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New-York tribune., 1919-02-27
Police Find Clew
oRobee Staying;
Arrest Promised
Visitor Familiar With House
of Bachelor Proprietor of
Fashionable Boarding
House Suspected of Crime

Search for the slayer of George H.
Robee, the eccentric bachelor proprie-
tor of fashionable boarding house
at 229 Madison Avenue, choked to death
and robbed in his bedroom on Monday
night, yesterday developed what the
police authorities say is definite
clew
The bold manner in which the crime
was committed is taken as an indica-
tion the slayer was familiar with the
house and that he escaped through the
front door. The window in Robee's
room had not been raised.
According to Captain Willemse, of
the West Thirtieth Street station, the
clew was developed yesterday morn
ing which places the slayer virtually
within reach of the law He said the
arrest of the suspected person is ex-
pected momentarily.
Relatives of the victim arrived dur
ing the day and made final arrange
ments for the funeral. They are DR..
and Mrs. J. w. Kelly, of Belevile, Ohio;
Mrs. Jesse Mack, of Ottawa, Canada,
and Joseph Kenton. Of Athens, N. Y,
who are the children of Mrs. Josephine
Kenton, q sister of Robee. In the house
also was Harry Lee Kenton, another
nephew, who has been living in this
city. After funeral services to-day the
body will be cremated, in pursuance of
wish expressed by Robee.
George Robee, the slain man, was
Lro1l, E1IJ
twenty years ago. He drifted away
from the family and started business
as ladies' tailor He travelled widely
in this business and his later connec-
tions with exclusive establishments
brought about the change in his name.
De Robee was suggested as being more
consistent with the profession of gown
designing than the name of Kelly. Later
he cut it to Robee and had the name
legalizd in court.
One of the nephews of the murdered
bachelor Yesterday said Robee was not
an art collector, but that he was q
souvenir hunter. On numerous trips
to the Orient, Europe and other places
he would pick up odd and artistic OBJ
jects presents for friends in this
country. In this way he showered gifts
on scores of his friends. The Madison
Avenue house is decorated with old
Egyptian bronze articles, trinkets,
canes and dingy objects suggestive of
the curio shop.
About twelve years ago Robee came
to New York and opened boarding
house. He was fond of entertaining
the nephew said, and though ne never
married there were frequent callers to
his home and his life was not separated
entirely from women friends. Recently
he had many soldier and sailor visitors
in the chamber he used as bedroom
and office.
1t was one Of these callers, evidently
supplied with a latch key, who, the
police believe, planned and executed
the murder in order to rob the bachelor
| of his diamonds
New-York tribune., 1919-02-27
O'Leary's Father
Declares His Son
Is True American
Takes Witness Stand at the
Trial and Tells of Rela-
tives in the World War:
Nine Sim Feiners in 1t

Daniel OLeary, the white haired
father of Jeremiah A. O'Leary, who is
on trial in the Federal District Court
charged with conspiring to obstruct
the operation of the selective service
act, was called as witness in his sons
defence yesterday.
MIR. O'Leary, who is sixty-sx years
old, asserted that his son was always
loyal to the United States and to its
institutions, regardless of his hatred
Tor England. In answer to ques stions
by Colonel Thomas B. Fielder, counsel
Tor the defence, he reviewed the mill
tary pedigree of the family. He said
three of his brothers and three of his
cousins were killed in the Civil War
while serving with the Union army.
Thirty-two relatives took part in the
European war, according to Mr..
OLeary, who explained the relation
ship of each. Two of these are brothers
of Jerry" The father proudly de-
clared that another had volunteered d
for the medical service, hut had not
been accepted. He said the defendant
was anxious to enter the army, but waa
prevented by i'll health.
Defendant Asks Questions
During the interrogation the de-
fendant sat at the counsel table with
his head buried in his hands At times
ne whispered suggestions to Colonel
Fielder, and toward the end insisted on
c rtoip
The father said the family had set
tied IN this country first between 1850
and ITO. When asked to account for
his sons hatred of England, Mr..
O'Leary said:
my father and mother suffered ter
rribly under British rule. Their chill
dren died They were driven from
their home in Ireland, and I have
known my father years afterward. to
take Jerry down to historic spots of
the Revolution and point out places
where English soldiers had shot down
the freenen of America. Jerry was
raised on American. history. He
thrived on it, and he wouldn't allow a
light book in the house. My boys
couldn't be disloyal if they tried"
Mrs. Mary Schultz, a member of the
American Truth Society, was called to
terests to purchase property adjacent
to the new Notifications at Rockawav
Point.
Sent Her to Officials
She said that when she learned of
this attempt she communicated with
jeremiah OLeary, who sent her to an
agent of the Department of Justice.
Thomas Mccoy was called as a char
acter witness. He said he had eight
or nine cousins in the army and navy
and added: "All Sim Feiners"
We're they drafted or did they vol
unteer?' inquired OLeary.
Ail volunteers" answered Mccoy.
"And ell Sim Feiners? ?"
Yes, and that didn't prevent them
from getting into the SERVICE" replied
the witness.
The trial will be continued to-day
New-York tribune., 1919-02-27
4 Pratt's Brother
Offers an Alibi
. InCoppola Case
Special Correspondence

Special CorTespOndencs
STANFORD. Conn, Feb. 2s.--Arthur
William Pratt. under arrest in New
York following the disappearance Of
charles Coppola, will be able to estab-
iish complete alibi, his brother,
Frank Pratt. declared to-day. Pratt
10 charged with the larceny of an au-
tomobile owned by Coppola, who has
not been seen since February Ia.
!. The brother declared he would prove,
sny two Witnesses, that Pratt was in
!. New York at the hour when Coppola
was last seen In Norwaik. He said he
could also account for the whccibar-
row and automobile tracks discovered
&in the sand on Pratt's Island bv Con-
'ss1a6lc John Finch. These tracks led 10
skih. on which dark red stains were
we have two witnesscx both
vemen," he said, "who are prepared
% testify that they saw and talked
!" Arthur in New York City at or about
~ .. m. Friday, February IA, the hour
'"~hen Eoppoja '2as lass seen in Nor.
mslH. One of ne wom4n is waitres4
81 restaurant and fhe other Ia cierk
fasss store. The ftrD er remembers
's'.s M ocnr. because Arthur cbatted with
l"s' a''o gave her tip. The latter nxcs
New-York tribune., 1919-02-27

the time by the fact that she had an
appointment with dentist about the
time Arthur was in the store.
eve will show that Arthur could not
have been in Norwalk with Coppola
and third person at ! p. m. that Fri
day. His own statement is that he
went to New York by train.
AS for the tracks of an automobile
and wheelbarrow, l know all about
them: drove to the island in an au-
tomobile on Sunday, February 16, and
| used the wheelbarrow that made
those tracks The boat which they say
is stained is my personal property. I
used it, and when l was through with
it placed it where it was found. The
stains, it will be found, are not blood
stains"
eve are perfectly willing to cooper
ate with the authorities" he said, "but
we don't want every Tom, Dick or Har-
ry coming here and going through
these houses without our knowledge or
consent"
Constable C. E. Bouton and two men
were on Pratt's Island from 8 a. m. un-
til 1890 noon to-day, searching the
shore for anything that might have
been cast up by the waves. They found
nothing of Importance.
New-York tribune., 1919-02-27
Daylight Saving in Danger
Senator Calder Telegraphs Only
Protest Can Save Law

The daylight saving law is in immi-
nent danger of being abolished by the
present Congress, unless the people
wire their protests to Washington at
once, Senator Calder telegraphed to
Marcus M. Marx yesterday.
A rider in the agricultural annro-
priation bill threatens to do awav with
the system, and Senator Calder urges
that the benefits of daylight saving be
brought before all organizations and
individuals, with the request that thev
appeal to their Representatives at
Washington.
=. propaganda among the farmers"
Mr.. Calder wired, "resulted in the rider
being tackled on to the agricultural
bill. The farmers are really indiffer-
ent IN the matter, as they go by the
sun anyway. But other workers, par
tlcularly those in towns and cities are
ruled by the clock. and they are enthu-
slastic for the economies and blessings
of davlipht saving"
New-York tribune., 1919-02-27
Free Field for Irish Fund
Washington Sees No Objection,
to Proposed Movement

WASHINGTON, Feb. 26.-No objeo.
tlon will be made by government
authorities to the efforts of advocates
Of freedom for Ireland to raise fund
10 bring about elf-determination in
the Emerald Isle, it was learned to-day
State Department officials, conversant
with international law, admitted that
A-Aerican citizens could not be pre-
vented from contributing to any fund
destined to aid Ireland to gain recog-
nltlon at the peace conference.
department Of Justice officials also
said there was no law which might be
invoked to prevent the raising of funds
IN m tnis country for any cause, unless
it was clearly shown that the use of
the funds was for the purpose of incit-
ing war or disturbances that might in
terfere with the usual peaceful conduct
Of any foreign government
New-York tribune., 1919-02-27
7 Spanish ''Reds''
Released; One of
Them Rearrested
Others Accused of Compile.
ity in Plot to Murder
President Wilson Held
for Further Investigation

Seven of the fourteen alleged anar-
chists and I. w. w. members arrested
on Sunday by direction of Captain
Peter A. Rubano, of the United States
Secret Service, on the suspicion that
they might be engaged in a plot to
take President Wilson's life, were re-
leased yesterday in the United States
District Court by Judge John C. Knox.
The other seven were held in $4,000
bail each, pending further investiga-
tion.
Unusual precautions were taken at
the Tombs yesterday morning when
the fourteen Spanish radicals we're
taken from the prison to the Federal
court in response to writ of habeas
corpus sued out on their behalf by
Attorney Harry Weinberger.
At 10 o'clock the Spaniards were led
through the Bureau of Criminal Identi-
ficaton, in charge of Lieutenant
Geegan, accompanied by operatives of
the Department of Justice, the Secret
Service, and the regular city police
force. Each of the prisoners was
literally surrounded by plan-clothes
men.
Posed for Pictures
Moving picture photographs, who
have been haunting the Tombs since
the arrest of the radicals, were re-
warded when the group was lined up
on the Centre Market place side of
the prison, so that the camera men
could shoot" them.
Most of the radicals frankly enjoyed
the photographing. Some of them as
sumed heroic poses for the benefit of
the "movie" men. When the pictures
were finished the fourteen were bun
died into auto patrol wagons and taken
to court
Mr. Weinberger, who has defended
numerous radicals, and who was at
torney for Emma Goldman and Alex
ander Berkman, asserted in his petition
that there was no evidence that his
clients were participants in a con-
splracy to kill President Wilson. He
said that his clients were being held
for the purpose of putting them
through what is commonly known as
the third degree" in the hope of get
ting information from them.
Bail Fixed at $4,000
At the arragnment, Assistant United
States District Attorney Joseph A. Bur
deau consented to the release of seven
of the defendants, and asked that the
others be held forty eight hours.
This was opposed by Mr.. Weinberger.
who insisted that his clients had been
illegally detained by the authorities for
more than seventy-two hours. judge
Knox, however, intimated that he was
prepared to grant the motion, then Mr..
Weinberger asked that nominal bail be
fixed
Mr.. Burdeau suggested that the
bonds be set at $4,000 each. This was
satisfactory to the court, and the hear
ing was adjourned to to-day.
After the release of the seven one
was rearrested by Sergeant James
Gegan, at the request of the immipra-
ton authorities, on the charge of be-
ing in the country in violation of the
national health law.
New-York tribune., 1919-02-27
Court Holds Up Funds

Controller Charles L. Craig and 9TH
er city officials were yesterday served
with copies of an order signed by Su-
preme Court Justice James c. Cropsev.
in Brooklyn, enjoining them from issu.
ing $4,6O0,0 900 Of corporate stock au-
thorlzed by the Board of Estimate for
the payment OF the Public Service
Commissions expenses.
Action was brought by William jaw
Schieffelin. chairman Of the Citizens
Union, on the ground that the expenses
Of the commission had long since been
paid through the issue of revcnue
bonds; The city has taken steps for an
appeal.
New-York tribune., 1919-02-27
Haste and Speed on
Queens Bouleuard

MOTORCYCLE PATROL
4vA MAN MARTIN ST. CLAIR
overhauled a swiftly moving dust
cloud on the Queens Boulevard,
Jamaica, yesterday, and sternly
demanded the chauffeur's name.
Haste" responded the victim;
"Thomas Haste"
81 believe you," replied the
patrolman, and he issued a sum-
mons.
apparently it's the more Haste
the more speed these days." re-
marked Magistrate Harry Miller
when the man appeared before
him in the Jamaica Court.
"My name isn't my fault, and I
try not to live up to it," responded
Mr.. Haste, who was let off with a
suspended sentence.
New-York tribune., 1919-02-27
Police Seek Missing Man

ENGLEWOOD, N. j., Feb. 26.-Police
of towns in New York and New Jersey
have been asked to search for John NJ.
Palisade Avenue, Englewood, who went
out for a walk Saturday afternoon and
never returned. Livingston, who is
fortyone years old, lived with his
mother and sister He was last seen
by Patrolman Patrick Burns Saturday
afternoon at the corner of Palisade
Avenue and Dean Street. He was
wearing a gray suit, brown overcoat
and black derby. His complexion is
fair and his hair and short clipped
mustache brown.
New-York tribune., 1919-02-27
Widow Gets Creenhut Estate

a copy Of the will Of Joseph B.
Grcenhut, former dry goods merchant,
who died November II at 325 West
End Avenue, was filed yesterday in the
Supreme Court. The original will WAS
hied IN Monmouth County, N. j., Mr..
1rcenhuts legal residence.
The entire estate IL left to the tesla
t"rs widow, Mrs. Clara Crccnhut The
formal valuation was mo real estate.
more than $1,000 personal proparty. .
New-York tribune., 1919-02-27
A Kansas Health Note

Burlngame is distressingly healthy
town from the mortician's point of
view. Not only have there been no
deaths in this city from natural causes
since November /, but the only person
who tried suicide made a failure of it.
-Burlingame Chronicle.
New-York tribune., 1919-02-27

win. was killed. David Lubash, a chem
ist, was blown out of a second story
window and is dying at Jamaica Hos
pital. Clifford Hendrickson also was
taken to that institution. John Gard
ner, William Homans, Alfred Moore
and John Johnson were taken to Mas
sau Hospital.
Lubash. warned by small explosion
New-York tribune., 1919-02-27

which came first, was running upstairs
to warn the men there when the big
shock came. The building was wrecked
and set afre. A house next to it was
burned.
The damage was estimated at $4,000.
The shop destroyed was q temporary
structure, and a new one is almost
ready for occupancy
New-York tribune., 1919-02-27
s'Friend" Gets Mason Estate

The will of John Mason, the actor,
filed yesterday in the Surrogates'
Court, leaves his entire estate to "my
FRIEND" Leila McBirney Mr.. Mason
made his will in March, 1906, three
months after his second wife, Mrs.
His first wife, Mrs. Marion Manola Ma
son, also obtained divorce. Both
wives were actresses. Neither was
mentioned in the will.
New-York tribune., 1919-02-27
Explosion Wrecks Plant

MINEOLA, Long Island, Feb. 90
One man was killed and six were in
jured to-day in an explosion at the
experimental works of the Ordnance
Engineering Corporation at Baldwin,
near here. Star shells are manufac-
tured there. Charles Tombs, of Bald
New-York tribune., 1919-02-27

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