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The evening world., 1920-06-14
NIECES LOSE FIGHT
TO BREAK $4OO,OOO
KENNEDY REQUESTS
Court of Appeals Holds Haber-
daSher Made Will Before
Mind Became Affected.

The Court of Appeals at Albany
has affirmed the verdict of the Sur
rogate's Court sustaining the will of
the late Andrew f. Kennedy, Cort-
landt street haIberdasher, who killed
himself at the Volunteer Hospital
Jan. 5. 1918, leaving an estate valued
at more than 100000.
Mrs. Harriet B. Steiman of Phila-
delphia and Mrs. Katherine Noble Of
Pittsburgh, nieces OF Mfr, Kennedy,
contested the will holding that their
uncle was of unSound mind when he
executed It, He left three of his
former employees and Bernard Nc
Cam, halter OF No. 21O Bowery,
large bequests.
Under the will MoCann, a lifelong
chum. gets $4,000 and one-fifth Of
the residuary estate; the two nieces
who contested the will $25,0O0 each
and divide one-fifth OF the reslduary
estate between them; two nephews,
Hugh and William Kennedy Of Tor
onto, 81, 900 each and one-fifth of the
residuary estate between them, and
Courtney Babcock of Baibcock, Ga,
$4,000 and the remaining fifth Of the
residuary estate.
The three employees who get large
beduests are William c. Maggie, No.
1896 East gath Street. Brooklyn; Ed
ward +. Devinney, No. 8722 East
oath Street, brooklyn, and Miss Anna
T. Crowley Of Corona, Queens. Each
gets $50, 900 in cash. Fifteen other
employees of the Kennedy store re-
ceived from $500 to $1,000 each.
Kennedy was sixty-six years old at
the time OF his death. He had been
in the Volunteer Hospital suffering
from cerebral hemorrhage. He got
razor from a friend and cut his own
throat. The courts found the will
had been made before Kennedy's
mind became affected.
The evening world., 1920-06-14
SAVE THE BOTTLES
AND BRING DOWN
PRICE OF MILK
Steps Taken to Prevent Waste by
Housewives Which Costs One
Company s35, 900 a Year.

n Jew YORK housewives toss
IN away $4,000 each year in
the form of Borden Farm
Products Company milk bottles,
according to Patrick d. Fox. who
to-day said he had been assured
the cooperation of the Board OF
Health in his campaign to end this
waste, thus serving 10 bring down
the price OF milk Mr. Fox "a
President OF the Borden Company.
According 20 him & per cent. OF the
milk bottles used in a year are
lost through oarelessness, Each
bottle he said costs six cents
MIR, Fox's plan of bringing down
the costs is by means of co-opera-
ton with the city. The Board OF
Aldermen as hrst step Is ex-
pected 10 pass an order against
putting milk bottles in garbage
pals. The second move. which
will go into effect Monday, will
entail a price OF five cents on each
mix bottle sold 10 grocery stores
and restaurants, thus insuring a
greater return. No charge villa be
made 10 housewives
The evening world., 1920-06-14
CATCH THREE BOYS
CHASED OFF ROOF
Accused of Brass Theft, Two Are
Arraigned in Children's Court,
One Held on Burglary Charge.

Detective Charles Battalora and Capt
Richard Gray Of the Clymer Street sta
ton, Brooklyn, answered call early
to-day to the plant OF A. Ludwig & Co.
No 1873 Middleton Street On the roof
the policemen saw light and three
boys who fled when the officers APP
peared.
Battalora chased them down the fire
escape and Capt Gray ran for his auto
and followed along the street to Public
School No. 1872, a few blocks away
where the trio was caught. They gave
their names as Edgar Panzo. fifteen
No. 400 Marcy Avenue; Morris Selko-
witz. fifteen. No. 11S Middleton Street
and William Moyan, sixteen. No. 25S
Hayward Street.
Selkowitz and Panzo were arraigned
in the Children's Court on charges Of
juvenile delinquency. and Moyan in the
Plaza Court, charged with burglary
Moyan was held in $1,000 bail for ex-
animation Friday.
The boys, according to the police, had
bundled UP $50 worth OF brass. which
one of them had obtained when low
cred through the scuttle by a rope.
The evening world., 1920-06-14
ASK COURT TO KEEP
UP RATES FOR GAS
Brooklyn Company Wants Injunc-
ton Extended, Consolidated
Seeks New One.

The Brooklyn Union Gas Company
filed to-day a formal application with
Federal Judges Ward. Mayer and Knox.
asking an extension until November
OF the temporary injunction granted by
the Federal Court last March forbldding
Attorney General Newton and Public
Service Commissioner Nixon to enforce
uhe provisions OF Chapter 12s OF the
laws OF 1905, which limits the gas COM
pahy's charge for gas to private con-
Ss,ushIners to so cents per 100 cubic feet
Inc lhJunctlon now runs until August
l and permits the company to charge
70 cents. provided that the corporation
deposits with the court the II cents
difference, which is to be repaid to the
consumer II the United States Supreme
Court decides against the company
When It's case comes up October IL
next Arguments were heard to-day
Oetore the same judges in the United
states Court Of Appeals, on the motion
hled by the Consolidated Gas Company,
asking temporary injunction restrain
ing the state officials from enforcement
OF the SO-cent gas law. The city Is not
yet a party defendant. although Cor
poration Counsel O'Brien has filed a
motion to permit the city to intervene
These motions are returnable In the
Federal District Court Friday morning
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another guest.
p. Figureoa, a guest. The last
named four were the last who saw
Blwell alive. at o'clock on the morn
ing of the murder
Lyttleton Fox, LewisOhn's attorney.
William M. X Olcott, former Dis
trict Attorney. member OF the Whist
Club and friend OF the murdered man.
Mrs. Helen Derby Elwel, wife of
the murdered man.
Richard Elwell, fifteen-year- old
son of the Elwells.
Victor Won Schlegel, divorced hus-
band OF Viola ISrauss.
Police Inspector John ]. Cray, head
Of the Detective Bureau.
Police Capt. Arthur Carey, head of
the Homicide Bureau.
Deputy Police Commissioner will
lam j. Lahey.
Joseph s. Elwell. father Of the mur-
dered man.
James L. Dlwen, brother of the
murdered man.
Arthur Caspary a friend of the
murdered man, and one OF the execu-
tors of his will.
Capt. William A. Jones, former pis-
TOD expert Of the Police Department
j. L. Joyce, Assistant District At
toGney in charge Of the Homicide
! Bureau.
Countess Sonia SzaniawslCa, q
friend of Edwell.
Mrs. l.. Hardy, her sister
The evening world., 1920-06-14
SAYS WIFE CALLED
DOCTOR DEAREST"
Love Letters introduced in Counter
Charges Of Separation Suit
of OSSining Woman.

Love letters alleged to have passed be-
tween Mrs. Marie L. Clark and Dr.
Raphael When, both Of Ossining, were
made public at White Plains to-day in
connection with charges and counter
charges In the separation suit brought
by Mrs Clark sgainst Oho r. Clark, an
osteOpath.
Edgar Ryder. counsel for Clark. told
Supreme Court Justice Seeger that
Clark wanted to put in q counter claim
for aibsolute divorce. He produced the
love letters. One, alleged to have been
written by Mrs Clark to DR.. Wren
called him dearest" made many pro-
fessiOns of love and begged him to
give me a chance to be happy and 10
make the most. out OF what years there
are left to me-.
Ryder said DR.. Wren was in Long
Lake when this letter. was sent, I'd
that he replied with a letter confess Z
his love for Mrs. Clark.
The evening world., 1920-06-14
INSPECTOR DAILY
MADE 4TH DEPUTY;
PENSION ASSURED
Promotion Makes Him Eligible
for Retirement in Six Months
at $500 a Year.

Polico Commissioner Bnright an
nounced to-day the promotion Of
Chdet inspector John Daly 70 the
Fourth Deputy Police Commissioner
ship left vacant by the resignation
Of Frederick A. Wallis. VINO resigned
TO become InImi grafton Commis-
sloner at Erlis Island.
Alfred Thor. formerly chief OF
Dalys stan, has been appointed Act
tng CHIEF inspector and win assume
his new duties at onoe. DAILY has
been granted six months leave Of
absence.
Under the provisions OF an act
passed in 1918 and now part OF the
city charter. DAILY can serve six
months as Deputy Commissioner and
retire on a salary OF $500 a year,
half his annual pay as Chief Inspec-
tor. He could not have obtained O
pension as chief inspector, there be-
| ing no pension provision covering
that office. Had he obtained a pen
sion as Borough Inspector. which
pays $500, or as Inspector. which
pays $4,000 his pension would hav,
been f2,4OO or 5000.
Daily at the end Of his six months
leave Of absence thus viii benefit b.
the law, which reads:
Services as Police Commissioner o
Deputy Police Commissioner by
member OF the police force shall b
deemed performance Of duty on sucl
force, and any member who shall hav
performed duty on such force for
period OF twenty years and for at leas
SIX months as Commissioner or Dep
uty Commissioner may be retired b,
the Mayor and placed on the pension
roll of the Police Department an
granted the pension allowed a Chic
Inspector in such department"
Daily was appointed to THE uni
formed force on Jan. 81. 1885. He be
came successfully sergeant, lieuten
ant, captain, inspector, and on Ma,
IA, 1918, chief inspector. He is tn
fourth member OF the department t
be appointed a Commissioner.
The evening world., 1920-06-14
ELWELL MURDER AZ SCENE on CRLME
KNOWN FACTS AND CHIEF POINTS
UNSOLVED In ELWELL TRAGEDY
So Far the Police Have Only Established That
the Noted Whist Expert Was Slain.

DOINTS to be cleared up IN
4 the EH0cH murder:
What was the motiye for his
murder7
How did his slayer get into the
house7
Did ho accompany ,Elweli
homer
How did tho murderer leave
the house7
What were .Elwell's movements
after leaving the Lewisohns and
their friends in front Of the Am
sterdam roof at o'clock Friday
morning2
Did he meet any one on HE way
homer
At what hour did he reach his
homer
BY what method Of transporta-
tion did he go homer
Did he have any enenies2
Why, after disrobing, did he 90
downstairs from his bedroom on
the third floor to the drawing
room on the, first floor2
Was il because OF the post
mans ring or whistler
Who are the three women said
to have keys to the Elwell house2
Was the slayer the husband Of
a woman who may have had a
key to the house2
Did Elwell know who murdered
bip12
The evening world., 1920-06-14
DRAMATIS PERSONAL in MYSTERY
OF THE MURDER OF ]. B. ELWELL
More Than Thirty People Connected With the
Case and Efforts to Trace Slayer.

TOSEPH Bovine EIwell, turfman,
clubman and whist wizard, the
y murdered man.
Miss Marie Larsen. his housekeep-
or. who discovered the crime.
Patrolman William Singer. whom
she notified.
Police Captain Walsh, head Of the
Fourth Detective Bureau, to whom
Singer reported.
Lloyd Gentry. trainer for Elwells
Beach Stables at Latonia, writer OF
the blood stained letter Elwell was
reading when he was shot down.
William II. Barnes. Elwelfs secre-
taryl
Edward Rhodes, Dlwell's chhuf-
feur.
Arthur Bishop. who served as
EIwell's chauffeur while Rhodes was
in war.
Andrew Scheller, Elwelps betting
commissioners.
William II Pendleton, Dlwell's for
mer partner in the Beach Stables.
- Torey, the postman, who de-
llvered at the. door the letter which
Elwell was reading when shot,
----- otter, the milkman. who left
milk at the Elwell door at $50 o'clock
Walter Lewisohn, who gave a party
at the Ritz and Midnight Frolic the
night OF the murder.
Mrs Walter Lewisohn, guest
Viola Krauss,, divorced from Victor
Won Schlegei, sister OF Mrs. Lewlsohn
The evening world., 1920-06-14
SPECIAL OFFICER
SHOOTS FIREMAN
Railroad Policeman Severely
Beaten First in Fight Over
Crossing TreStle.

Walter WlIberg. a fireman attached
to Truck No. 4 of the Jersey city Fire
Department. a war veteran with Dis
tingukshed Service Cross, was to-day
shot three times in the leg by Henry
Offard, a special officer OF the Lehigh
Valley Railroad. Wilberg crossed the
railway trestle at Msreeles and Grand
streets TO take a shortcut to his home.
Offard intercepted him and a fight fol-
lowed in which Offard was severely
beaten. Then he drew his revolver and
shot.
Wllberg was taken to City Hospital
and OSfard was arrested at the Penn
sylyania Railroad Ferry. He was
charged with trocious assault. Two
weeks ago the Director Of Public Safety
OF Jersey City refused pistol permits 10
special officers of the railroad COM
panieS.
The evening world., 1920-06-14
TNOWN facts In the ElioeH
IN murder mySterB:

II NOW AZ guCto w thC 1'"N'F
N murder mySterB:
Joseph Bovine EIwelI, noted
turfman and international au-
thority on whist, found unoon-
seious with bullet wound in head.
A bullet fired from a 45-ealibre
army automatic pistol found en-
bedded in the wall behind tho
chair in which he was sittingi
the shell lay on the floor.
Elwell dies two hours later at
Bellevue.
No weapon found.
A letter he had been reading
is found on the floor.
The letter was left by the post
man at 7.35 that morning.
II was between that hour and
s.55 when the housekeeper ar
rived that the murder oee eurred.
The front door Of the house,
within a few feet Of the murder,
was open.
ElwelI gpent the night before at
the Ritz Carlton and the Mid
night FollieS with Mr.. and Mrs.
Walter Lswisohn and other
friends.
Medical men state that suicide
would have been impossible un-
der the conditions in which the
body was found.
The dead man was known to
have associated with many beau
tiful women.
The evening world., 1920-06-14
TOMATO CAN USED AS BOMB.
Two Italians, Father and Son, Held
in waterbury Case.

WATERBURY, Conn, June IL
Police investigation has developed that
a tomato can, loaded heavily with pow
der and charged with Sorrows bolts,
nails, &c. was used In the attempt to
Kill NIaragaraci and Charles Russo and
their families at their home at 25 Dvi-
sion Street last night.
Antonio Garger Is held on a charge
OF assault with intent to kill, and Vim
gem Amattini and Giuseppe Amattini
3father and son) on charges Of assa ult,
ali in heavy bonds.
The evening world., 1920-06-14
GIrI Of 10 KIIIed by Auto.

Mary Gardina, ten years old, OF No
81 Elizabeth street, while crossing
Canal Street at Mulberry this afternoon
was killed by an automobile operated by
Fred Shaw Jr. Of No. 1881 Thirteenth
Street Brooklyn. Shaw was arrested
by the police OF the hltzalboth Street
station.
The evening world., 1920-06-14
HIS DATES OPEN FOR HER.
Girl Accuses "L" Employee Of Per-
sistent Attentions.

When the platform man at the 125th
Street Station OF the Ninth Avenue
IL" tried to date her up'' for any eve
ming she might choose. Miss Joseph
ine Carl. nineteen, of No. 400 West
127th Street, tried % escape by getting
on the next train, she told Magis-
lrade Fleischman In Washington Heights
Court to-day. He pulled her back, say
her TO meet him that evening, she al
| legged. Miss Carl said she then got
| Policeman Curry, who arrested Patrick
Tracy a, on charge OF diBorderly
| conduct,
| Magistrate Fleischman rena nded
| Tracy for sentence Wednesday pending
an Investigation by probation officer
Miss Carl said she was waiting for
her sweetheart when Tracy made his
anoeed advances
The evening world., 1920-06-14
DETECTIVE TIERNEY DEAD.
Had Seen Twenty-nine Years Ser
vice anc Handled Big Cases.

HHd Neen TWenTy-nIne IenrH' Ser-
vice anC Handled Big Cases.
Funeral services for Detective Edmund
Tierney, retired, who died in his home
No. SO Adrian Avenue. the Bronx, on
Saturday, will be held tomorrow morn
ing in ST. Johns Church 233d Street and
Kingsbridge Road.
Tierney Joined tho police department
in 1890. He retired in 1919. afterward
becoming a New York Central detective
on the electric division. During his
twenty-nine years with the Police De
partment he was for twenty-eight years
a first class detective and figured In
several large arrests. He leaves a
widow and two daughters. Catherine
apd Dorothy.
The evening world., 1920-06-14
GIRL SLAPS A FLlRT.
And Court sInps Him with q Ten
Day Sentence.

A sick mother was all that saved
Harry Pacorakes, 81, Of No. 32l West
29th Street from ninety days In the
wor-lShOuse, according to Magistrate
short in Coney Island Police Court to-
day. who let him off with ten days.
Pacorakes was found guilty OF dis
orderly conduct for attempting to fiirt
with Miss Florence Hogan, of No. 6S5
West l35th Street. last Saturday, in the
West End Depot. She slapped his face.
I'VE Magistrates must protect the
women OF this community from street
corner loafers and hirtations OF this
kind" said the Magistrate pronouncine
sentence.
The evening world., 1920-06-14
HELD ON THREAT CHARGE.
Man Arrested After Quest for Law
yer In SURROGATE Clerks office.

A man who said he was Felice La
posco was arrested to-day In the office
Of William Ray Delaao, CHIEF Clerk OF
the Surrogate's Court, after, It is al
legged, he threatened to take the law
into his own hands"
For six weeks LapOsco has been
haunting the Surrogate Clerks offlCe.
He said he had been 'double-crossed"
by a lawyer, who caused administration
papers IN the estate OF his mother Mrs.
Angelina LapoSco. 10 Oe issued to his
brother-in-law instead OF himself.
The evening world., 1920-06-14
MRS. ELWELL PLANS
FIGHT FOR ESTATE
FOR HER ONLY SON
Continued from Page One)

thing have in life, all that I have had
for the last twelve years, is my dear
boy. II it were not for him there
would be nothing left for me.
"T am sure that my husband was
murdered, but don't know by whom
He was very fond Of women and
knew a great many of them. He was
killed by some one he had offended
by his attentions to some woman. |
don't believe he made a practice Of
showing his attentions to married
women; he liked younger women.
II do not intend that my son shall
become a gambler like his father II
1 can prevent it. 1 win teach him to
play bridge as a recreation and a
mental exercise, but as to gambling,
1 pray to God that he will never be-
come a gambler Playing for small
amounts such as IS or $40, is perfectly
all right and is not gambling. But
when a man goes into 1t as his father
did it always leads to trouble. 1 wish
to obtain for my boy all the happi-
ness in the world, but happiness does
not lie in gambling"
SAYS SHE WROTE BOOKS ON
BRIDGE FOR HUSBAND.
Mrs. Elwell Is a tall, statuesque
woman Of middle age. Her hair is
blonde and she has fine white teeth
and blue eyes. On her fingers, as she
talked to-day. were several diamond
and opal rings. Opals, according 10
accepted superstition, are unlucky
Speaking Of her husbands books on
bridge, which are deemed to be au-
thoritative upon the subject, she said;
II wrote every one of those books.
Mr.. Elwell signed them, that Is all,
and he received the royalties from
them. These amounted to $4,000 that
1 know of and there must have been
a much larger amount. He got the
credit and distinction from them, but
| not only wrote them but took them
to the publishers, Scribner's, and at
tended to their publication.
Il am not sorry that my husband
IL dead. His manner of endearment
was to tell me he hoped he would
stamp upon my dead face. When
saw him for the last time four years
ago l asked him II he wasn't inter
ested in Richards welfare anC
whether he didn't want to see him
All he replied was that he had heard
he was getting on very well in m!
care, adding so why should worry
when my husband lived with us hI'
inyariable method of addressing hi
son was Get the he'll out of here
'"The death Of my husband stirs NJ
all sorts OF things l had hoped t
forget. 1 had not seen him for fou
years and everything he meant to m
| was connected with abuse and suffer
ing
'My husband had dread of death
| When anyone talked of death h
| would leave the room. He could no
| even bear mention Of the word. II
even went to quack doctor VIII
told him that by a certain regimen h
could live to be 1926 years old. II
used TO eat two prunes for breaktas
and then go upstairs and practice a
sorts Of exercises as part Of the regi
men"
Mrs. Elwell, who said that she wa
Miss Helen Derby, first cousin Of d.
| Derby, who married Miss Etht
| Roosevelt, added that when she mar
ried Elwel she had $4,000 a yea
| with which to maintain a home, "bu
in those days" she concluded, II wa
young and romantic"
The evening world., 1920-06-14

Two Die From Wood Alcohol.
BOSTON, June 14.-George A. HamiI-
ton and his wife, Irene, died to-day, ,
victims OF wood alcohol poisoning. In
the opinion Of physicians who attended
them.
The evening world., 1920-06-14

TOSEPH Bovine Elwell, turfman,
clubman and whist wizard. the
y murdered man.
The Washington herald., 1920-02-16

SurgIe OF sprinC-watcr. 1t occurred
to Con that his borrowed Eastern
garments were very practical The
firm. broad sash and twisted
breeches gave support as he cleared
the bitches. the sandals were snug
and curiously satisfactory. He was
not so sure that he was wholly a
Western person. He no longer mar
veled at his blouse. with its inner
pockets and folds.
Once he thought that an advance
guard Of the pursuers had over
taken them. They stopped short to
listen, but heard nothing. March
was uneasy Con. who felt that
there was nothing further TO he
lost was almost Indifferent. He
could not thing his way clear. ID
was grimly unpleasant to rememher
what they had done TO MarCh's
guard. but one crime more or less
in the eyes Of Tau Kuan did not
matter now. There came the sense
of someone behind them. but there
was no sound in the pale breath Of
the bitches. Con noted 4 low shape
like a dog. across the nearest ditch.
Quickly a second form Joined IL
Two figures hurtled out Of the
gloom and landed at tho waite
mans feet. They were the hunchcd d
and deformed little men Of the sand
hills, a dozen or more. and they
broke into talking. Their arms were
like metal bands upon Lexington
The Washington herald., 1920-02-16

Tho gong had reached them and
brought them up out of their wal
rens. II seemed they were animal
I'd by curiosity and a natural malice
more than by the idea Of reward.
Struggle was unavailinE. These
miners had terrible arms. Despite
bodies that were shrunken and gro
tesQue. March was speaking in ma
tive dialect. Leviprto- -
on has feet. ii Z over -r. isr'
and then d s-'~ str -r-hsr .r
downward ur.r ard .IS-a 80
pleading. Tt a"Hs we've 90
con did -. r.grs.raE ere
peal March vas -sEr-E IA u.s
surprised ., ,He iorce Of IL They
were listening. reluctant. like somr
blind evil turned aside for q mo-
ment March went on fervently.
Points n licht were low toward
the city, the torches coming out. II
seemed that tho Crsy-haired mans
argument had an effect. for BevinE
ton was picked up as before and
carried. In the confusion he saw
that they were not going in the d.
Tection Of the city. The bones Ur
their shoulders hurt his hack. He
was unable to turn. Forty PAGES
oC this and they paused. March re
peatod his phrases Lexington was
allowed to stand upon his feet. but
his hands were held. Then the ErouT
ran with him up theehiN.
TO he Continued.D