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ly (air tonight and Saturday.
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RALEIGH, N. C, FRIDAY, JUNE 11, 1909.
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THE JEALOUSY OF
SUITOR LEADS TO
SAVAGE MURDER
Kills and Dismembers His
. Rival In the Heart of
Big City
CAUSE OF CRIME
Mystery Surrounding the Crime Pnrt
ly Lifted Today When Number of
New Facts Were Disclosed Mur
dered Man Was Samuel Rerson
and It is Relieved He Was Killed
by Suitor for Hund of Miss Jennie
Slegel Whom H Supplanted
Body Was Dismembered and Hid
In Three DiiTcrent Places Head
Found Within Shadow of Brooklyn
Bridge Boy Paid to Watch Body.
(By Leased Wire to The Times)
New York, June 11 The Jealousy
of a rural suitor for the hand of Miss
Jennie Slegel, a pretty girl of No. 5
Sheriff street, was the motive behind
the savage murder of a young man
whose dismembered body was found
in front of the public school at Hen
ry and Oliver streets. This was es
tiblished today when a number of
new facts were disclosed, partly lift
ing the mystery surrounding the
crime.'
Quickly following the discovery of
the dismembered body in two bun
dles, but .without the head, the Iden
tity of the murdered man was estab
lished and then the police located
the head, wrapped in another bundle,
beneath the shadow of the Brooklyn
bridge at Rose and Vandwater
streets.
The murdered man was Samuel
Bersen, twenty-two years old, a
painter by trade. He lived at No.
221 East 98th .street with the family
of Morris Kornbloom. The dismem
bered portions of the body were iden
tilled by the man's sister, Mrs. Esther
Isaacson,. 180' East 101st street.
It was from Mrs. Isaacson and
from Mrs. Anna Binder, a sister or
the Selgel girl, that reporters today
learned the facts which led to the
discovery of a motive for the murder.
According to both women, Bersen
had been thrown over by the girl,
who has since been paid much atten
tion by another young man. ;
Miss Selgel, according to her ss
ter, met Bersen a year and a half
ago. The two became greatly at
tached to each other and Bersen
railed more and more frequently at
her home. They were generally be
lieved to be engaged to be married,
when about four weeks ago they had
a quarrel. -.
"My sister," said Mrs. Binder, "did
not like the associates that Bersen
had taken up with. She told him so
and they had many warm words over
the matter. Bersen had a violent
temper and this led to the tlnal quar
rel between them. ''.-'..'.,
"Bersen was of too Jealous a dis
position also. This was one of the
things that my sister complained of.
t She told him plainly that he would
have to change considerably before
she would marry him. After he left
the house following that talk with
ber about four weeks ago, he did not
come back." ,
Mrs. Binder admtted that her sis
ter had become acquainted with an
other young man since Bersen ended
his visits. She would not disclose
the Identity of this young man but
his name has been learned by the de
tectives In the case and It is believed
he will be 'summoned to police head
fluarlers to answer a number of ques
tions that the police want to put to
: bim. i '
Both Mrs. Isaacson, the dead man's
eister, and Kornbloom, with whom
and his two nieces, Bersen lived,
agree that the latter was of a violent
temper. They throw another light on
the case by revealing the fact that
he was in the habit or consultng for
tune tellers and clairvoyants fre
quently. Both Kornbloom antj Mrs. Isaacson
said today that Bersen consulted, a
fortune, teller on Tuesday last, the
day before he Is supposed to huve
been murdered. He came home last
Tuesday evening and said that he had
'an Important engagement the next
morning. He asked to be awakened
at 5 a. m. nd left the house an irour
after that time. -
"He told me about this visit to the
fortune teller," said Mrs. Isaacson.
"This fortune teller told him to be
ware of trouble which was menacng
him. He was told he had a rival in
bis love affair and that on account
of this rival, he no longer had the
. love of the girl. He said he thought
ornithine wufolog to happen tohim.
The ldentificatin of the dismembered
portions of the body of Bersen was
made after Captain Caw-, of the homi
cide bureau followed up a clue on the
shirt coverng the trunk In one of the
two bundles. Somewhere In Great
Eastside the man was slain and his
head severed from his body in a fu
tile attempt to hide his identity.
The body was then dismembered,
wrapped in two bundles and left on
the sidewalk in front' of public school
No. 1, at Henry and Oliver streets, by
a man of foreign appearance, who
hired Joseph Totaro, fourteen y.ears
old, of No. 31 Hamilton street, to
watch the package for five minutes,
promising him live cents for his time.
He then disappeared.
GET 0 CARXEGIE FIND.
George Washington University ftrop-
led From Carnegie Foundation.
Washington, June 11. On June 4
the Carnegie Foundation for the ad
vancement of teaching sent a special
representative to Washington to in
vestigate the conditions of George
Washington University. The investi
gation was made soon after Presi
dent Needham had made application
to the foundation for a pension for
Prof. James Howard Gore, and Pror.
James McBride Sterrett, who were
retired by President. Needham, it is
said, for disagreeing with him over
the policy of conducting the affairs
of the university.
The representative reported that
the funds of the university had been
spent In an unbusiness-llke manner,
and that the method of dispensing
with Profs., Gore and Sterrett from
the university was undignified. 'He
therefore recommended that the
George Washington University be
dropped from the institution which
has been done.
TWO PARDONS REFUSED
Many Citizens Asked for
Pardon of Wills
Mrs. Harris Recommends the Pardon
of Young JaMe Wills, Who in Com.
pnny With Two Others Broke Into
Her House Three Years Ago Par
don Also Refused For K. E. HI -lit,
of Henderson,
Governor W. W, Kitchin today re
fused to grant pardons to two con
victs. The Hist of these is E. E.
Hight, the Henderson jeweler, con
victed of embezzlement.' at the Octo
ber term of court, 1908, and sentenc
ed to one year in the state prison.
Governor Kitchin stated that under
the evidence he thought the convic
tion was entirely proper. It was
claimed that Hight was so unbalanc
ed mentally that, he was morally ex
empt from criminality, but this the
governor could not see from the evi
dence and therefore refused the par
don.". Jake Wills, of Wake county, who
was convicted of house breaking with
felonious intent at the March term
of court in 1 906, was also refused a
pardon. Jake Wills, Neal Ganlus and
Earl Jones, nil young white men,
broke Into the residence of Mrs. An
nie E. Harris with intent to commit
a felony.. Wills and GunUis were
captured and pleaded guilty of bur
glary in the second degree. Earl
Jones, who seems fo have been the
leader and the Instigator of the
crime, escaped and was never caught.
Judge Council sentenced Wills and
Ganlus to 10 years In the state pris
on. Several prominent citizens rec
ommend the pardon of young Wills.
Among those petitioning for his par
don was Mrs. Annie E. Harris, whose
house was entered.
TRAIN BLOWN
FROM TRACK
Fort Worth, Texas, June 11. A
report was received today that a pas
senger train on the Kansas City.'Mis
sourl Orient Railroad was blown
from the rails by a terrific wind that
accompanied a heavy downpour near
Knox City. According to advices re
ceived by the dispatcher's office of
the Texas & Pacific Railroad at least
one person was killed and scores in
jured. The dead man was an express
messenger named Woodruff, thought
to be a resident of Merkle.
Services at Court House.
There was a" large crowd at the
court house 'last night to hear Rev.
Mr. Elsom preach on the "Power of
hove." Much Interest was manifest
ed in the service. Rev, C. C. Wheel
er assisted In the meeting. He will
preach tonight to the unsaved. Sun
day there will be three services,
preaching at 11 and 8 and a special
service with ordination of deacons at
4 o'clock.
ATTEMPT MADE
TO RESCUE THE
DEPOSED SULTAN
Several Killed in Encounter
With Guards About the
Suilan Last Night
FOUGHT SEVERAL HOURS
Desperate But Unsuccessful At
tempt. .Made Last Night to Rescue
Abdul Hamid From His Guards at
Sulonjkce Attempt Was Made by
Reactionaries ltut Their Plan Hud
Been Betrayed to the Voting
. Turks Many of Assaulting Party
Were Killed, Also Several of the
Defenders Young Turks Feared
Attempts Would be Itiule to Res
cue Deposed Sultan and Kept
Troops In Readiness to Reinforce
Guards.
(By Leased Wire to The Times.)
Constantinople, June 1 1 .News of
a desperate but unsuccessful attempt,
to rescue Abdul Hamid, the deposed
sultan from his guards at Salonika,
was received here today. The attempt
was made by 'reactionaries, ''but. their
plan had been betrayed to the Young
Turks,-'the.' Salonika advices say. and
many of the assaulting party were
killed."
The. dispatches' say the attack was
made about midnight and that a con
flict was waged for several hours, the
defenders -being "Victorious but losing
several officers.
Abdul Hamid has been confined fn
a villa at Salonika with eleven of the
members of his harem since his re
moval from Constantinople imme
diately after his deposition. From
the first the Young Turks govern
ment has fetfred that attempts to fre.v
him and place dim at the head of
an uprising against 'the new order
would be made by the reactionaries
and a considerable force of troops
has been kept in readiness to instant
ly reinforce the guards surrounding
him. -.;'..-
Recent disturbances in Albania
and the Ad una district had led to ad
ditional precautions against the es
cape of the ex-sultan as it lias been
found that there was a Considerable
and apparently concerted movement
throughout the empire to stir up a
revolution and it was known that
uews of the rescue of the Abdul would
bring the fanatical element Hoiking
to bis aid from all sides.
The failure of this attempt to free
him probably will result in immediate
measures lo sever him from all com
munication with the outside world.
BILL OF FORECLOSURE
AGAINST RAILROADS
(By Leased Wire to The Times)
Macon, Ga., June ''II.. A bill of
foreclosure has been filed with Judge
Emory Speer, of the United Slates
district court here, against the new
railroad, the Savannah, Augusta and
Northern, on which construction was
commenced a year ago. Bowden
Phinissy, editor o fthe Augusta Her
ald has been appointed temporary re
ceiver. Ex-Senator S. R. Lynn, of New
York, is president of the railroad.
The bill of foreclosure was filed by
the Carnegie Trust Company, trus
tee for the bondholders, under a
trust deed for $11,000,000 bonds.
The lapse of Interest on J400,ii00 of
the bonds Is the Immediate cause of
foreclosure.
M. J. Oliver, the contractor, of
Knoxville, filed recently a suit to
foreclose a contractor's lien iigaiust
the railroad.
The termini of the railroad are to
be Savannah and Chattanooga.'
ARMORED CRUISER MISSING.
French Cruiser Been. Missing for 10
Duys Was in Leaky Condition.
', (By Cable to The Times)
Paris, June 11 The Toulon corre
spondent of the Eclair says that no
ofllcal news has been received yet of
the armored cruiser Jules Ferry,
which left Turkish waters for Toulon
sixteen days ago. The relatives of
one of the officers of the ship recent
ly . received a letter from him, In
which he stated that the cruiser was
leaking badly.
The Jules Ferry Is a ship of 12,
750 tons and carries a crew of 728
men. She was launched at Cherbourg
oa August 8, 1903.
THE INCOME TAX
SENATORS WANT
vOTEONQUESTiON
Will Not Object if Vote Is
Put Off Until the Schedules
are Completed
KIAY COME UP NEXT WEEK
According to Present Program In
come Tax , Amendment Will Not
Come Up For Debate Before Lat
ter Part of Xext Week Both Sen
iitoi Bailey and Senator Cummins
Express Themselves as Contldeut
of Victory Senate Met at 10::50
O'clock and Took Up the Woolen
Schedule If LaUollette Amend
ment is Defeats! Senator Cummins
Will Try to Have Woolen Schedule
Recommitted.
(By Leased Wire to The Times)
Washington, June 11, The income
tax senators said today that they
will not object if the vote on thetr
amendment is put off until the sched
ules in the tariff bill have been com
pleted, but Lhey will insist on having
(lie vote before the administrative
feature of the bill is taken up.
According to this program the in
come tax 'amendment will not come
up for debate before the latter part
of next week. It Is thought that at
least four days will be devoted to the
Bailey-Cummins income tax amend
ment. Hot h Senator Buii( and Sen
ator Cummins expressed themselves
today as confident, of victory.
The senate met at ''10:30- o'clock
this morning. : The woolen schedule
was taken up. Senator Cummins, of
Iowa, gave notice that If the LaFoI
lette amendment "reducing dut ies on
waalen fabrics Is defeated, he will
move to recommit the woolen sched
ule to the committee. He would en
deavor to have the senate instruct
the committee to leave the duties on
unmanufactured'' woolen unchanged,
and to fix compensatory duties on
manufactured woolens, which would
represent the difference between the
cost of wool to the American and tite
foreign manufacturers -and the differ
ence in the cost of labor.
Discussing the bill generally Cum
mins declared that it Is idle-to say
Unit a protective tariff adde'd one far
thing to the price which the far
mer received for his product because
the farmers annually export more
i linn $S0u, tltni, otto worth of products,
and not one tithe is added to their
value by the tariff. ."-'
GREW OF STRANDED
STEAMER MUTINY
(By Leased Wire to The Times )
New York, June 11 After a night
ol carousing on board the Spanish
steamship Antonio Lopez, aground oft
Eire Island, the crew of the big boat
mutinied today. The men demanded
that they 'he taken ashore at once and
threatened to kill the officers and
seize the small boats.
There were 125 men in the crew
against less than a score of ofllcers.
When the .mutineers begun making
threats the ofllcers! drew revolvers
and ordered them up on the forward
deck... '-.
'We will give you live minutes to
get there," was the ultimatum. "Any
man who doesn't obey will be killed
With muttered threats the crew
slowly obeyed.
Captain Mir later said the fireman
started trouble by demanding to be
put ashore but within a few hours
after they had been driven to the for
ward deck tHelr regained their
senses.
The Antonio Lopez lay in a danger
ous position today. She was In two
fathoms of witter and listed danger
ously on her starboard side. To add
to the peril of the situation a heavy
sea began running.
MARK TWAIN' TALKS.
(jives Some Advice to Young Ladle.
Tells Them What Not to Do.
(By Leased Wire to The Times.)
Baltimore, Md., June 11 Mark
Twain was the Btnr at the commence-
mnt exercises - at St. Timothy's, a
young women's school at Cantons.
ville, a suburb of Baltimore. He was
enthusiastically greeted.
Smiling, Mr. Clemens, with bis pe-
- -
culiar drawl, gave the girls some ad
vice, i
"There is nothing for me to do but
to tell you young ladles what not to
do. There are thee things that you
should never do on any occasion:
"First. Don't smoke that is, not
to excess. I am seventy-three, and
have awlays smoked during my seven
ty three years to excess.
"Second. Don't drink that is, to
excess.
"Third. Don't marry that is, to
excess.'
"Now if you young ladies refrain
from all these things you will have
all the virtues that any one will honor
and respect.
"Another thing I want to say, and
that is that honesty is the best pol
icy. 1 remember when I had just
written 'innocents Abroad,' when r
and my partner wanted to start a
newspaper syndicate. We needed 'i
and did not know where to get it.
While we were In a quandary I espied
a valuable dog on the street. I pick
ed up the canine and sold him to a
man for 3. Afterward the owner
of the dog came along and I got '.',
from him for telling him 'whore- the
dog was. So I went back and gave
the $:'. to the man whom I sold it to,
and I have lived honestly ever since."
ASSASSINS SHOOTS WOMAN
WHILE PREACHING.
(By Leased Wire to The Times.)
Wiggins, Miss., June 11. Stand
ing outside of a church, assassins
fired three loads of buckshot at Mrs.
Emma Holston, a white evangelist
who was preaching to the negro con
gregation assembled within. She was
taken to Hattiesburg,. but died be
fore she reached that town Three
negro suspects have been arrested.
LIGHT ON SUGAR TRUST
federal Grand Jury investi
gating Workings.
Result of His Orders'.. That- Fnlcrnl
Grand Jury Has Begun an Investi
gation of the Trust's Settlement
With the Pennsylvania Sugar Com.
:: puny. -
(By Leased Wire to The Times.)
Washington,'' June 1 1. President
Tatt is determined that light shall
be let In upon the workings of the
sugar trust, and It is a result of his
orders that the federal grand jury
in New York has begun an investiga
tion of the trusts settlement with the
Pennsylvania company by'.,' paying
millions In cash and securities. To
bring about action, the president call
ed Attorney General Wickersham Into
consultation over sugar trust affairs.
The department of justice, spurred
by the president, had been examining
the evidence developed in the Penn
sylvania Company's suit against the
trust and there is good ground for
the statement that it advised the
president that criminal action against
the big Havemeyer concern - under
the Sherman anti-trust law was beasl
tile The presentation or the ease to
the federal jury in New York yester
day wa3 the first development in the
result. .V.'
Action of the sugar trust in com
promising the Pennsylvania suit at a
cost of millions and the trusts con
fession of guilt In the weighing frauds
exposure have convinced the presi
dent that, it ran he punished and that
the time to do it is now with a light
on the sugar schedule in the tariff
hill practically assured when (lie bill
comes Into the senate from thecom
mlttee of the whole. It is the trust,
of course, which kept the dutch
standard In the tariff ''and., thereby
made It impossible for Imported su
gar to find any other market than the
trust itself.
..''Opponents of the Dutch standard
and the trust have Interested Mr.
Tart" to the extent that he Is said to
be convinced that the tariff liars
against sugar should be materially
lowered. ". The unearthing of further
scandals In the workings of the trust
on top of the raw weighing frauds
would be powerful and pi obably suf
ficient ammunition' In the tariff light.
HON. JAS. R. YOUXO HONORED
Succeed Commissioner Kelsey of New
York on Executive Committee of
National Association of Commls
siuncrs. ;
Hon. Jas. R. Young, insurance
commislsoner, has returned from a
trip to New York, where he attended
the meeting of the committees of the
National Association of Insurance
Commisisoners. The purpose of the
meeting was' to arrange a program
for the annual convention, which
meets this summer in ; Colorado
Springs, Col.
Commissioner Kelsey, of New
York, who was removed from office
sometime ago and succeeded by Mr.
HotchkisB. was dropped from the ex
ecutlve committee. Mj. Young was
elected to succeed Kelsey on this very
Important committee.
B. AND L. LEAGUE'S
FINAL MEETING
DELD LAST NIGHT
Hon. Clyde R. Hoey. of Shelby,
Makes the Principal
Address
OFFICERS RE-ELECTED
President Wittkousky Honored by
Ke-Eleclioii by Acclamation Same
Kate For Secretary Keesler .Mr.
Alex I,. Webb, of This City, Is
Elected Second Vice-President
Executive Committee Chosen .Mr.
Hcriot Clarksoii Again Heads Leg
islative Committee Resolutions
of Thanks to People of Ruleigti,
Mr. Webb, The Evening Tillies and
Others For Many Kindnesses Ad
journment t'. 11 o'clock.
Last night's session of the State
League of Building and Loan Asso
ciations opened with President Witt
kowsky in the chair. The first thing
taken up was 'the reports of com
mittees. The committee appointed
to pass upon. the. recommendation In
the president's'-report made it's re
port. The report" designated as ques
tionable the proposition to insure the
life of the borrower.
The committee to examine the
charter and by-laws of new members
reported favorably on all except The
People's Loan and . Savings Co., of
Raleigh. This association has in Its
charter a provision preventing the
withdrawal of. .money by the shares
holder until after a year's dues have
been paid. This -provision is repug
nant to tile principles of the league
i Lid the People's Loan and Savings
Company's, membership in the league
has been held up until the defect Is
remedied.
The principal address of the even
ing was inside by Mr. Clyde R. Hoev,
of Shelby. His address dealt with
industrial conditions in the South
i nd .the' problems .that. ..grew out of
them. He spoke of the effect of the
great inlllux of ''country, people into
industrial centres, and said that It
vas with this class that the Build-
iag and Loan Association is in ab
solute necessity. It would be disas
trous to take these men from the
quiet of. '.rural life and .'turn them
idrift in cities. There must be a
home' to anchor them 'If they are to
remain good citizens.
Dr. B. F. Dixon, state auditor, was
called .upon for a speech and re
sponded briefly, expressing his regret
ul. knowing so little of the Building
nd Loan business. He made a
peech of humor and also of good
sound advice and wisdom. He spoke
of the wonderful potential wealth
of the South and declared that the
Building and Loan Association was
destined to be a force in the! State
and In the new South, A home Is es
sential to give the best results. Ed
ucation is not possible without the
home to back it and foster It.
Mr. James R, Young, insurance
commissioner, was next called on and
expressed his great regret at having
been unable to attend the meetings
of the associal ion. He declared that
the Building and Loan Association
was essential to progress and he
longed to see the day when every
man .in the Slate realized the value
of Building and Loan Associations.
He declared that 'the greatest curse
of today is the desire to get some
thing for nothing and the Building
and Loan is counteracting this harm
ful sentiment. More importantbau
even the work of providing homes
is the character building which the
Building and Loan Association fos
ters. Mr. Alex L. Webb offered a reso
lution advocating a rigid state super
vision of Building and Loan Associa
tions, and spoke on it, declaring that
there should be ns strict a state su
pervision as the supervision of banks.
There should be a state examiner to
go around and examine all the books
of Building and Loan Associations
und see that they are kept straight
for the protection of the poor man's
savings. ' "
Mr. Allison, Mr. Hasten, Mr. Coch
ran, Mr. Sharpe, Mr. Keesler, and
others spoke on the question. Mr.
Keesler opposed the measure. Its
said that the examination would en
tall a heavy expense and that, what
is wanted Is as little supervision ai
is compatible with safety. Under the,
present law, the Insurance commis
sioner has the right to examine any
association whose affairs need, ex
amining and when an examination Is
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