used
for drugs
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-05-04

weeks, and you'll take care Of the pic
ture, won't you? You'll be sure to
bring it back to me?' she implored.
at was six weeks ago tonight" con-
tinued Mrs. Cohn, returning, as she
always does when the darkness of
night comes to the evening Of the
tragedy. For" adds the mother, ut
was on a Friday night that she came
and on a Friday night that | lost her"
Then she added, almost impctuously,
do you think she felt the knife, or
was she unconscious ~
Mrs. Cohn. however, never calls for
vengeance upon the murderer, nor does
she berate the police and detectives for
failing to find the man who committed
the crime within ten minutes in the
busiest hour of the evening. Relatives
and friends Of the little girl insist
upon his capture, and that he suffer
the severest penalty of the law if
found; Mrs Henry Ecker, aunt of the
mother, expressing horror that the
fiend is still at large, while so many
little girls run through dark Railways
as did Leonore. But Mrs. Cohn always
concludes by saying, "Will that bring
Leonore back?"
Meanwhile the police are no less de-
tcrnined than they were on the first
night that the ripper case" shall not
60 down as one of the unsOlved MUIR
ders. Detectives no longer sit in the
hallway night and day as they did for
more than a month, but a new clew is
being followed in a new manner, and
the detectives think it will prove sue
cpySful
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-05-04
UNSOLVED CRIME
FAUROT DOWNFALL
Continued from page I

try-wde when. against the greatest op-
position. he advocated and finally in
troduced the finger print system Of
Identification. lie proved the worth
of the system in the case Of burglar.
The only evidence was finger prints
left on glass. The jurors made no eff
fort to conceal their doubt of the
worth of the evidence until Faurot,
after having one juror. unknown TO
him, make finger prints on the window
of a room adjoining the court, pho
tographed the prints and in a few
minutes identified the juror that had
left the tell tale marks. The prisoner,
after the test, confessed.
Schmidt Conviction Faurot's.
One Of his most noted cases was the
arrest of Hans Schmidt, the priest who
afterward confessed 20 the murder of
the girl who had been his servant
Most of his work in the department
has been on Identification. and he had
had up to tho time of his appointment
in 1912 as chief of the detective bu-
reau little experience in handling big
cases. lie had, however, until Woods
was appointed Commissioner, the ad-
vantage of working under the direct
supervision of former Deputy Commits
soner George Dougherty. recognized as
one of the leading detectives of the
country.
The arrest of the two anarchists in
connection with the st. Patrick's Ca
thedral bomb plot was not really his
case. The details of the staging of the
sensational arrest were formulated and
carried out under the direct super
vision of Deputy Commissioner Frank
Lord and Acting Captain Thomas Tun-
ney, of the detective bureau. Most of
the credit went TO Tunney.
The talk Of Faurots job being I'M
certain began on April 7. when Woods
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-05-04

only about ten minutes elapsed be-
tween the moment Mamie left her
brother eating the ice cream cone and
the discovery OF his body by the Calf
neys.
This is undoubtedly the work of the
same murderer who killed Leanore
Cohn." said Captain Patrick Gildea, of
the I'd Branch Detective Bureau. The
crime has the same distinguishing feat
ures."
Italian Under Arrest.
DR.. Otto Schulze, newly appointed
medical adviser on the staff of Dis
trict Attorney Perkins, agreed that it
was undoubtedly the work of a de-
generate.
Shortly after II o'clock Inspector
Faurot, in searching the Olive Tree
Inn, lodging house at Twenty-fourth
Street and Third Avenue, found an
Italian who fitted the description of
the Murray boy murderer, as given by
the Murray girl.
The man could not account for his
movements except that he had paid a
short visit TO his sister in 4l2 East
Eighteenth Street. He was not known
at the lodging house, and according to
the clerk had come in tonight shortly
after the finding of the Murray boy.
The boys sister, when the man was
taken to the Murray home. examined
him carefully and then told the in
spector that she could not be sure he
was the man. However, the descrip-
tion given by the grl fits the man so
we'll that he will he held for several
hours. or probably for days, until the
detectives are sure he knows nothing
of the murder
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-05-04
RESERVE DECISION NEAR
New Jersey Banks May Be
Placed in New York District.

Washington, May 3.-The Federal
Reserve Board has virtually finished
consideration Of appeals by member
banks in various parts of the country
from the decision Of the Reserve Bank
Organization Committee by which it
divided the United States into twelve
reserve districts and selected twelve
cities for Federal Reserve Banks.
Interest centred tonight in the de-
cision of the board in regard TO the
appeal Of banks in Northern New Jer-
sey to be shifted from the Philadelphia
district to that OF which New York is
the centre. These banks, with places
Of business in Jersey City, Hoboken
and other towns in the metropolitan
district. claimed in their argument
that their presence in the Philadelphia
district was a distinct disadvantage to
them and that shifting them TO the
New York district would make no real
difference TO the system. A majority
Of the board is said 10 be inclined TO
authorize the change.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-05-04
81 gave personal notes.
"LVho maid the notes -

81 gave personal notes.
"Who paid the notes
The company, az they came Que
out Of tho funds Of the corporation.
Tho stock was turned over 10 the
company az soon as the notes were
paid a.
what amount did you pay Mr..
Barnes for the stock?'
Eighty cents on the dollar 20 cents
on $4,000"
Mr.. Winchester said tho Barnes stock
had been distributed 10 other stock
holders in the form OF dividend. 30
rar AS he knew Mr.. Barnes had never
Iecr a director and had attended only
one meeting Of stockholders.
$50 Nr. Barnes never took any IN
tcro-' in The management OF the com
lary'' was asked.
Il would not say that" witness an
svcrrd ole asked me two or three
Zines on tho street how things were
going W,
A most unwilling witness was wal
lace Grcculach, Commissioner OF fubllc
Works Of Albany. who did not seem TO
know much about the steps that had
been taken for the reprintinG OF MS
report.
On CTOTa-epNnlnAllOn WI i''l'' ''''
the witness say that although he had
known Mr. Barnes for the last seven
teen years. the proprietor OF ne
Journal" had never solicited printing
from him nor even talked about u.
Mayors Messages Reprinted.
Frederick L. Bresslor. who was clerk
Of the Common Council from 1900 to
1914, testified in regard TO printing the
Mayors messages and other documents
that also appeared in the minutes OF
the Council. He seemed greatly sur
prised when Mr.. Bowers showed him
that messages for 1910, 1911 and l9l2
were reprinted each time in the min
utcs Of the year previous.
Mr.. Bresslcr acknowledged that al
most everybody in "The Journal Office
was his friend, and that he had testI-
fed before the Bayue committee that
all Albany officials should be friendly
TO "Thc Journal"
The morning session opened with
Michael V. Dolan, OF the Argus Com
panv, on the stand. Asked in detail as
TO the cost Of printing various pages
Of matter he replied that il varied, and
the profit ran as high sometimes as SO
TO 80 per cent.
William VI. Richards. Controller Of
the city OF Albany. was asked TO pro-
ducp his books, but he was unwilling
to let them 60 out Of his possession.
a ruling will be made on the matter
tomorrow.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-05-04

apd-seek. in which Frank hit ChaIIes'
who came back ut him with DO" 4Ioi'
The police said that no child co Ia.
have committed last night III, V ~
but that the deed was undouoleuly
act OF pervert. They mt ous 80,
eral alarm at once through tne e'.y,
giving a description Of the ljallan ~
described by Mamie, and also al
squads OF detectives out U bedi'" ~
lodging houses. ,r poIIo-
vue Hospital, who was the anlou'1 ,mos
surgeon called in the Conn case wac
alec called in last nights case = c.
Little Charlie was n member o. ot.
Georges Church kindergarteni ' ,h
church being the one attended ny '"'
late J. Pierpont Morgan.
Mother Berates Police.
when his mother saw his dead oouy
she became hystericaL ,.,, ru.
"Thl man who killed littIe Leoh %. =
Cohn and my little boy - "aIEihg wv
streets free man and the po!Ic9 hle
drawing big salaries" she crled out
once.
There was an imposing array. OF
police coon on the JoD. iHsP'cc
Faurot and Cray, the dual head OF INC
Detective Bureau, were both there, dI-
recting large force Of detectives,
lieutenants and captains. special de-
tachment Of uniformed men was also
sent out TO keep the crowds away from
the tenement house, where the crime
occurred, so as not 10 impede the "oIk
Of the detective forces.
rrLo Fothar Nipholag Murray, q plate
printer, returned home shortly before
the murder was committed ana must
have been in his home upstairs while
il was going on. He said he never re-
ceived any threatening letters and had
no enemies.
His other children are John. two
wears. and Nicholas, jr., five months.
a checking up Of the time showed that
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-05-04
WARD & cow T0SUE B. R. T.
Will Seek Damages for Loss of
Their Advertising.

Ward e. Cow, the advertising men,
through their attorneys, Rushmore,
Bisbee & Stern of 30 Wall Street, are
preparing 10 sue the Brooklyn Rapid
Transit Railway Company, for ripping
out all the firms advertisements in sur
face and elevated cars and stations Sat
urday. Heavy damages will be asked,
il is said. The amount will be determ.
ined after careful examination into the
value 9f the contracts on hand ; hen
the y. r. T. ended It's contract with
ner.
The B. r. T. announced yesterday
that it would not entertain any bids for
the advertising until the Public Service
Commission had reviewed the action OF
the company IN ripping out the signs.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-05-04
NEGRO RIPPER SUSPECT
Prisoner Had Dozen Razor
Blades and Wore Four Goats.

John II. Robinson, a negro, who says
that he is a porter, living at 428 East
Thirteenth Street, was arrested last
night on suspicion of being the Grip
per" murderer who killed Charles Muir
ray, Of go First Avenue.
The man was found by detectives
standing across the street from the
dead boys home. He appeared I'M
usually broad and husky, but after he
had been searched at the police sta
ton and had Invested himself of four
coats and two pairs of trousers he as
sumed more normal proportions. A
dozen rusty razor blades and loaded
revolver were found in his pockets.
He was taken TO bellevue, where he
is now under surveillance. The razor
blades are being tested to see IL any
Of the rust marks are caused by blood.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-05-04
No Rich Father, Gets Divorce.

Justice Donnelly yesterday graniea
to Mrs. Victoria p. Charal a decree an
nulling her marriage TO Max Charai, .
furrier. on the ground that he had in'
duced her to become his wife on false
representations One Of these was tAs,
Chain Charal, a millionaire living "
Hamburg. Germany, was bis tather.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-05-04
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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-05-04
Wreck Widow Asks 100000

The fatal collision between the White
Mountain and Bar Harbor expresses Of
the New Haven Railroad, September /.
1918, was recalled yesterday by a suit
fled against the company for $4,000
by Mrs Belle c. Brouncr, widow OF
William II. Brouner, who died six
months after the accident from in
iuries. She alleges her husbands in
come was $4,000 a year.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-05-04

Of the front door. He was dark and
had a mustache that hung down like
this" and she indicated a dropping
mustache.
BY indicating a detective whom she
said the Italian was similar to in
build and height, she gave the police
70 understand that the stranger was a
man Of about thirty-hye years, five
feet six inches tall, weighing 1875
pounds. lie wore a black derby hat
and black clothes.
There were many parallels TO the
Cohn murder. A careful search in
this, as in that crime, failed TO dis
cover the dagger with which the deed
was done. Apparently the murderer
carried it away with him in both in
stances. The two crimes were COM
mitted, also, at about the same hour
Of the evening.
Another point was the proximity of
people who heard no outcry and sus-
pected nothing amiss until the body
was found. Next door TO the house in
the hallway Of which the child was
stabbed to death is a small hardware
store run BY Adolph Lesser. With
several members Of his family, he was
sitting out in front Of his store, but
although the door into the hallway
scene Of the murder was open, he
heard and saw nothing. He did not
even notice the fight Of the man seen
By Mamie.
None Heard Cutlery.
Then. on the other side Of the house
Samuel Schwartz keeps a cigar store.
lie and his family were also sitting
out in front. but they saw or heard no
more than tho Lessers did.
From playmate Of the dead boy il
was learned that a short while before
he had a quarrel with Frank Dinico,
five years old. living the same house.
They had tight while playing hide
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-05-04
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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-05-04
BOY, FOUR, SLAIN
BY RIPPER'S KNIFE

Continued from page |
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