Ohly Aficrnoon Paper Bctwcan Richmond and Atlanta With
LAST EDITION.
VOLUME 30.
THE S A L.
Gossip About His Efforts to,
Regain Control
THE FINOERS IN THE PIE
Kcported, "On Good Authority," of
Course, That the Goulds and the
Wabash Interests Are Racking
WiHiams Mr. Viitcrmoycr Seems
to bo Watching the Cooks Closely
and Occasionally Tastes of the
rudding Williams Would Again
Become Active Head, if 'Possible.
(By Leased Wire to The Times.)
Washington, Jan. 4 A special
dispatch from Richmond, Va., says: j
It is stated here on good authority
that the Goulds and the Wabash in
terests are supporting John Skelton
Williams in his efforts to regain con
trol of the Seaboard Air Line through
receivership proceedings. Williams
is in New York and Is believed to
have been called there for consulta
tion with the Goulds. It is under-,
stood that Williams wants to become
president of the road again 'after -'the
receivership ends.
and financial circles here, Gould
money will be used, when the time is
ripe, to extend the Seaboard tracks
from Richmond to Washington,
where connection will be made with
the Wabash. ; It has long been a cher
ished scheme to give the Wabash a
southern outlet through Virginia. It
Is known that a system of trolley
lines from Washington south are now
being merged by the Goulds with
this possible purpose In ! the back
ground. With the Seaboard enter
ing Washington over its own tracks,
and a friendly alliance in existence
between the Goulds and the man
agement of the Seaboard the ambi
tion of both Williams and the Goulds
would be realized.
The Willlams-Middendorf forces
control about 225,000 shares of the
total issue of capital stock of the
Seaboard. It has been estimated by
a gentleman in close touch with the
situation that because of desertions
from the Ryari-Blair ranks In the
past few years, many going over to
the other side because of dissatisfac
tion with the management of the
road's affairs, that tho Ryan-Blair
interests cannot count upon'-, more
than 175,000 shares.
There is a third large Seaboard In
terest, however, which for some time
past has chosen to not Independently
of tho larger followlngs and this
third Seaboard party is headed by
Ladenburg, Thalmann & Co. Laden-burg-Thalmann's
strength Is thought
to be over 75,000 shares.
Judge Prltchard yesterday entered
the following order in the Seaboard
casev ' . ;" :.-'
"It Is ordered that Messrs. A. C.
Braxton, L. L. Lewis, Samuel Unter
moyer and Eppa Hunton, Jr., bo and
they are hereby appointed counsel
for the receivers heretofore appoint
ed in this case."
It is understood that Mr. Untcr-
meyer was appointed upon the sug
gestion of Receiver Warfield and Mr.
Hunton upon the suggestion and re
quest of Receiver Williams, nnd Mr
Braxton and Judge Lewis were ap
pointed by tho court of its own mo-
tlon. '. . -
T
TO GOV. HUGHES
JtyernoGlenn this afternoon for-
waraea a communication to uovern
or Charles E. Hughes, of New York,
thanking him for deollnlng to accept
11,000,000 In bonds offered New
York by the holders of the North
Carolina special tax fraudulent
bonds. The governor thanked Gov
ernor Hughes In the name of the
people of this state, set forth the
merits of North Carolina's position,
and referred tho New York executive
to former correspondence on the sub
ject. '. '
The action of Governor Hughes
cannot be too highly commended, for
the New York legislature passod an
act permitting tho acceptance of such
bonds.
JOHN
ON
AND
SENDS
HAIS
THE vBALEIG
HORRIBLE DEATH
IN POLICE CELL
Young Man In Mobile Who
Was Under Restraint
SUPPED INTO ETERNITY
Mind Was Unbalanced He Mounted
Washstand in His Cell to Examine
Flush Tank and Fell From the
Slippery Stand, His Head and
Xeck Lodging Between Tank and
An Iron Beam Strangulation
Soon Followed.
(By Leased Wire to The Times.)
Mobile, Ala., Jan. 4. Michael A.
Toner, 21 years of age, and a steno
grapher by profession, was found
dead in his cell at police station
early this mornig, death hying due
to strangulation, the result of either
an accident or suicide. Tho former
theory .is advanced by the police.
Young Toner was held in restraint
by the police because of mental de
rangement pending his removal to
another institution. .
Some time between 5:30 and 6
o'clock this morning Toner mounted
a porcelain washstand in his cell
and apparently attempted to look
at the mechanism of the flush tank
attached to the toilet. In order to
accomplish this Toner was compelled
to incline his head to one side. His
feet slipped from the soapy wash
stand and the body falling, wedged
the bead between the flush tank and
an iron beam supporting the steel
coiling and strangulation followed.
The body was found in that position
about an hour later.
IDAHO'S GOVERNOR
CRITICALLY ILL
(By Leased Wire to The Times.) ;
El Paso, Tex., Jan. 4 Ex-Governor
Horace A. Bois, of Idaho, is in
the Provident Hospital in this city,
suffering from pneumonia contracted
while enroute from his home at
Waterloo, la., to Los Angeles for the
winter. Mr. Bois, being 80 years old
and in a weak condition physically, is
in a precarious state, but the phy
sicians say he has a chance for re
covery.
(By Leased Wire to Tho Times.)
Atlantic City, N, J., Jan. 4. While
trying to reach a steamer which had
gono ashore off Barncgat, the life say
era, from the Barncgat station were
bllmleil by u terr!(lc snow storm
which is now sweeping the coast. Tl)e
life, savers put back to their station.
The steamer lies easy, but the gale
places her In grave danger.
New York, Jan, 4. A snow storm
struck this city shortly after noon to
day and Indications are that tho storm
is now sweeping the entire Atlantic
coast. Reports from different stations
state that high winds accompany the
storm and that shipping may be en
dangcred. '
J
IS DISCHARGED
(By Leased Wire to The Times.)
' Lexington', Ky., Jan. 4. A telephone
message from Georgetown, Ky., re
ceived hero at 1V45 a. m., says:
Judge Morris, after becoming con
vlnced that it was impossible for the
Jury In the Powers case to reach an
i agreement, Bent , for the Jury, After
'asking tho Jury if there was any pos
sibility of reaching a verdict and re
ceiving an answer that they were
hopelessly divided, Judge Morris ex
pressed his regret and discharged the
Jury.
Pcttibone Not Guilty.
(By Leased Wire to Tho Times.)
Boise, Idaho; Jan. 4. The Jury
in the Pettlbone case today brought
in a verdict of "not guilty."
GREA
SNOW
STORM
RAGING
POWERS
RY
' RALEIGH, N. C, SATURDAY EVENING, JANUARY 4, 1908.
WOMAN
FOOLED
SHARP TRADERS!
Big Financiers Iv'lio Intrusted
Money to Her
KNOWN IN WALL STREET
Men of Larc Capital Trusted Her
Financial Ingenuity and She Han
dled Mis Sums for OthersNow
She is Dead By Her -Own Hand
Because the District Attorney's
Ollice Was After Her tor Ques
tionable Transactions.
(By Leased Wire to The Times.)
New.. York, Jan. 4 The death of
Mrs. John VsnN'ras Roberts from mor
phine poisoning at 227 .Riverside Drive
le.3t night brought out the fact Unit
tha district attorney's, office was about
to investigatea transaction involving
several thousand dollars In which sh3
was one of the "'principals.
Mrs. Kobeits. who was known to
Wall .street . .onietimcs .as .Kathciine
Stuyvesnnt-' Roberts, is raid- to ' ha ve
been one of thi financiers of the social
political type that have sprung Into
being since '.be exploits of Klin Rawie-i
Reader. She 'represented herself as
"a promoter - of ! unquestionable politi
cal, rocia!, and -' flnanelnl- affiliations,"
ready to undertake any legitimate en
terprise requiring large, capital. There
is nothing to show that her represen
tations were untrue. As a matter of
tact, p Riml man:-' hard-hecicd busi
ness men thought so well of them that
they '. 'intrusted their money to her with
childlike fa'th. Among these was a
young Massachusetts man. who want
ed to dispose of the products of his
marble 'quarry. It. was he Who finally
turned to the district attorney's office.
Late last r.ight the coroner gave it
as his opinion that the woman's death
was accidental .and was due to an
overdose of strychnine, which had
been-preser ved by a. .. -physician...'. -
Mrs. Roberts was aware that the
district attorney's office was going to
investigate her deal with the Massa
chusetts man and creditors were push
ing her hard for money. Apparently,
though, she was able to keep up to the
end the appearance of high social
standing and luxury which enabled
her to carry on her financial plans.
Among the papers found In the dead
woman s room was a will, in wnicn,
she -bequeaths a prospective share in
the estate of her aunt, Mrs. Rehoon
maker, who is said to live in German-
town, , Philadelphia.
Mrs.-'.' Roberts had said recently that
she was an heiress and would event
ually come into large property '.-from
file Sehoonniakcr estate. This, she
told to the Massachusetts quarry
owner. :
It seems probable, however, -that
Mrs. Roberts, whatever she mny have
been at one time, appeared in Wall
street first as a clever stenographer.
She learned to know a good many
down-town" men in this Way and then
!ihe took to selling life Insurance. She
was known as the Mutual Life's "So
ciety agent," working chiefly on Fifth
Avenue. She was married fourteen
years ngo and had a thirteen year old
sou, Richard W. Roberts.
Another Cassie Chadwiik.
(By Leased Wire to The Times.)
New York, Jan. 4. "Mrs. John
VanNess , Roberts.' committed suicide
because she had been jilted by :i
New York club man. She had no
(Continued on Third Page.)
HANG THE JAPS
A POLICE CALL
(By Leased Wire to The Times.)
Ogden, Utah. Jan. 4. With cries of
"hang the Japs!" 200 men Invaded the
Japanese quarter here last evening,
and but for the timely arrival of tho
police a riot would have resulted.
The trouble wns brought by the re
placing of a number of white laborers
with Japanese In tho railroad yards,
The threats of lynching by tho' mob
frightened the Japanese Into deserting
their homes, and they fled In every di
rection. A riot call was sont to police head
quarter, and a score of officers, head
ed by Chief Browning, rushed to the
scene. At about tho same time the
sheriff's forces arrived, and both
charged tho mob, whose leader was ar
rested. -
A Japanese named Skavoy tried to
encourage a number of the other Japs
to attack the whites. He was arrested.
CRIED THE MOD
EVENING
WAKE
SUPERIOR
COURT MONDAY!
Criminal Term With Judpa
Bigp Preying
THE IMPORTANT GASES
There Air Now Docketed Uf) C.isrs,
7.1 of Which Were Continued in
Jtily Auburn Vw!l Case of Most
Interest Only ';: For Murder.
Other Cases.
When Wake Superior Court con
venes in Raleigh Monday for the trial
of criminal cases :.,Judge J. Crawford
Bisps will find a rather heavy docket !
confronting him,; Thclo are now on!
the docket 149 cases and several!
more will bo added before night. Of
the cases set for trial only one is
of-unusnal interest, that, of the state '
....!. ru.jpe,, , v. uiimc,
... X . ,Vt.-l.V.ll II 1.1 !,;... , 1 X ..II UU
It 3 U AI. Kim ' I't.'n.
for -lnanslauKhtor.;.' The other '.cases
are of lesser intercut,'- only 'one bdins
for niurdcr, and that
Spencc.
igaiiist Everett
About seventy-five cf (hese cases
were continued at tiio . last term of
Wako criminal court... It will be re
membered that an e.'il ire week was
consumed in the casea against vari
ous ticket agents and the Southern
for violating t!ie new rate law.
On the docket now are several
misdemeanor charges against' a more's face, one is on the right side,
popular man of this city for selling jUst b-low the ear. The other Is on
tickets for . more than . 2i cents ;i ; the left jaw. Both scratches, the po
mile. .. j lice say, look as though made by a wo-
Wednesday Rosa Johnson, the man's finger nails. The marks were
young white, woman who pleaded apparently inflicted a worf or more
guilty to concealing the birth of her a8'0- :4 ...
, .,,i i, rj -,.. t.. Soon after. Vthitmore was looked up
child, will be sentenced. On Tiiurs-,.. . , ... ... -'n.i.
, , V. . . . . I Mrs. Schmitters, a sister of hit-
..... -
Raleigh who were , bound over by
Police JuEtice.aiwr., ,wtJLh3..tHc;l.
For Friday is set the case of Everett :
Spence, charged with murdering ;i'
negro in East Raleigh i.i October,
1907. His case has been continued
from lime to time and lie remained
in jail until last December, when
ne was ame TO give oonu .in uie sum
of 10.0.0.; :0n bis face, and when 'she' had st-i'pped,
The case that will receive the; said:
most attention is scheduled for Fri- "What are you trying to do kid
day. This is against - Engineer W. i me?"
W. Ripppy, . of Burlington; Con-1 The positive identification was made
ductor C. M. Oaklev. of Greensboro, hy Mrs. Schmitters, a sister of the
and Dispatchers B. P. Ketchum and ) "d . woman, who resides at ... 4s(i
i-v , .u ' i east lTut i street, in the Bronx. Mrs.
Victor Parvin of Durham, who are , hmUlpi;A was fl)Una y Hearst News
held responsible for the wreck at 8(Ij.vi.0 -,,,.1.tl,1.s iim, tllkl, tl, arrt.
Auburn early in August In this ; on ,vn!l hP1. busbaml, Martin Sclimit
collision of passenger nnd freight. t(1.s I1Mll two friends, Edward Mooney,
trains tiiree men were killed and a -his wife, Edith Mooney. ': Those- ifnd a
coroner's jury put the responsibility : half a score; of others have been found
on these men. They have employed j who are positive that the dead woman
a half-dozen able attorneys to do-'as Mrs. Helena Whitmore.
fend them. An amazing feature of this strange
Judge Biggs, who will preside, is
not only the youngest man on the
bench, but is one of the hardest
workers. Since ho has been holding
court he has presided
forty-nine
weeks out of fifty-two. Raleigh law-
ycrs speak very highly of his ahil-i
it y as n judge and say he is one of
the ''most., courteous, and agreeable
men on the bench.
GOV. HUGHES
REFUSES! C.
JOSIE BONDS
(By Leased Wire to The Times.)
New York, Jan, 4. oGvernor Hughes
has refused to accept for collection,
under. a law passed by the New York
legislature of 1905, $1,000,000 In repud
iated state bonds of North Carolina.
Governor Hughes says he does not
deem It proper for him to accept gifts
of claims in order that they may bo
prosecuted against a sister state.
WEST PT. BOARD
VISITORS FOR 1908
es
Roosevelt has nnno!ftiAJtpt(iht
ment of the JFrfHorard of vlsN
tors J4yk&ht for 1908: Lieu
tentrtitSTTj. M. Young, U. S. A., re
tired, Yellowstone Park, Wyo.; Col
onel II. L. Higginson, Boston, Mass.;
i Charles M. Hough, United States
'district judge, New York; Robert S.
Bean, Portland, Ore.; Dr. George M.
'Morrow, Birmingham, Ala.; Joseph
B. Batos, Bloomington, 111.; George
S. Patton, Los Angeles, Cal.
J4esl?a3ritl
Leased Wire and Full Press
SWAMP
VICTIM
SURE EiUGH
The IdC'iitiiicaliQii This Time
Seems to be Complete
HUSBAND IS ARRESTED
'iVoman Murdered Ten Hays -Ago in
New Jersey Was Sirs. Whit more,
Wife of a Motorman ami IC.v-Con-
let' lie Is Arrested and Locked
1 l Ilvidencc That He Heat the
Woman Other Developments in
the Sensational Case t'i:1n tiled
' Today.- .'",'
(By Leased Wire to The Times.)
New York,-' Jan.' 4. The. body of th
swamp . vi.tim his been
positively !
Identified as (hat, of Mrs. Helena Sal
t0I. Whitmme. wife of Theodore S
-whitmore, v. motonmin on the Third
Avenue elevated raiiroad. an ex-co'i-vict
and a member of the notorious
' Paul Kelly gang,. .according to the po
; lice. Vhit in.iio today was hold a t ris-
oner in the "Harrison' Jail at . Harrison,
:N. J.
oir an order .'signed by Fnhco
Jvutiee .Braiivg'aii, to await the coro-
p.er's inquest, There has been no spc-
cllie chavire lnaiie niminsf. him but 'the
Police sav his conflicting ' statements
; and his . conduct warrants his deten-
tioii. , ... .' .';.
i There are two scrntrhes on AVhit-
i more s ., I, i . :u I.-
. ,.,i;(. ( ... ;i.
j iutcaditk.ii' t);u itv
;i -I, -t'
n '-.firmt .
irie;i! wo
tie- I
nounec' hln
it
r il.:lcr 1 ;.-
ou kn:iw :
: : 1
i kill
f '...ch
ne ver
1 hor
. "You Vlii-',
ed her -he
''u 11:11
..::... . lea ve . ..
beat her and ill-used her. You
li ved her and always mlslreali
and now you have killed her."
Avi,itn.o,e looked at her with a irrin
case also was uncarineci nert'.auo 111
Schenectady, N. Y where a brother
nml sister nf the- denil ' woman. Wnl-
lol. aml Mrs; Lillian Hughes resid-.
Te tters purporting to have been
i I i.eiieiM iui mji iiii
..written by Mrs. .'.Whitmore, although
i in .strange handwriting and signed
in .strange
with her name, have been received by
both Mrs. ; Schmilters and Mrs. Hughes
since tile nude body of the swainp v:c-
tim was found In the. pond in Harrison,
N. J. .
These letters were written while
Mrs. Whitmore lay dead on a morgue
table in Harrison.
Mrs. Whitmore and her husband
were married fifteen years ago in Al
(Continued on 'age Three.)
TRIAL OF THE
(By Leased Wire to Tho Times.)
Washington, D. C, Jan. 4. The na
val inspection board left Washington
Thursday night for Rockland, lie, to
conduct tho trial of the armored
cruiser North Carolina just complet
ed by the Newport News Shipbuilding
Company, which Bulled from Newport
News yesterday for Rockland.
The trial will begin Monday, weather
permitting, with tho standurd'ssatlon
..f ih,t IU.KIU.0 It tY, Dt,ln n.i.l u-lim.
, , ,
that Is completed the speed trial will
be made on the course from Rockland
to Hampton Roads, an exceptionally
long trial course. Tho North Carolina
was planned to make a minimum of
twenty-two knots at full power.
NORTH CAROLINA
RU
SERMONDAi
TROUBLES OF
E OLD MOTHER
Made IIS By Merita! Troubles
of Her Daughter
STORY OF THE COUNTESS
Announcement, Printed Yesterday
in The'. Times' Dispatches, That
; 5u j.'oiistws ' of . Yarmouth Had
ArtJi-'lly Berlin Suit for Divorce
A(id'(! ti) (lie Croat Strain the
.' 'Older Mrs. Thaw Has Been Vnder
Since llasiy Thaw Killed White.
Stories of Oi-.ielty By the Count.
(By Leased Wire to The Times.)
Pittsburg,. - Pa., . ' Jan. 4. Mrs
Mary Copley Thaw, mother of the
Countess of Yarmouth, fa severely
ill from -shock which caused her to
take to her bed vji on' she learned
that the countess nad determined to
sue for divorce- from the Earl of
Yarmouth.
While the nev.-s was expected by
Mrs. Thaw, the actual -announcement I
addrd too much to the strain the
agea woman nas enaurea since ner
Bon Harry, killed Stanford White.
Storlea of extremo r.rneltv on tho
mart of tha MtlM bushnTid hava hee.n
circulating in j-ittsuuig , tor some
time in fact it was known by inti-j
mate, friends of the Thaw family i
that a divorce was only awaiting the
final decision in the case of Harry
Thaw. The countess consented, to
postpone her action so as not to add
to the. great notoriety the . family
was forced to endure.
That she had determined not to the r lost brillian'. financiers and so
wait .is- taken:- fo: indicate that there ! ciety jen of the decade.
hi. lo..;, '. ...;":..'i;d!;,!.r:-. .ie'eivt Du ng Morgan's residence in Glu-
hitarrels : and thiit.-' f.i)n:-:l!'i;u: v
Hio 'metii 'lir.-v 'of " the . Tiiaw fawMy'!
j hlu- wns adviwd to pvr,-:eQi : .aaJat-f
I the earl Wit liout ?:elf. ; , H is known
that :ho- :i...r if : j Shottrv Wer foinif to New r
looked on the marriage with great ! Morg n e ntered the brokerage umi
favor and that her disappointment ' ness and began operations on ihc
upon hearing the marriage was un-j stock exchauge md later he was
happy created a ..constant .worry; -I married "to'; Misn . Edith Parsons, "the
This grief and the present plight,! of beautiful daught sr of John 1 Pttr-; .
her. son has cavsed her a severe sons, who draft 1 the ugarrust
nervous shock which alarms her charier, ws.vp'sident of the New
friends and physicians.
01
'U PTC S
E
!1 diLft
St. Jolin. X. J., Jan. 1.--, hat the
steamship Mount ''..Royal with more
tiiiiii 4imi people on board has Bono
down at si a and that ull on board are
lost is believed to be almost certain
by the ollicials of tTie Canadian Pacific
Railroad, to which road tin' vessel was
Under I. :ise. : ,
'file Mount. '-Royal left Antwerp on
December . 1". almoin a month ago, and
! has nut In i n seen or heard , of since.
None of the vessi'ls arriving at the
ports from 'Antwerp', over', the same
course have sii;htjd lier. . The Mount
Royal is not equipped- with wireless
apparatus and consequently none of
the solutions have been able to pick
her u:v,
The weather lias been stormy much
of the time snee the Mount Royal
railed, and she, In common with the
other steamers, must have encounter
ed heavy gales. . There is also danger
from icebergs in the path she takes
and fear is .expressed that she may
have crashed into one of them.
According to dispatches from Hali
fax,'' officers of the ronierainian,Whle!i
reached that port today, declares that
if the Mount Royal is drifting with
her machinery disabled, the prevailing
winds will have carried her north of
tile runic usually taken by steanifrs
In !uv winter and she would now be
soiviowhere off the Irish coast. Tha
passengers of the Mount Royal num
bers 200. mostly Italian and Jewish
Immigrant,'" The crew numbered
ovr p-o.
Dispatches from Portland, Me., state
that the' All in Line 'strainer . Hunga
rian is overdue there, having left
(lasgmv ten days ago and the sugges
tion is made In Portland that the
Hungarian may be towing the Mount
Royal.; -
SALLSIURY BOY FALLS
O.V REVOLVING SAW.
'"pencer, N.C., Jun. 4. Sidney
Klu;t, aged fifteen years old, son of
Robert KluttB, a Spencsr merchant,
was seriously injuivd here by falling
ou a rapidly moving revolving saw.
1 1 nn nrm watt nlnuutl uiu'anuI t.n.1 ,hrt
, ,nd w(lB takt to tnc hospltal -for
-treatment.
400
in
Vf II
Dispatches
ALL THE MARKETS.
PRICE 5c.
GREAT SLIDE ON
THE TOBOGGAN
Over the Fioencial Precipice
Goes Morgan
HIGH FLYER NOW PAUPER
Likewise He Was a Pew Years Ago
Counted in Society, Married the
"Denutiful Edith Parsons," Who
ever She May Have Been, and
There's Xone So Poor to Lend .
Him a Dollar David Percy Mor
gan Signs Away the Last Interest
!in a Big Estate-
(By Leased Wire to The Times.) ...
Chicago, Jan. 4. David Percy
Morgan, 15 years ago one of the
leaders of Chicago society, who mar
ried the beautiful Edith Parsons,
daughter of John E. Parsons, the
sugar trust lawyer, has signed away
the last of his interest in the estate
of hi j father, the late David Pierce
Morgi n; nf .; , York,
Mo can. wi .-'! wo years ago sprang
int0
otorie:y again ' by his sensar
tional kiv.tiiiiq.iiig of his own three
children in X:W York and who later
was .(:;vcrced by .his beautiful wife,
has i 'igue.l his interest in the
PortliMid b'oek and the real estate
build.-us' in -'Chicago, to Harriman &
Comr ny, stock ; brokers, at 111
Broadway. .. Y., to secure an in
debtedness of $113,516.85.
This assignment, it is said, brings
to the: proverblaMast dollar, cue of
'.m Wiis linked with ,v
: sevi .Ciwrsgo belles,, a) T,;fl .
;.l 893 . ,ljrbup,,he'iyent to 'New, (!'
1 niere 'g moiirhlng.-:,..' ; j '
York Bar s !lation and one of
the richest a LI most widely known
lawyers of 'le time. Three children
were horn ; he couple.
H is caii, hat Morgan prospered
for a fe ye s, but about 1904, it
is si red. h :! iost heavily in specu
lative eiitiiises. In May, 1904,
Mors;ali;' i i a great sensation in
New Yor!; lie had had trouble with
his v.',ffl; iner money matters, it is
said, an i ' - the three children
from bis v. ii! and fled with them to
Radiv-r.
: Fl -r.
fathi r-
child en
until October, the
.1 ; possession of the
ho.pt them at Radnor.
!.-ome wife executed a
i ve. Going to Rad
stomobilc Ehe entered
ThethV.
sens f to i:
nor '-.i ;
the house, took possession of tho
children, rushed with them to the
waiting car, and, in an instant later
was flying toward the New York
state lino with them. She reached
her homo in Mamoroneck, where she
held her children. In April, 1905,
Mrs. Morgan entered suit for divorce
at White Plains, charging that Mr.
Morgan had used $267,000 of the
trust funds in his father's estate and
a considerable amount of her own
money.- ,
On Juno 2G, 1905, the-decrea of
divorce was granted. Since that
time Morgnn'g financial career, it is
said, has been troublous.
DOUBLE SHOOTING 1
OVER LOVE AFFAIR
(By Leased Wire to The Times;)'
Chicago, .Inn. 4 A double shoot
ing attempted murder and aetual
suicide startled people on Michigan
avenue in front of the Auditorium
Hotel last evening. : It arose out of .
a love affair between Mrs. Pishsak,
wire of William Pishzak, a State
bank examiner, and Charles Gilbert
Brockeft, a floor walker in a State
street department store. ' Brockett
shot the woman through the body,
then turned the revolver on his own
brain. -
Brockett died In St. Luke's Hos
pital at 8 o'clock, two hours after
the shooting, without recovering
consciousness. Mrs. Plshzak's Aronnd
was found to bo not necessarily fatal.
There In considerable evldencer to
bear out the supposition that Brock
elfs tragic act was the result of the
woman's resolve to cease hlo attea
Hons and return to her husband. 1