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New-York tribune., 1921-06-04
Couple Attack Woman
And Rob Apartment
Answer Her Advertisement 10
Sublet for Summer and
Knock Her Unconscious

Mrs. Mary Tobin, twenty-siX years
old, Of 706 West 10th Street, reported
to the police last night that she was
attacked and robbed Of jewelry and
$40 in cash in her apartment yestcr-
day afternoon by an unidentified man
of German appearance and a woman
about thirty years old, who said she
was his wife.
Mrs. Tobn said that she had adver-
tised her apartment to sublet for the
summer. Two days ago, she said. the
man who robbed her and his alleged
wife came to examine the apartment in
answer to her advertisement. They
seemed satisfied and said that they
would call yesterday to make the final
arrangements.
Shortly after o'clock the couple
called, They requested permission to
look at the apartment again, Mrs.
Tobin said. She was showing the
woman a large wardrobe in the bed
room when she was struck on the back
Of the head by what she believes was
the butt of revolver. When she re-
gained consciousness she told the po-
lice that a valuable diamond ring, a
gold watch and $40 in cash were mis-
sing from her bureau. She was at
tended by an ambulance surgeon from
Columbus Hospital. Detectives at
tached to the West 177th Stret station
have been assigned to the case.
New-York tribune., 1921-06-04
100000 Diamonds
Given Peggy Joyce
Not Listed at Port
Government Agents Launch
Inquiry in Effort to De.
iermine if Former FoIIies
Girl Brought Gems to u. S.
specta, Dispatch to The Tribun.


CHICAGO, June 3.-Peggy Hopkins
Joyce again is pictured as the artful
schemer, with Uncle Sam this time the
hapless victim.
Agents from the Department Of tho
Treasury are trying to discover
whether the 100000 francs (s4Oo,ooo
normal value) worth of jewels which
James Stanley Joyce. her millionaire
husband, purchased for her in France
during the halcyon days Of their
honeymooning, have been brought to
the United States. If they have, trou-
bles galore will greet the ex-Folliss
girl.
When Peggy, her secretary, personal
maid and Pomeranians tripped of the
gangway of the steamship last October
she made, so government agents state,
the minimum declaration.
The governments first interest in the
case followed closely upon the fling Of
Joyce's divorce bill when he said he
had lavished almost s50O,OOo in gems
OH SSSy 10 heep uSI III ROOu nQm0r.
This development was announced to-
day when Special Treasury Agent A. P.
Williams said government inquiry
had been launched to determine what
had become of the gems which Peggy
failed to declare. The agents, williams
Nays, have checked up with Joyce and
have found that nearly 100000 worth
of gems were purchased in England
and France alone.
Government officials have cabled Car
tier, the Partisan jeweler from whom
most of the purchases were made. for
duplicates of all correspondence and
records pertaining to the joyce case
and for a detailed account Of all
Peggy's expenditures with the firm.
The class of property which Peggy.
it appears, failed to make declarations
upon carries so per cent customs duty,
If Peggy brought home most of her
jewelry and wearing apparel which
Joyce claims he bought her, the agents
figure she owes the government about
100000. With the so per cent penalty
which is added in such cases, about
100000 would now be due from the
ftfull Peggy, and, in addition, sha
would face prosecution.
A diamond tiara valued At $4,000,
a string Of perfectly matched pearls
purchased for $4,000, a diamond
pendant, bar pin and three foreign
automobiles are among the properties
which Joyce bought Peggy. The jewels
were not mentioned in her declaration.
New-York tribune., 1921-06-04
Erring Husband Mi1es Letters )
4nd Gets Six Months in Prison
Epistle Intended for Woman He Ran Away With
Goes to Mrs. Coldstein and Prospects for Sus-
pended Sentence i'm Abandonment Case Vanish

This is what Mrs. Goldstein read:
Dear Anna have convinced
my wife that | will live with her
again and take care of the chill
dren, and she is going to ask the
Judge to let me off. AS soon as
am loose | am going to Cali
fornia. When ! get settled there
! will let you know and you can
join me-"
This is the letter sent to Mrs
Hauser:
Dear Wife-The woman / ran -
away with has been the evil in
fluence of my life. She persuaded
me to leave you Now am
through with her forever | want
to make up for all the wrong ]
have done you and the children"
"lm sure ] don't know what to asl
you to do, Judge" said Mrs, Goldstetn
as she showed her letter to Judge Nc
lntyre. II thought he was honestl,
but look, at this
Judge Mcintyre said that he knew
exactly what to do and sentenced
Abraham to six months in the peni
tentiary. =.
New-York tribune., 1921-06-04
Held for $4,000 Threat
I'm Letter Sent Broker
''I'm Not Going Alone" Reads
Missive to l.. Nj. kardos Jr.,
TELLING Of Writer'S Deh.s

Edward A Metzler, thirty-threc
years old, of 154 East 18th Street,
was held in $500 bail yesterday by
Magistrate Renaud in Tomos Court on
a charge of writing threatening letters
to Louis M. Kardos jr., of the broker
age firm of Kardos & Burke, 80 Broad
way. In one letter submitted to the
court Metzler wrote:
DO you know why the idea is grow
ing in my mind hourly to kill my enc
mics? 1t is caused, not by losses in
Wall Street, but by my debts, which
are forcing my wife, four children and
myself into the gutter | owe a $500
mortgage on my home, $4O0 to my
mother, $400 to my sister, $500 to my
brother and 5000 insurance premium.
There are two ways to get the money
One is to die and let my wife collect
$4,000; the other is to get $4,000 from
you. If I choose the first method it
will happen at 80 Broadway, and I'm
not going alone"
Metzler told the court that Kardos
& Burke had failed to give him an ac-
counting of $1,000 in securities he
turned over to them last December.
New-York tribune., 1921-06-04
$4,000 Lost Bonds
Found ON City Dump
Packages of Securities Dropped
From Automobile Recovered
by Street Cleaner

FREEPORT, L. l., June 3.-Securities
worth $4,000 were lost yesterday by
Mrs. Florence Carmen while she was
taking them from the First National
Bank here to the office of her father,
Platt Conklin, retired manufacturer.
whose property they were. Included in
the package were $1,000 worth of Lib
erty bonds. They were recovered later.
Mrs. Carmen was acquitted some time
ago of the killing of Mrs. Lulu Bailey
IN the office of DR.. Edwin Carmen, her
husband, on June 13, 1914. The securi-
ties were lost from an automobile in
which Mrs. Carmen was being driven
by DR.. Carmen.
The loss was discovered when a stop
was made III Main Street, Freeport. The
police were Immediately notified, and
an alarm sent out to neighboring towns
and to New York. When Franklin Be-
dell, of the Street Cleaning DEPART
ment, heard of the loss he began a
search at the city dump where the day's
street refuse had been deposited. There
ne found three envelopes containing all
the securities intact. They were turned
over to Mrs. Carmen by the police.
New-York tribune., 1921-06-04
Man Mortal1y Wounds
Wife and Kills Himself
Police Say Midland Park, N. j..
Couple Quarreled Frequently;
Threatening Letter Found
Special Dispatch to The Tribune


MIDLAND PARK, N. j.. June s.
William Van Wrinkle, twenty-eight years
old, a motorman employed on the Pat
erson City line of the Public Service
Railway Company, shot and mortally
wounded his wife and killed himself {
early yesterday at his home in Goff
Road, this city. Three children of the
Van Wrinkles were away from home at
the time Of the shooting
According to information obtained by
Detective Samuel Taylor, of the Bergen
Police Department, Van Wrinkle and his
wife have been involved in frequent
quarrels and on several occasions
neighbors called the police because of
disturbances created by them.
The police say a quarrel arose be-
tween the two just as Van Wrinkle was
about to leave him home for work
yesterday. Neighbors heard two shots
in quick succession, and on entering
dead in his room with a bullet wound
in his right temple. Mrs. Van Wrinkle
was lying on the kitchen floor shot
through the head and unconscious. DR..
G. A. De Nun ordered the woman taken
to Barnert Hospital, Paterson, where. it
is said, she will die.
The police found letter written by
Van Wrinkle on May II in, which he de
clared his intention to kill his wife
and himself. The two older Van Win
kle children, boy and girl, were at
school when the shooting occurred On
their return at noon both were seized
with hysteria and required medical at
tention. The children are being tenn
porariIy cared for by neighbors.
New-York tribune., 1921-06-04

Abraham Goldstein's expression yes
terday when he came forward for SEN
tence for abandonment in Judge Nc
lntyre's part of General Sessions was a
happy mixture of earnest contrition
and fond hope. The preceding day he
had forsworn forever Mrs. Anna
Hauser, with whom he ran away to
Boston, and had pledged his faith anew
TO his wife and their seven children,
and the prospects for suspension Of
his sentence seemed bright.
AT sight of his wife's face, however,
Abraham's expression became still more
mixed, with CONSERVATION the prevail
ing ingredient. There was good reason
for his CONSERVATION. He had mixed
his letters and his destiny. An episte
which he intended for his wife he had
mailed in an envelope addressed to
Mrs. Hauser, and letter he intended
for Mrs. Hauser had been sent to his
wife. His wife's face told him that
the letter carrier had done his duty.
New-York tribune., 1921-06-04

to have a woman on the ground she
promptly volunteered. When it was
explained to her that the job would
be dangerous she fourished gun and
declared herself to be a good shot.
Woman Tells of .Ruse
"I am so glad to have done some
thing" she said yesterday. And |
would gladly do it all over agin. What
mother would not? 1t was like doing
it for my own child. AS soon as | ar
rived, presumably as relative from
Detroit, took over all the household
tasks, did the shopping and took stock
of the neghbors.
Almost the. first day noticed the
Marno house across the street. There
was always some one watching at the
window. My curiosity was excited.
found out that Marno knew the father
and frequently asked about the boy,
asked them to have him over. When
he came we talked about the boy.
knocked the police. l asked him If he
had any idea about how to hunt for the
child. He said he had known some
Black Handlers at one time and he
might ask them for information.
the family had no money but that
might be able to get $500.
"We had other talks and once De
tectives Angelo Trezzi and Joseph Sar-
dir called. They, also, were friends
of the family. They sat with me and
together we knocked the police. We
were all certain they could never find
anything"
Mrs. Nicolette got all the gossip
from the neighbors and sifted it down
drawing her own deductions. Other
detectives were always within hailing
and in personal danger through one
false move. She is a fragile looking
woman, little over five feet tall.
New-York tribune., 1921-06-04
Morgan Belmont Found
Not Guilty of Assault
Taxicab Drivers Charges Dis
missed; Members of Party
Indignant at Accusation

Morgan Belmont, son of August Bel
mont, was discharged yesterday in the
police court at Port Washington. L. L.,
where he was arraigned on complaint
of taxicab driver, who accused him
OF assault. George A. Peterson. the
5axicab driver, said that Mr.. Belmont,
Mrs. Grace Allen Peabody and Miss
Beth Martin, who rode with him from
2 roadhouse to the Belmont home in
Westbury, were all drunk, and that Mr..
Belmont assaulted him when he de-
INJURED at compromising $12 charge
on a $5 basis.
Mrs. Belmont testified she had seen
fhe episode from her window. No
blows were struck, she said, and it did
not occur to her that any one was
drunk. Mr.. Belmont and Mrs. Pea
body and Miss Martin were profoundly
shocked by the accusation that they
had been drunk. They hadn't been
drinking anything but ginger ale, they
6A'us
New-York tribune., 1921-06-04
Blows 90 Safes-Still Poor
No Luck, Even in Batch of
Nine, Prisoner Tells Police

Francis Harmon, of IT East 124th
Street, who was arrested early yester-
day near $40 Broadway, where it was
found that nine safes had been forced.
has confessed, the police say, to blow
ing about sixty safes in the downtown
section in the last six months.
He said that he was an orphan with
no proper training and never had
been really successful as burglar.
1t was hard, rough work, and he was
delicate. Worse still, the police say
he confded to them. the rewards Of
industry in the profession were exas-
peratingly small.
The police found the water turned
on and overlooking a basin in one of
the Offices looted at 349 Broadway, and
assert that this was the method which
their prisoner was accustomed to
their valuables elsewhere than in their
safes
New-York tribune., 1921-06-04
Japanese Dies by Hari.kari
Used Razor, Flung Self From
Window, Police Declare

Iamesaburo kurato, Japanese
butler, was found dead on the side
walk in, front of a Japanese boarding
house at 148 West Sixty-ffth Street
yesterday morning. According to the
police he committed hari-kari.
A razor with which he had slashe d
his throat and abdomen was found in
his room. The police report said that
after using the blade Kurato hurled
himself out of the window.
Kurato's half brother, Keizo Kita-
jima, said that Kurato had been de-
spondent since the death of his wife
some time ago, and that he had been
out Of employment for nearly two
months. Kurato came from Yokohama.
New-York tribune., 1921-06-04
lngrahamSentenced
To Chair for Killing
His Baby Daughter
Youthful Father, Convicted
of Choking His Child TO
Death, Listens Calmly
to Verdict; Mother Faints
Special Dispatch to The Tribune

POUGHKEEPSIE,. N. Y, June s.
Nathaniel lngraham, twenty two, of
Hyde Park, was sentenced to die in
the electric chair during the week of
July IT by Judge J, Addison Young
in Supreme Court here to- day. 1ngra-
ham murdered his own daughter Feb
ruary % by checking her to death
after six months program of brntal-
lty toward the child, whose body was
found covered with bruises after death.
lngraham's S mother, who was in court
when the jury returned its verdict of
guilty in the first degree, collapsed
and was carried out by court attend
ants. lngraham, on the other hand, re-
NAMED perfectly calm as. the foreman
recited the jury's findings and later
when Justice Young pronounced SEN
tence. His attorney, John F. Ring
wood, took an appeal.
Mr. Ringwood's plea tended to estab-
lish lesser degree Of guilt than mur-
der in the first degree. He asked for a
verdict of mansaughter in the third
degree, saying that the prisoner had
never intended serious assault.
District Attorney Raymond E, AL
drich, in bitter rebuttal, claimed that
Ingraham murdered his baby in cold
blood. He took her by both Ehands s
around the throat and, in his own
words, pressed there until she fell
forward
The District Attorney called the
murder "the worst case of cold blooded
brutality in the whole history of
Dutchess County" He called attention
to the fact that after the choking
lngraham called to his wife to come
upstairs where the baby was lying
at was only after the-:wife arrived
and after Ingraham was sure he mad
completed his grewsome task Mr..
Aldrich said, that :. he. made any at
tempt to revive his victim"
New-York tribune., 1921-06-04
Girl Says Woman Roommate
Stabbed Her in Throat

Marie Fekete was stabbed yesterday
in a room at 542 East -Seventy-ninth
Street which she shared with Marie
Hobert, hair dresser She said that
her roommate had stabbed her while
giving her a shampoo. Her throat and
head were injured and she is in a seri-
Gus condition at Flower Hospital. The
Hobert woman was arrested and held
for examination in Yorkville police
court
New-York tribune., 1921-06-04
Woman Admits Throwing Acid
In Rivals Face: Fined $500

TRENTON, Nj, June 3.-Mrs. Mar
garet Haynes pleaded guilty in County
Court hereto dAy,to "a charge of throw
ing carbolic acid in the face of Irma
Stimson, neighbor, last March, and
was fined $500.
She said she had heard that her hus-
band was attentive to Miss Stimson,
and she had visited the lattetts house
with the intention of swallowing the
acid. but When she tihad the bottle in
her hand she changed her mind.
New-York tribune., 1921-06-04
Dies From ChIoroforn,,
Bit Fails TO Kill Cat

PHILADELPHIA, June . a.
Frank Souders, d Pennsylvania
Railroad engineer, lost his life to-
day attempting to chloroform an
aged pet cat at his home in Paoli,
while his family was away. The
cat scratched and struggled as he
tried to hold a chloroform rag to
its nose. Souders fell uncon-
scious and died from the fumes.
The cat ran away.
New-York tribune., 1921-06-04
Swedish Seanlen Strike in
Protest Against Xage Cnf

STOCKHOLM, June "a general
strike of seamen and stokers has been
declared in protest against a reduction
of 80 per cent in wages. Ship owners
are showing no alarm, as with 70 per
cent of the Swedish mercantile marine
already laid up through economic de-
preston they say they will obtain
sufficient number OF volunteers to man
the active fleet.
New-York tribune., 1921-06-04
Almanac for the Week-Ender
fStandard time used belo For daylight saving one hour)
The Weather Forecast
(F'or Ne1o York Citv and V;c;n;.,

(For Neo York City andy Vcnty)
Saurday.Coudy
continued
(For Eastern NeO York; ..-
Saturday-Coudy nd cooler.
sunday~Fair and continued cool =. a41
(For Western Ne1o York;
Saturday-Par and
(F'or Northern NeO EngLand)
Saturday-nC LOUDLY cooler in Maine
SundayFair dcoo ' 'Aal'e
(Tor Southern Neu Enaand)
Saturday Cloudy, coeler the mainland
Sunday-Fair
(For Eastern Pennsylvania
Saturday Cloudy
@'' '"NA' ." oou'neaSC poruon IN the
Sunday-Fair CONT
(for NeU Jerseu)
Satuday Cloudy, probably in
ouhday-Falr and COOL 0 ON'0i IA i"eiio1'
New-York tribune., 1921-06-04
Automobile Road Conditions

,os' ROAD open throughout
Proyiden
Nausauck Valley through shston
for
u0 ihe " Waterbury
good as trunk to wulman1ic
good "A'to ''"us
New-York tribune., 1921-06-04
U. S. Inquiry
ln Tulsa Race
Riots Ordered
Daugherty to Learn if Fed
eral Laws Were Violated:
Investigations by State
and County Under WAY
oity to Atone for Harm
Raises Fund to Rebuild for
Victims; Radicals Among
AT -
Negroes Called Plotters

WASHINGTON, June s.-A general
inquiry into the race riots at Tulsa,
okia' has been ordered by Attorney
General Daugherty, it was announced
to-day at the Department of Justice.
The purpose of the investigation, Of
feials said, is to determine whether the
disorders were in violation of Federal
laws. Preliminary reports, it was add
ed, show that the situation is purely
local.
The inquiry ordered is informal and
will be made by the departments
agents in the field Officials Indicated
that it was not probable that special
Investigation would be ordered. They
expressed the belief that the situation
would work itself out without the intef-
vention of the Federal government.
New-York tribune., 1921-06-04
Platt Confers on Budget

WASHINGTON, June 3.-John 7.
Platt, of New. York, head of the Ma
tional Budget Commission, conferred
with the President to-day with refer
ence to the new budget system SOON
to be inaugurated. 1t is believed that
the President intends to name Nj.
Platt as director of the budget Omar
Wright, of Illinois, the director Of
finance in that state, is slated to serve
as assistant,
New-York tribune., 1921-06-04
The Sur, and the Moon

Sun Rises. Sum Moon Sets
5:25am. 8:24 m
sunday'....... 524a.m. p 5o4 a. m 7:47 B. M
The Moon Phase-New Moon at 2:15a m
New-York tribune., 1921-06-04
Varotta Boy :
May Be Free
I'm Few Hours

CONTINUED from page one)
New-York tribune., 1921-06-04

OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla, June 8.-A
thorough investigation of the Tulsa
race conflict by Attorney General Free
ling was ordered by Governor Robert
son to-day. Mr.. Freezing was author
lied to proceed to Tulsa at once and
preserve all evidence, which will be sub
mitted to grand jury when it meets.
Evening star., 1921-07-03
CUT IN GAS RATES
MAY Be VOLUNTARY:
Company Desires Reduction,
But Without Injurious e.
feet on Operation.

Cheaper gas soon may be sold in
Washington through the voluntary
action. of the Washington Gas Light
Company.
The company has the matter under
conside ration. Howard S. Reeside.
president. said last night. 1t desires
to make a reduction IL such q step
can be taken at this time without
Injurious effect upon its operation, he
said.
The present price of gas is $1.25 per
thousand cubic feet. The Public
Utilities Commission has called u gas
rate hearing for July %, but what
ever decision is reached Is not ex-
pected to become effective until the
meter readings September IL. 1t Is
provided in the present rate order.
which was adopted in March, that
the charge Of S1.25 should continue
in effect until that date.
II was indicated last night that the
company would file petition at the
July % hearing setting forth its opinion
as to what the new rate should be.
1t Is expected this document will carry
the voluntary proposal for a reduc-
tion.
Mr.. Reside could give no fndica-
tion as to how much Of reduction
might be proposed, nor would he
say positively that any lowering Of
the present rate would be suggested,
but he emphasized the fact that COM
pany officials We're making q careful
survey OF the situation. with the hope
and desire of being able to cut the pres
ent rate.
Evening star., 1921-07-03
Irish Association
Exercises at G. u.

Elaborate preparations have been
completed for the demonstration to
be held at Georgetown University
campus tomorrow, under the auspices
Of the American Association for the
Recognition Of the Irish Republic.
The exercises will open with base
ball game between the Knickerbock- :
ers and Dominican Lyceum teams or
the District following which impress
sive fiag-raising ceremonies will be
conducted by a company of United
States marines. Maj. Ulrich of the
American Legion will deliver an ad-
dress.
A program Of athletic events, In
which a dozen Of the crack athletes
Of the country will compete. will be
run off, after which Patrick J. Haiti
gan. reading clerk of the House OF
Representatives, will read the Deciara-
tion OF Independence.
The Song Of the Flag, by mixed
chorus, will precede an exhibition or
trick riding by the Sd United States
Cavalry from Fort Myer. and after
the singing Of The Star Spangied
Banner by 1000 voices. led by Miss
Agnes Whalen. Rosa F. Downing
state president Of the organiLatlon'
will introduce Joseph d. Scott OF Call
fornia, who will deliver the Grafton.
The gates will be thrown open 70
the public at 1880 o'clock ana space
for the parking Of automobiles WIN
be provided along the wall surrouno-
ing tho university.