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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-01-08
Warden Attacked by Grip
Is Word Sent to White
Plains.
FRIENDS BAFFLED
IN HIRING A HALL
Two Large AuditoriumS Refused,
They Finally Engage Club
Meeting Rooms.

Thomas Mott Osborne. scheduled 10
speak on prison reform at White
Plains last night, was seized with nm
attack OF the grip ald broke his en-
gagement after the Two largest halls
in the town had refused to allow him
20 use their platforms and the White
Plains Club had been nearly disrupted
by indignant members who had learned
that friends of the indicted warden
had hired their me ting room for the
address.
The question "a % whether or not
man facing trial on charges found
IN the indictment against Mr. Osborne
should be permitted 20 address a pub
lie assemblage was debated at length
by even the members Of the Laymen's
Club Of Grace Church, who had in
vited the warden. Several Of the lead
ers Of this organization, after much
consideration. were extremely anxious
that Mr. Osborne should not come to
WhitB Plains.
When the meeting was first proposed
efforts were made to engage the audi
forum Of the White Plains High
School Before dciute arrangements
could be made the Mayor and Council
Of the town received so many letters
protesting against this that the plan
was abandoned.
St. Johns Hall, the property Of ST
Johns Catholic Church, of White
Plains, was then considered by the
committee. who approached Father
Richard j. keefe, the parish priest
upon tie subject, asking HIM also to be
one of .hvse on the platform TO wei
come the indicted man.
Father Keefe replied that his duty
as man. q pastor Of souls and an
American citizen forbade him 20 have
auvthlnp 10 DO with Mr. Osborne, and
likewise made IL impossible foi MN 10
consider the use Of St. johns Hail Tor
any such purpose.
The committee then repaired 10 the
White Plains Club. whose nall on.y
holds about $50 persons They paid %
the House Committee OF the club sou
for the use of the room or Friday even
inc. Yesterday. when IL was found OUT
10 what purpose the chamber was 70 De
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-01-08
BINGHAM MAY GET
RILEY'S PRISON JOB
Cont .ued from page |

Bingham, II is believed, also discussed
conditions at Sing Sing, but from what
particular angle could not be learned
lie also saw Warden Klrchwey to-day
but would not tell What he ana the
warden "a Tea about
II was the belief In Albany tonight
that bv nlghtiau to-morro" Super.n-
tendent Riley would 20 longer be me
bead of the prison system Of the state.
I. was considered not improbable that
bis successor woul - known by that
time
Governor Whitman, u was learned, Is
contemplating drastic changes IN the
MANAGEMENT Of the prisons OF tne
state. When they take concrete form
they will be incorporated IN message
10 the Legislature % which VIII ne
attached a bin emboayins the legisla-
tion needed.
nrison sys'om is hamrere! by multi
plicity Of boards and commissions, and
that bottcr results could be accom-
plished If the system were placed un-
der q single comm ssion, composed OF
high-class men. with mar Ike ten
eral Bingham az It's head. A. pres M
there is the State Prison Commiss on,
the Parol Board anu a Commission
on Prison Sites. Thee are also board 8,
Of trustees for the icfOrmatories. No
good reason exists, the Governor be-
lieves why the duties Of these bodies
should not be consolidated In single
commission composed Of persons m
whom the public has the highest con
fdcnce. These changes we're among the
things discussed between the Goyerno,
and General Bingham this afternoon.
Should General Bingham become
Prison Superintendent IL will be with
the knowledge that the Goyernor has
these changes in mind. Il is rot 1roD-
able. however. that a message embody-
ing his plans will be sent TO ne Legs
lature until the ses sion IS well under
way. They are only in the formative
condition at present.
Orc Of the Governors close friends
said this afternoon that the reason
which prompted him 20 send Tor Ten
oral Bingham was his desire for ma1
Of that particular type 70 take hoid
and rule things with firm hand Inc
generals experience az Police Comm ;
'ioner under Mayor Mcclellan IS ST.
fresh in the minds OF most New York
ers and there is no doubt that n zen
cal bingham becomes Superintendent
Of Prisons 1t Will be with the under
standing that he will have full sway
and will not be hampered In any way.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-01-08
HIS EARS TRAP SLAYER
Man who Killed Wife and Mother-in-
Law Nainly Disguised Everything Else.

Elizabeth, y. j., Jan. If Raffaele
ii Dennuaro ever regains his liberty
he may found a new school Of detectives
based upon a study Of the ear as
means Of Identification.
Dennuaro. VINO admits that he shot
and killed his wife and mother-in-law
IN a quarrel at his home IN New Haven
in 1913. removed his mustache, had his
hair cut in a new style, assumed an en-,
tlrely different manner or dress ana
disguised even his walk before begin
mig life anew in Elizabeth
But an INDISPENSABLE pair OF out
standing ears proved his undoing- De
tectivcs who had failed to recognize
either his step or his face arrested
Dennuaro tonight after one glance al
his ears. lie admitted the two muir,
Jers according to the police, and
sscribed the crime TO his quick temper
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-01-08
PEEP INTO POTATO BIN
WITH COOK, COST S2,25O
Gallant Restaurant Man Accused
Kitchen Aid of Theft.
"a good cook must be encouraged"

"a good cook must be encouraged"
Written in large red letters in the
book Of maxims Of Abraham Verschleisz,
whose restaurant Is at 1852 Stan
ton Street, was the foregoing BIT Of wis
dom. II was second only 10 Yer
schleisz's other motto: "All customers
pay cash
With maxim No. ? in mind, the pro-
prietor left his place behind his cash
desk on the day before Christmas, when
his cook, Olga Drucholoka, came 20
him and said that her supply OF pota-
toes in the kitchen was exhausted.
"There are more in the cellar said
Nerschleisz 81 will 20 with YOU TO
carry them upstairs. Such heavy work
is not for one whose lghtness of hand
In past-ymaking makes for my place a
reputation
To detectives of the First Branch Blu
reau yesterday Nerschleisz declared that
when he left his desk he slipped in his
trousers pocket q wallet containing
S2.250 He went 10 the basement with
Olga, he declared, the latter standing
i'm back Of him as he bent over a bin Of
potatoes. On returning to the kitchen
he found the wallet missing.
Then he accused Olga, who denied the
charge when arrested. She Will be ar
ragned in the Essex Market court this
morning
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-01-08
Five Men, and Pile of
NickeIs Also Taken
$500 a Day Harvested.
BOOTH BOXES LOOTED
BY GANG OVER CITY
Artists Models Talked While
Aids Shipped Wires and Took
Money, Detectives Say.

A gay party Of young men and wom-
en- were seated about table engaged
in the socIable occupation Of reducing
a mountain Of nickels to little pack
ages Of twenty each when the front
and rear doors of the parlor opened
and two rey0yers were simultaneously
thrust into the room. Behind the re-
yolyers were the heads of two deter
mined men.
wen oale up the rest Of that stuff
after you've come along with u.s. said
one of the men.
At first the young men an J women
were surprised, then only disappointed.
They abandoned the mountain of
nickels, accompanied the strangers 20
the street and rode in their automo-
biles to the Fourth Branch detective
bureau.
Here's the clever little gang that's
been robbing telephones in New foik
for six months. Look EN- over" SAID
one of the detectives to Captain
Cooper.
The captain looked and beheld three
dainty artists models, who gave the
names Of Della williams, Dorothy
Clayton and Della Lewis. Then, on
second look. he beheld the less agree
able appearing companions OF the girls,
who gave the names of Joseph Marno.
Martin Morrison, william .Neciy, Viii
lam D. Morton and Charles MCGUIRE.
The eight prisoners mad Deen traced
from one end of Manhattan 70 the
other by detectives, who followed auto
mobiles in which they were going from
one telephone pay station 20 anOthei.
They refraned from arrestlng them
however. until they reached their
apartment, at pa Audubon Avenue
where, as had been expected, evidence
connecting them with the telephone
robberies was found.
According TO Walter Heating, at
torney, who is in charge OF the prose
cution for the telephone company. It
had been the practice for one OF the
men TO accompany girl INTO teIe
phone booth and on pretence OF listen
ing TO a conversation. cap the pnouG
wires. empty the coin box with the and
Of skeleton keys and carry the money
away in especially made bags.
The pile Of coins found IN the nat
last night il believed 20 be but one
days haul, which would indicate That
a respectable fortune must have been
collected from telephone boxes during
the six months that the eight are
charged with operating in the city.
As result of the raid the police this
morning are possessed of an almost
new automobile that no member Of the
party of eight will claim. Each insists
that he or she believed that some other
member of the party owned it. Norri-
son insists that he was hired by Mareno
TO run il. Mareno declares that he
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-01-08
CONVICT'S DASH
HALTS EXECUTION
Ponton's March to Chair De-
layed While Guards Pur-
sue Fugitive.

As Antonio Ponton, the hrst victim
OF the death chair in Warden Kirch-
wey's regime. started on his last walk
a dawn yesterday a convict tried 10
escape. Ponton got respite OF thirty
minutes In consequence.
While the prison Office makes a pol
icy Of keeping inmates Identities Sc
cret. it was learned from other sources
that the convict who tried TO get away
is James HI, who is serving ten
years for assault.
Dean Kirchwey wss not at the pris-
on. Like Warden Osborne, he is OPP
posed 10 capital punishment. He had
left Spencer Miller, ms secretary. and
Principal Keeper Fred Dorne. to su-
pervise the execution.
Ponton. who stabbed 20 death Miss
Bessie Kroner. a school teacher VINO
fitted him. In Schenectady, was re-
signed to his fate Just as Dorner AMI
the four guards opened his cell 70
start the death march somebody
knocked at the death house door ana
passed In word that a man was on the
roof escap ng
Leaving the death house watch and
two of the guards who we're 20 escort
Ponton 10 the chair TO care Tor him.
Dorner and the other Two guards ran
after the Mutual Welfare League con-
Wet who had notified them OF the at
tempt 20 escape.
Hin had been permitted TO leave the
cell block earlie- than the other con-
victs TO carry bread from the prison
bakery, which on the second floor OF
a two story building near the hospital
While their keeper was downstairs ne
said TO the prisoner who was helping
him. Lets beat it. We can 20 down
a rope
let them down 10 the ground when
the other convict hesitated Hill struck
h m and. threatening his life II ne
"soucaled." climbed up on boxes to u
skvlight Breaking through this he
assembled TO the roof
But the other convict spoiled the
scheme By Civ ng the alarm 20 thAbc
I'm the death house. There are no
guards on the walls or in the yard
before the cell block is opened for
breakfast. and Dorner and the two
keepers mounted to the roof and took
the fugitive in tow.
i'm punishment cell. The convict who
frustrated the escape received congrat-
ulations from the warden's representa-
tives and the officers of the league.
Dorner and the guards then returne.
TO their unpleasant task i'm the death
house. Several OF the wa ting wit
nesses had been hopeful that a last
minute retrieve had delayed matters
lint Ponton was too stunned. appa--
entity. TO realize anything. He was led
l., the death chair by his spiritual adj
wiser the Rev. Father William f. Cash
in. His life was snlfTed out with three
shocks q half hour beh nd sche dule.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-01-08
IT'S BARON ASTOR
OF HEVER CASTLE
Former New Yorker Announces
His New Title.

London. Ian. William Waldorf
Aston. formerly Of New York, who was
raised TO the peerage last week by King
George. has assumed the title of Baron
Aston Of Hever Castle.
Lord Charles Beresford has taken Che
title of Lord Beresford Of Metemmeh
and Curraghmore Metemmeh is the
scene OF one OF the early exploits OF
Lord Beresford's naval career.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-01-08

osk If others who had been identified
with the prosecution had souflt IN
terviews or otherwise tried 90 change
thcir positions. ms queSlIo" 'h0
WARDEN parried.
Friends of the warden, however, SAID
such was the case. There was, they
said. very good reason Tor OeieVlng
that several witnesses had ALREADY
turned turtle" as one expressed H.
and that others would DO so.
District Attorney Weeks was busy
Yesterday trying 20 bring influence 70
bear on Attorney General Woodbury. 10
relieve him of the responsibility oil
prosecuting Mr. Osborne. On lhurs-
day Mr.. Woodbury. failed to grant
Weeks request 20 this elect, but the
District Attorney still hopes he Will 90
as requested. 49,
Mr.. Woodbury., it is understood takes
the position that it is unfair TO ASK
him 10 assume responsibility for the
handling of indictments Of which ne
knows nothing. ,.,
"As matters stand" a lawyer friend
Of the Attorney General SAID yesterday
Mr.. Weeks has procured these ihd.cl-
r,erts and uaw requests an Attorney
General who knows nothing or the
quantity and quality of the evidence
mon which these indictments are
based. the manner ln which that testi-
mony was procured or the Arguments
that NAV have been used 20 induce the
grand Jury 20 ind.ct TO take up the
load AZ that point.
"If he docs So. and, prosecuting. gets
whipped. he will be blam,d for all that
nav happen If he advises that indict-
ments he cannot make stand up before
a trial jury be nolle prossed he will be
accused of having been reached. Mean
time Weeks is under cover. Under the
circumstances IL is not surprising that
The Attorney General Is inclined 70 let
Nr. Weeks skin his own fish,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-01-08

hired Morrison and the automobile to-
cetber The girls felt no responsi-
hilitv as 10 the ownership OF the auto
mobile as long "a they we're permitted
to ride in IL, they said.
Telephone officials announced thatt
their daily losses through thefts-all Or
o.b;ch thcv lay 10 this gang amounted
~ from $500 10 $500 Consequently the
members Of Mareno's little party ere
credited with possessing respectable
fortune in nickels.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-01-08
POLICE RAID LADIES SKIRTS
Sign on Door Cloaked Poolroom, They
Say-Onc Man Inside.

rs. Goldstein, Ladies' Skirts reads
the gilt lettering on the door Of an
eleventh floor room at SO Union Square
West. Sergeant Butler, with two pa
trolmen. forced the door yesterday.
They found an oak desk. nine chairs
two Telephones. racing charts and other
poolroom paraphcrnalia. There was
9lso a lonesome looking man, who sald
he was employed in the building. -.
The furniture was taken TO the East
Twenty Street police station.
The man was allowed to so. The ponce
suspect that a warning preceded their
visit
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-01-08
16 GO THROUGH ICE; 2 DROWN
Bows and Girls Skating on Pond Are
Plunged Into Water.

New Brunswick. n. J., Jan. Wal
ter Groben and George Hawthorne,
each twelve years old. were drowned
in Johnson's Pond this afternoon. A
score Of young persons were skating
on the pond, on ice only three-quarters
Of an inch thick The ice did not
reach 10 the shore. and plank was
used in going TO and from land.
A party aiding two girls across the
plank fell. and the ice giving way SIX
teen boys and girls were plunged INTO
the water. All but the two boys
named we're rescued. although tho
water is being drawn off to night TO
see if there are any more Victins'
Doctors with pulmotor worked IN
vain over the two boys for two hours
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-01-08

zen-polce militia for riots or other
forms of disorder.
The Commissioner also announced
the designation of Lieutenants Devery,
Helwig. Hynes and Mackenzie Of the
Manhattan telegraph bureau, as acting
captains. This was made necessary By
a recent order centring responsibility
for all general alarms Do the Manhattan
telegraph bureau. Heretofore these
alarms were sent out from the borough
headquarters.
During the next few weeks deputy
commissioners. inspectors and captains
will give a series Of lectures on crime
at the lineup Of crooks each morning
in Headquarters. About 1875 Of The 100
detectives in the bureau will hear t5
lecture.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-01-08
Leaps to Death from Pier.

An unidentified man. about thirty,
committed suicide yesterday by Jump
ing from the pier az West .linety-sev-
enth Street. Thomas Farrell, watch
man. saw the leap. Before help could
be obtained the man had disappeared
lie was about five feet four nchos j"
height. weighing possibly 40 pounds
lie was smooth shaver and wore fe-
dora hat
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-01-08
SPIRIT MEDICINE MAN FINED
Court Refuses to Test Mystic Medi-
um Woman Trapped.

William II. Lake, Of 800 Marcy Az
enue, Brooklyn, who gave up selling
hot dogs al Coney Island to take up
psychic research in an Office. at Madi-
son Avenue and Fifty-ninth Street,
was fined 500 yesterday, in Special
Sessions. for pract. sing medicine with
out a license. Lake offered TO give a
demonstration ~ his power as a me-
dunn in court. but the offer was re-
jecJed
Bureau. testified that after paying So
TO get into Lakes sesnces he treated
her al So a visit for kidney trouble.
Justice Herbert gave Lake the al
tentative Of n fine or twenty days in
the Tombs. lie paid.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-01-08
CRIME COURSE FOR POLICE
Chiefs to Lecture at Line-Up-Woods
Back at Desk.

Police Commissioner Woods, absent
q week from his desk because Of grip,
returned yesterday.
A mass of work awaited the Commits
sioner. lie refused to comment on the
lumors Of a row between his office and
that of District Attorney Swami re-
rarding the taking away Of the District
Attorneys four detectives who do con
fdentiai work However, he said that
no change in that direction would be
announced for sever-l days.
Inspector Henry Cohen, transferred
from the Brownsville district TO Head
quarters. had conference with the
Commissioner. Cohen has been brought
TO headquarters to handle the new cam
paign to build up combination citi-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-01-08
Rich Conner Deposit Found.

Butte. Mont, Jan. The Anaconda,
Conner Mining Company has uncovered
one Of the largest and richest ore
bodies ever found i'm or near Butte. J. ne
deposit is about seventeen ieet VIDE
and is per cent copper
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-01-08
SCHMIDT LOSES APPEAL
Murderer Of Anna Aumuller Goes to
Electric Chair Friday.

Albany, Jan. IA motion for a re-
argument Of the appeal Of Hans
Schmidt. the false priest. convicted of
the murder of Anna Aumuller, was
denied by the Court Of Appeals to-day.
The application was based on the
ground that Schmidt's constitutions!
rights had been violated. The con-
Gemned man will 20 to the electric
chair next Friday morning.
Aiphon.e G. Koelbe. counsel for
Schmidt. said last night that he had
already fled an appeal with Justice
Hughes. Of the Supreme Court, on the
constitutional grounds cited ir the APP
plication to the Court Of Appeals.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1916-06-29

Ceived the benefits of the hospital and
because of unfortunate circumstances
We're unable to meet their obligations
TO the hospital, it lost about $4,000
that had been depended upon as assets.
With the experience of the past and a
new era of better times the year just
past made possible some considerable
advance. About six hundred dollars
of old obligations of the hospital were
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1916-06-29
GROWING UNDER ODDS

There is now being printed the first
c~atalog to be published by the Dakota
Deaconess Hospital and we are pre-
s~enting to the readers of the Register
some of the falts which we have CLEAN
ed from that and other sources con
corning the Brookings hospital.
During the past year the gross IN
come of the hospital was about
100000 90. Despite the prosperous
character of our section of the country
there was a call for charitable work to
the amount of $92S.OO. making the total
free work done by the hospital during
the present management of about
three thousand dollars. To give the
people of BroOkings a little insight TO
the financial burdens that have been
borne by the hospital we give the fol-
lowing facts:
When the hospital was first taken
over by the D~eaconess Association II
was found necessary to do considerable
repair work and many changes Were
made to accommodate the enlarged
force of workers that were required.
About five thousand dollars were thus
expended and as the original subscrip-
ton provided only for the purchase
price of the hospital itself, a debt of
S4.500.00 was incurred. During the next
two years there We're many who re-
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1916-06-29

and of such size that unless there is an
an unprecedented growth to the city,
large enough for ten or fifteen years
to come. A campaign of this size will
interest friends in other communities
and enlist their financial support, will
bring to our city many Of the cases
that now cannot be cared for by our
unquestionably efficient surgeons.
Endorsed by Club
At the last regular meeting of the
board of directors Of the Commercial
Club, a committee from the Dakota
D~eaconess Hospital represented the
needs of the hospital and the plans
formulated by their board Of managers
to meet these needs. After careful
consideration it is the recommends
ton of the board of directors of the
Commercial Club that cooperation be
given to bring these plans to a sue
cessful issue. To accomplish this we
pital Week and urge the members of
the Commercial Club and the citizens
of Brookings in general to cooperate
as far as possible and thereby make
possible the success of the present
campaign. c. A. Gullick, Sec'y.
The Register is pleased to be able to
present these facts to it's readers and
we feel that Brookings and the sur
rounding country will respond Loyalty
to the call for financial assistance to
put this hospital on a par with any
other institution in any city of the
state of the same grade.