housework on the seaond floor at about 7:3d o’clock this moj*nlng. when wo

heard three shots first! "We heard a sound of someone mov-

ing about raoldly. Then there came a

fourth pistol report. This was fol- lowed by u scream. We ran upstairs and found Mrs. Price staggering into the hallway.

•• ‘Oh, Mrs. Ryan. I’ve shot myself,' Mrs. Price said to mo.

•’ ‘Why did you do litis?’ I asked her.

Trletl Oils,' Before.

T wanted to commcit suicide.’ she > said. 1 tried lo shoot myself on ac-

count of Ritter—the way he used me. I was going to kill myself on Saturday, but the revolver trigger wouldn't work. Then the poor, ssveet. thing fell on the floor with blood pouring from her wounded side. We ran for the police and she was taken to the hospital.

“She had a love affair. I don't know

whether she was in love Witli Ritter, but I do know that she said he bad

borrowed $G0U from her and that she

had failed to get one penny of the loan

returned Among Mrs Price's effects were dis-

covered three letters. One of them tvas

addressed "Mr. Ritter." and Is from

the girl’s mother. II follows:

Mather Writes Hiller.

‘tVchi!, Feb. ‘-’4. 1H08.

"Mr. Hitler—i received your last let-

ter to my daughter, and I must tell you

my daughter docs not want anyone to

fight with, as you say. and she does

not fight with me or her father. "T am sorry she ever saw you and

took to you so much hs to lend all iter

money to you. You ought to be v ashamed to take a girl's money from

her ami persuade her to go and live

In your own wife’s' home when you have two little children, and then take

my child into a twelve-room house and make her scrub and keep it clean. I

know all my daughter’s doings in America, and i am sorry for her and

forgivo her. But you, being the father of a daughter yourself, should have led her on to the right path, not into trouble you gave her. You say you

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own convenience, to make her work for

you and use ber. Now you have sold

your home and got her money and have no more use for her. "I do not want to say what T think

of you, but I want you to give her back her money, every dollar you have of hers. She Is coming out again to

r collect the rest herself, and we are

glad to say that she Is much better and getting good and strong for her Journey.

"Now. if she lias any more trouble from you to get her money I shall come over myself, and I will quickly take her two letters to a lawyer, yours *

and the woman from Frankfort street. There is enough proof that you owe

her the money. Hoping Teeney and you will come to some terms without bringing mo out there. She wants her own money, and that is all, from you. 1 do not want to hear from you again; I have heard enough from you. I wonder she stood It as long as she did.

"MRS. T. B. BRYANT, "2» Denmark road. Barnsburg, Lon-

don.”

Seeks British Consol's Aitl.

Another letter, supposedly written by Mrs. Price, reads:

“Dear Charley: I am nearly insane. This man I trusted has turned out a

regular scoundrel. He wants to do me

out of my money and has even gone so

far as to tip my lawyer that 1 engaged. (Unsigned.)

On the letter addressed to the British consul is written:

-- "I am tired out and cannot sleep." yl'he rest of the letter, which was not

dieted, and apparently had been writ- ten some time ago. follows:

“Dear Sir, the British Consul—l am

really worried to distraction. I lent a man named Ritter the sum of $500, three years ago. He promised to pay me a great Interest on the dollar. I scarcely know how 1 ever lent it to him. It was his way of talking me

Into it. He watched his opportunity since he first know I had money. Now, sir. he took me into his wife's home and there I worked. Then into a fur- nished room, also having to work. Then Into a twelve-roomed house and I hud to do evervthlmr tto vo-omlu«rl *

to pay-me all at once, in a heap as he called It.

"He Is a villain, watching his chance to ruin every Innocent girl and get from them all the money they are wc'th. He has me quite crushed by not letting me out of the house to speak to anybody, trying’to get all the work out I of me. Now, dear sir, I shall die of i

wrong in the room I am in. I cannot eat, drink or sleep. I have worked three years for him and have not re- ceived a single penny. He wants to do me.

"Will you help me, for God's sake? My money is almost gone and my home' is in England. My two little girls are

suffering from sore throat. See me righted.”

A postal card addressed to Fred Rit- ter. a saloon-keeper, of 112V* Market street, was also found. On the reverse side of the card was a picture of a man with three dancing girls, and in Mrs. Price's handwriting were these words:

“Wife number 1. wife number 2 and tylfe number 3. This will be the last.'

j WOMAN SHOE POLISHER

INVADES COURT HOUSE. !

Gets a Big Lift Toward Fund; for Invalid Mother's

Home. Miss Ella Dakin, the young woman i

from Dutchess County. N'. Y„ who has j been in the city for the last few days polishing shoes for men for a dime so that she can buy a home for her Invalid mother, did a rushing business in the I Court House today.

•She sallied forth with her apparatus in a neat little case about the slae of a physician's satchel and. armed witli her black kid gloves, settled down to business.

The shoes that cm used feet of promi- I pent county men that received lustre j belonged to Register Edward ft. Perry, Auditor Edward 1,. Conklin, Assistant Auditor Harry Hottsel, Surrogate George E. Russell and Timothy E. Scales, clerk of the Grand Jury.

There is Only One

“Bromo Quinine” That la

Laxative Bromo Quinine USED THE WORLD OVER TO CURE A GOLD « ORE OAT.

Always renuenjber the full name. Look

for this signature on every box. 25c.

C .t)1.

SECRETARY TAFT, BARON TAKAHIRA AND GOV. FORT AT RECEPTION GIVEN BY THE STATE LEGISLATURE

FUM-FLAMMERS GET SIX MONTHS

IN PENITENTIARY Handsomely Dressed Sweet-

hearts of Prisoners Hire Lawyers.

Harry Benson, the self-confessed lim-flammer, who with Ills pal, Stephen Claire, were arrested Saturday after- toon at the Pennsylvania depot, Jlar- tet street, were convicted of flim-flam- ming two merchants here and were •ach given six months In the peniten- tiary.

The arrests were made by Detectives Spencer and Ooakley, of the Pennsyl- vania Railroad police, and the capture turned out to be important ones. Tes- timony given by Witnesses before Judge Howell in the First Criminal Court to- iay tended to show that the two men nave been working in this city and get- ting away with other people's money without the knowledge of the local 30 lice.

Three weeks ago they visited Max Walt's store, 152 Mulberry street, and Benson tendered a $20 bill In payment for a ten-cent can of sardines. After Walt hau made the change Benson isked for his bill back, offering in pay- ment for the sardines a dime.

Confused at the transaction Walt handed back the $20 and the change, ind Benson and his partner got away with $5 of Walt’s money.

Saturday the same men went through the Centre Market nmt mnrtisiBwl hull a dozen oranges from Arthur Nippes, ror which he was to pay thirteen cents, and, handing over a $10 bill, waited until the change was made, when he made the same request as he had made at Walt's.

Lawyer Braun, who appeared for the men today, said that the identification made by the two merchants had been helped along by Detective Sergeants Farrell and Ryan, but these officers denied this and so did the merchants.

When tho prisoners heard their fate two richly dressed women of dashing appearance arose in the court room

and left, going to the main door and asking to see the prisoners.

The police said that the women were sweethearts of the men, and that they came over from New York and paid tire cost of the legal defense for both men.

THIEVES CARRY HEAVY SAFE, BUT LOOT IS ONLY $12

Burglars Have Plenty of Trouble for Their Pains in Robbing

Butcher Shop. \

A gang of thieves broke into the butcher shop of Victor Broadbent, Chestnut street, near Franklin avenue,

Nutley, last night, and carted away a

safe. Their efforts were rewarded with $12.

The safe, which weighed about 4W1 pounds, was dragged out to the street. A dump-cart was procured at the blacksmith shop of Henry Boehmer, nearby.

Chief of Police Booth has a clue to the. identity of the thieves.

LIVES III DANGER Roof of Tenement, Man Who

Vanished Owns, Was Soaked with Oil.

NEW YORK, March 24.—In scanty night attire, more than one hundred persons living in a tenement at 334 East Sixty-third street fled to the street early today when Incendiaries made an attempt to burn the building. More than two gallons of crude oil had been poured on the roof and lighted.

The building is owned by James Sa- ponary, a rich banker, who the police say, disappeared several weeks ago, and whose present whereabouts Is un-

known. The police say they believe that some person, whose money Is tied up. is responsible for tile fire.

Policeman Parry forced the front door and ran up the stairs, beating on the doors of other apartments with his nightstick as he ran and shouting to the tenants.

Before Barry reached the roof nearly every person In the house had been aroused by the screams of the others. Severs- Italians living on the lower floors of the building started firing off revolvers, two of the bullets just miss- ing the policeman as he tried to open the roof door.

Barry turned in a still alarm to the Sixty-seventh street fire house, and then ordered the men and women to aid him in trying to keep the flames In check while watting the arrival of the firemen. The fire was out by the time the firemen arrived.

Saponary conducted a banking busi- ness at 338 East Sixty-third street until a few weeks ago. He also had a branch office In Stanton street, and this was also closed.

J OF IDLE,

Aged Wire Manufacturer Ex* pires at Hotel in St. Au-

gustine, Fla.

John Eastwood, 89 years old, a promt- nent manufacturer of Belleville, died early today at the Hotel Magnolia. St. Augustine, Florida, where he had gone in search of health. His nephew, John H. Eastwood, and Dr. Herbert B. Vail, a relative by marriage, both of Belle- ville. were with him, having been sum- moned.

Mi*. Eastwood was president of the Eastwood Manufacturing Company, with a big plant at Main and Jerolamon streets, Belleville. This plant makes fourdrinier wire, used in paper mills, being the, largest in the country. There are also a brass foundry and a machine shop attached.

Mr. Eastwood was born in England and had lived in Belleville for sixty-one yettrs. He first started a factory for the manufacture of liquor for dyes at Mil! street and Riverside avenue, that town. This was burned down and he rebuilt at the present site. His wire mills have been going since 1875. His wife died fifteen years ago. He had no children.

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ALDERMAN SECKER HURT-

Misses Footing While Getting Off Moving Clinton Ave-

nue Car. Alderman Wil'lam F. Seeker is nurs-

! iiig a bruised head today, as a result ol a fall from trolley car No. 1790, of the Clinton avenue line, at Clinton pvenue

; and South Fourteenth street, Shortly before S o’clock last night.

The car was bound west. and. accord- ing to the alderman. It started before he had time to alight. Two friends

i who happened to be In the vicinity I convey ed the injured official to his | home, 410 Avon avenue.

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PUBLIC UTILITIES IS DEBATED IN

Each Body Hears Arguments on

Measures Before Them—Col- by and Robbins Spat.

(From a Staff Correspondent.) TRENTON, March 24.—It was public

utilities day in both Senate and House. In the Senate the committee substitute for tht three Senate public utilities bills. IT. 31 and 35, and the amendments thereto, were taken up lor discussion.

At times the debate became rather warm, and a particularly lively tilt took place between Colby, of BsSwX, and Robbins, of Burlington.

Said Senator Colby. In speaking to

j one of the amendments: "How is it the Republican candidate

for Governor advocated a litll with a

rate regulating clause?" "Perhaps it was because the Senator

from Essex had talked with him about It." suggested Senator Robbins.

"I did talk with him about it"' re-

plied Senator Colby. .“I" had several talks. T don't see any harm In that. Didn't you confer with the president of the Public Service Corporation?"

To which Senator Robbins made nd reply.

Senator Young, of Essex, began the debate with a long argument in favor of his measure, which is a duplicate of the committee substitute for Senate bills, with a ratc-niaklng provision added.

Senator Colby discussed his amend- ment to the rate-making clause, and had u tilt with Senator Frelinghuysen. who wanted to know of an. instance where there had been discrimination.

Senator Colby cited the difference in i rates for electric lighting in Newark.

“Twenty-nine other States have a

law like this.” he said. “There is. no reason why we should not have one."

Senator Qetharat, speaking on the rgte-maklng clause, predicted defeat

| for the Republicans if they continued j to make promises to the people and i then did not keep them. I ---■—

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PROSECUTOR IS ILL Youthful Murderer of Dance

Hall Keeper Indifferent to His Fate.

j Because of the continued jliness a]

| Prosecutor Henry Young, the .trial 01 John Lukacaeviczius, charged with th< murder of Michael Misxkuvas, ached uled for today before Judge Ten Eycl In the Court of Oyer and Terminer went off for the term.

Mlszkuvas was the owner of the Si George Lithuanian Association Hall 180-182 New York avenue, and late ii December last was shot and killed b] the young defendant.

The slayer la only J7 years old, an< has all along maintained stolid indiffer ence as to his fate. His defense, it ii expected, will be that be is a degener ate and Irresponsible for his a<?ts.

He not only killed the owner of th< ; hall, but badly wounded Anthony Bur I gis his bartender, of .92 Walnut street

j who tried to prevent his escape. Fo

j this there is also an indictment of as

j sault and battery with Intent to ktl

j against him. The alleged motive wa

robbery.'

JAILED ON WOMAN’S CHARGE. Frederick E. Thomas, a negro, J

years old. of 66 Main street. East Ch- ange, was sent to Jail today by Judg Bray, in the Orange Police Court, oi

! complaint of Mrs. Esther Horwits. o

i 69 Parrow street. Orange, who declarei the negro hit her husband over the ey

I last night. .Viy.'

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INI AFTER HELIE, WHO IS IN QUAKER

CUT AS tIEFRAIN’ De Casteilane, Missing from

Haunts, Believed to Be En Route for America.

PRINCE LEAVES NEW YORK AND ADOPTS NEW INCOGNITO

Mme. Gould Pleads with Family j to Allow Marriage, but Her

Brother Says No.

[Special to the Evening Star.] NEW YORK, March 24.—Count Bon)

de Casteilane, divorced husband of Madanie ,\hna Could, Is now believed

I to be en route between Europe and j America, in pursuit of Prince Helie de | Sagan, ins cousin and rival for the i hand and millions of the-former Coun- j tess de Casteilane.

Such are fh6' cable advices from; ■Paris today.. Copnt Bonl cannot be1 j found in his accustomed haunts. En- [ raged with the news that Prince Helie had'followed Mme. Could to America,

; Don! disappeared yesterday and whither

i he has gone not even his intimates pro- j ; fees to Know.

Meanwhile the Prince de Sagan is in i Philadelphia at the Bellevue-Stratford, j 'where he Went from this city yester-1 day after, ills identity .was exposed. He.,awaits,the deparUire of Mme. Could for Virginia Hot Springs, where he will follow tier. The prince Is registered in Philadelphia under the name of "Ber- trand Defraln,” of Paris. Here lie was

"W. H Thomson:” Mme Could is still in this city plead-

IU5 Wl.M UOi, milUl/ iw ».»*V** WII

sent to her desired second matrimonial venture She >hos already won Miss Helen-Gould to her side, It is Said, but George Gould, who .controls her great fortune, still remains obdurate.

George Gould Won't Talk. One of the efforts to placate Mr.

j Gould Is said to have occurred yester- ! day when, at the home of Miss Helen Gould,. her brother and the would-be Princess' Anna met. Just what took place-at the-famlly gathering could not be learned, for when Mr. Gould, after some hours, returned to ills apartments at the Plassa he absolutely refused to discuss‘it. J‘

That the Prince do. Sagan was not to be ■ present at. the. family gathering appears to have been decided on when be dined with- Miss Helen and Mmo. Anna Gould at the home of Mr. and

j Mrs. .Tyler Morse in the Wyoming, for i early yesterday morning he left the

j Prince' Geotge' Hotel where, registered as Mr. Thomson, of Paris, he had made his headquarters since, his entrance Into the country'by way of Quebec, Montreal and the Canadian frontier.

PARIS.' March 24.—Further efforts made today to locate Ptlnce Helie do Sagan In'Paris have been unavailing. It'was'learned, however, that a few days ago one of the prince’s servants

| deposited In the, office of a steamship 1 company's box of cigarettes consigned to Mrs. Tyler Morse, Hotel Wyoming, New Ydrk. The box was marked on the outside "For S.”

TWO GA NS : LEFT IN E FOR

BATTAI CHIEF Fire Board Tomorrow Probably

Will Settle Questions of > Creating New Positions.

1 /-- 1 At tomorrow’s meeting of the Fire

Board, in all probability the question ;■ of making a new battalion chief will

be settled. According to good authority the race for the position has dwindled down to Captain John J. Towey, ot

1 Truck Company No. 2, and Captain William Exalt, of Truck Company No. 3. as all other candidates have been eliminated.

r The question, too, of granting the .] firemen one day off In every six will > come up.- and 1^ Is more than likely i that the board will decide to give the t request a trial for a few months, and I If It Is found that It does not Interfere

Or weaken the department it will he adopted for good’.

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MISS ADDIE D. SMITH AND HER MOTHER, WHO ACCUSES PIUMBER

I Prudential Company’s Late In-

formation Reduces Amount I of Reported Thefts.

—

With the first news of the alleged de- falcations of former Prudential Super- intendent Jra J. Bayliss, of tile Cohoes, N. Y., oilice, yesterday, came the in- formation that the insurance company had been victimized to the extent of; $150,000. but with later developments; the local officers of the Prudential de- ; Clare tociav that the alleged swindling operations of Bayliss did not net him more than $6,000 at the outside. Most of this loss, declare the Insurance peo- ple, will fall on the several banks which cashed the checks said to have been offered by Bayliss.

The Prudential company has every

employee covered from the. highest to

the lowest, so that defalcations of large amounts are well-nigh impossible. How Bayliss carried on for more than three months the operations charged against him is a mystery, as all books are Inspected quarterly and the utmost care Is exercised to prevent stealing.

Chief of Detectives Adams and De- tective Johnson, of Cohoes, who were sent to bring back Bayliss. are on their way East with their prisoner.

It is expected that when Bayliss lands in the Troy city Jail and is confronted by some of the persons from whom he is said to have stolen death benefits, he will break down.

From the superficial examinations made by the Prudential Company it Is not'believed that Bayliss had any con- federates.

ENDS LIFE BY CUTTING LEG ARTERY WITH KNIFE.

As the result of an examination made by County Physician Elliott, the body of Louis Lumby, of 103 Belleville ave- nue, he discovered that the man had committed suicide by cutting an artery under the right knee.

When the body was found in bed yesterday It was thought the man had died from a hemorrhage until the County Physician found a piece of cot- ton covered with blood clinched in the man's hand. The penknife with which the man had severed the artery was

found under the bed, with blood; on one blade.

HF.AI.TII RESORTS.

COME TO ATLANTIC CITY [ And enjoy :he. delights of early spring.

The world-famous boardwalk and Us proces- sion o* rollei chairs Is never more enjoyed I than at this sehson of the year. The Casino,

Piers and Country Club are at their best.

HOTEL DENNIS Maintains an unobstructed view of tho ocean

and boardwalk, is most liberally appointed ar.d conducted on the American plan.

Hot and cold sea water in private and pub- l'e baths.

Write directly to the owner and proprietor { fig information and rates.

WALTER J. BUZ BY.

HOTEL TRAYMORE ATLANTIC CITY, N. J.

Open throughout the year. A hotel celebrated for fta home comforta

TRAYMORE HOTEL CO.. D. 8. WHITE. President.

CRAB, a MARQUETTE. Manager.

HOTEL CHET WOO DE ATLANTIC CITY.

PACIFIC AND ILLINOIS AVER. On the Boulevard.

j Meal location near beach and all attraction*. Prlvat* bn the, eun parlor. BOO day up. *10 0*

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IN OF FAMILY

Woman Who Caused Wealthy Jersey City Plumber’s Ar-

rest Makes Statement.

SAYS SHE MET HIM WHEN I ONLY FIFTEEN YEARS OLD I

She Will Bring Suit to Recover Property He Seized at

Her Home.

When Charles Sulk, sr.. a well-to-do plumber of Jersey Cljy. is ana^guod in

the First Precinct Police Court tomor- I row on charges of threatening to shoot I Mrs. Addle D. Smith, ot 317 Halsey J street, some Intereullng regard- ing the relationship of the couple for I the past twelve years may bo disclosed a

Pytli* 0*ttTrf>\nitw*n*t. A‘~ ,u>' W

'Bulk'Ms a married man and fives bvllU J his wife, three 'dalighters and U son at 113 Bergen avenue, Jersby City. His

place of business is at 529 Communipaw avenue, the same. ’city.

"I was 15 years.old when I met Sulk.'' Mrs. Smith .-aid, "and three years later my daughter was born. Following it a

small settlement was made by Sulk with my mother. Sulk visited me often, and insisted that 1 return to Newark with him as his housekeeper and I finally agreed.- \Vlien I first 'riel him 1; he pretended that he was a 'single man, 1* and it was hot until after try dough- M

ter was born that I learned he was M married."

Mrs. Smith is an attractive brunette ! arid is 27 years eld.

Sulk was arrested at his homo last night by Constable Frank Smith, of

Justice of Peace Henry Posset's staff. The Complaint alleges that on March £ IS last Sulk called at the Beverly ) street house, then occupied by Mrs. Smith, and drawing a revolver, threat I ened to shoot her unless she sur-

rendered the premises to her. I Mrs. Smith has engaged William 7

Brown, of the firm of Beecher & Brown, j as her counsel, and will bring suit in the Court of Chancery to recover the property and furniture. The property is said to be wortli 56,500.

Sulk will eptet a flat denial, it whs said today, of the charges made against him.

FALSE ALARM TURNED IN. A false fire alarm was sent in from

box 621. at Fifteenth avenue and South Tenth street, at 12:33 this morning. Tho police searched the neighborhood, but did not find the guilty person.

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