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NEWS DAILY BROOKLYN nPT-Tlr JL JlJjj EAGLE NEWS TELEGRAPH TELEGRAPH 1 07. XO. 34. 01Uv CITY. SUNDAY.

1 KB11UAKY 11)0(5. -ol PAGES. PAGES 1 TO S. Till? EE CENTS. LUCK ID EXPRESS TIN was not enrnploypd by any single law firm, but did an independent business.

He would block out a district that had been flooded some time within the last six years and THE WEATHER TO-MORROW i.ocai, ivk tiifr riionAim.i rircs. liici'PHMlim cloniliitcft find wnni.rr to-day, r.tlloweil hy mill or mmwi on Hominy, clrnriiiu mill uiui'li rolilei't iii-ereaMlnu Koutli IiiiIh, tieeoiiiliiu, nortli-i'l liy Hominy. PRESIDENT GETS MERGER EEPLY. Washington, February reply of the Interstate Commerce Commission to tho House resolution calling on the President for information an alleged merger of tho Pennsylvania Itailroud and other companies was placed in the hands of the Presi LAWYERS II PERILi GRAND JURY TO ACT IF THE PEOPLE OEMAND IT 'LEAKING A.ND COLDER. Store opens 8:30 A.

Closes 6 P. M. daily. An Exhibition The Summer Cotton Dress Fabrics. HAT tin interesting plnco tbe Store Is these (toys, with the ilninty.

fasciiiiitiug fabrics of SprhiK vieitiR for til-tvllli the grout sales tetltioil UirniiglKiut the? whole establish- nieiit. while marvelous snle of su perb furs furnishes the evidence of ii Winler Hull seems yet to come. One seiison litis not time to die he-fore the next has shown ils desire to tnko ils place. In the Millinery Salon. On the seonutl floor, the third nn-miitl exhibition of Sprint; und Summer colton dress fabrics thut will he favored by fashion is in beautiful readiness.

rurchiiKed in the (outlines where they are made, these exquisitely delicate materials are ipiite the most alttaetive ever shown and most moderately priced. The exhibition, uiiliiue in its way. wilh displays of fabrics alid parasols made of the materials, has heciniie au authoritative fashion forecast. There are I lie delicately woven Organdies, Tulles, Nets ami Voiles from France enihi'olili'i-ed materials from Switzerland dainty flowered Dimities from Ireland charmingly checked ami plaideil woven Voiles from F.iittlund colored Dress Linens, plain und embroidered, from Scotland the effective black and white Linens from tjeriiiniiy und (lie countless attractive fabrics produced hy our own country a showing; that Is not equaled anywhere in Ihe city or, in fact, in the country. The Dress Goods Store Is replete with wonderful offers for earlv Spring and Summer as well.

We mention a few: These colored Dress Goods are shown in the new Paris Spring colors and are the best values to be found in the city at these prices. French AVool Poplin Cloth, 75o. yard. A large contract placed before the advance in the cost of all wool fabric? makes possible this small price. Cadet, rose, lilac, reseda, silver and dove gray, red, wine, green and castor.

Wool Prtinolla C'lotli, 75c. a yard. A fine dress material of pure wool that has a handsome satin surface, particularly attractive. It can not be had outside the store at anything like our price. Imported (irnnltc Annum, a yard.

It is woven "in a stylish shadow check pattern and does not contain a thread of cotton. It is not on sale anywhere at so small a price. Mntn lloor. Went Kuilitlnf. Silk and Wool Eoliennes, 85c.

a Yard. The best Eolienne value in the entire city. It is exceptionally lustrous and in quality and appearance is equal to the best Eolienne offered at $1.25 a yard. Tbe colors are particularly pretty, many being shades dyed for us especially. Main floor.

Wrst Hull.lliu!. Black Silk and Wool Eolienne, 85c. a Yard. The most lustrous silk and wool Eolienne that has been offered for so low a price. It is woven of pure wool and brilliant, flossy silk, and in quality, weave and appearance is equal to the Eoliennes that are sold everywhere at $1.25 ft yard.

Mniu floor, iar. Central $1 Fancy English Mohairs, 59c. These are genuine English Mohairs, made in Bradford, Holland. They come in exquisite designs of fancy stripes and figures, are full 42 inches wide and have a rich luster. Made to retail at $1.00 a yard.

Ma In floor, rar, (Vntral ISiiil'lln. Black Lustrous Mercerized Sateen. 25c. Value, at 14c. a Yard.

Not a finer quality or more lustrous Sateen can be purchased anywhere for less than 25c. a yard. The Lining Store's supremacy is maintained by such matchless offerings as this 25c. Sateen at Hr. a yard.

Mail and telephone orders will be filled. Mitin floor, rt'iir, (Vntral Books Great Bargains. 3,800 Cloth Bound Books At 19c. Each. Popular authors, well printed, well bound, good type.

By request we repeat the following offer: The Prodigal Son. by Hall Caine, at We need not tell the book lover that this book was published at $1.50, and was one of the great successes. More moor olll). in (i. r.

would canvass the residents of the district and persuade them to let him file their claims. Then he would sell the claims for a dollar or two dollars each. Sometimes the lawyers would bid up the price. William O. Miles was one of Fish's clients.

Miles is the lawyer who has done the largest Individual business in sewer claims. Ho ad mitted to a reporter for the Eagle that he had paid a runner named Paisch, also known as Fish, for "services" in one acwer claim case. Lawyer Miles said that Paisch was known as a runner In sewer claim eases, and that he sold bis claims to different law yers. "Paisch, or Fish, brought me twenty claims more than a year ago," Miles sold. "Ho wanted to sell them to me.

I sont out my own man and found they were no good. I wouldn't take them. I paid Fish for his services, and haven't seen him since. I did take one of the cases he brought me." Miles said be never beard that it was bar ratry to have runners and drum up busi ness. Of course, I have a runner," he said.

"So does every other lawyer." Confessed Sale of Claims to Lawyers. The Paisch claims have been given consid erable attention by the District Attorney. One runner has confessed that he sold a number of claims to Lawyer Miles and to Townes; McCrossin. It is said that he made a complete confession, giving the names of other lawyers with whom ho had dealt. Assistant District Attorney Robert H.

Elder has had this evidence in hand for a long time. He is in charge of the case for District Attorney Clarke. Mr. Elder and District Attorney Jerome have worked together on the case, Jerome handling such cases as called for investigation In New York County. Tho prosecuting officers thought a few weeks ago that it would be necessary to have the New York County Grand Jury act on all the cases on the theory that the crime was actually committed In that county in the filing of the claims with the Controller.

They have changed their minds in the last week or so and have determined to prosecute in this county in canes where tho fraudulent affidavits were made here. The list of lawyers' names sent to the District Attorney contains names of lawyers who, tho District Attorney believes, thought they were doing a legitimate business. In most eases thero was no opportunity for a mistake on the part of the lawyers, as the clalmswerc palable frauds. "Any lawyer with common sense knows that pianos are not kept in cellars." said a an in the Corporation Counsel's office yes terday. "You know well enough that a lawyer would not believe that condensed milk in tin cans would swell and burst the cans Just because a little flood water happened to get on them.

Yet that is exactly what these claimants have asserted." Towns McCrossin, 880,000 in a Year. Among the lawyers who got cases from runners are Towns and McCrossin, who have done an enormous business In sewer claims. The city paid them nearly J.50,000 In settlement of clalm.j last year. This Arm does not take more than half of the amount received from the city that some lawers do. One lawyer takes as high as 80 par cent.

Some of them keep it all, and the claimant does not get a cent. Indeed. It is asserted that money has been paid In cases wbere the claimant knew nothing about it. Henry P. Burr, a lawyer, put In a claim for $100 for damages to goods stored in the cel lar of Mrs.

Annie M. Daley, of 554 McDon- ough street. When the Controller's exami ner went to see Mrs. Daley she said she had never signed hei name to the claim. She pointed out the fact that both her first and last name has been spelled incorrectly.

The claim was signed "Anna Daly." It was as sumed that some enterprising runner had made out the claim, filled out the bill of particulars, signed her name to it and then sold It to a lawyer. One of Lawyer Miles' clients was a shoemaker. He had put In claims for 4,000 damages in the aggregate, chiefly for 170 barrels of flour, 2,000 loaves of bread, 11 sacks of caraway seed and other bakers' supplies. The damages, he claimed, had been sustained at various times extending back as far as 1901. Mr.

O'Neill's report on the case was that the claimant had owned the house where the damages were alleged since June, 1904, and was a shoemaker, not a baker. When Mr. O'Neill called the shoemaker's attention to this discrepancy between fact and allegation, the man shrugged his shoulders and laughed. When pressed for an explanation, he referred tho Assistant Corporation Counsel to his lawyer. Miles.

District Attorney Clarke and his assistant, Mr. Elder, have in their hands a long report on the cases cited here, together with about 150 other cases, all declared to be frauds of the most glaring and crlmlnul nature. One city official In communication with the District Attorney denounced the whole business as a "corrupt conspiracy to defraud the city." He said that the lawyers who had conspired together should be brought to Justice. One great difficulty In the past has been that inspectors from the Controller's office have been bought off by claimants and the claims have been passed. Commissioner of Deeds Accused.

Clarence D. Cruikshank, a lawyer of 356 Fulton street, came over to Brooklyn to engage In sewer claim business. His clerk, Walter P. MacI.ean, a commissioner of dftds, attested many claims that were repudiated later on. MacLean hud attested that the claimants had sworn to the claims before him.

The claimants In many cases made signed statements to the Controller's sower examiner that they had not sworn to the claims as attested. At least one claim presented by Towns and McCrossin was repudiated In the same way. This claim was attested by Guslav Olsen. a commissioner of dteds In Towns and MeOrossln's office. It is a misdemeanor for a commissioner of deeds to falsely attest a paper as having been sworn to before him.

It Is a felony for any person knowingly to present a fraudulent bill to a public officer for payment. Section 672 of the Penal Code, says distinctly that a person presenting such a claim Is guilty of a felony. Frank Harvey Field, vice president of the Bar Association, announced some time ago that the association would take up the matter of runners. He said there would certainly be action If It were found that any lawyer had been guilty of employing runners to secure fraudulent claims. J.

C. Cropsey, John J. Huagerty, George H. Alexander, William A. Robinson and William C.

Deccher have been active In presenting sewer claims. They are favored with a largor clientage then many others of the lawyers who have been engaged In tho business. Turkish Clinton St. Mux conitorl, rest. -Adv.

REVOLUTION IN PERSIA. Shah Summons His Trusty Advisers to Decide How to Meet Crisis. St. Petersburg. February 3 According to piMvate advices received here the picturesque revolutionary movement in Persia is assuming a more acute character.

The Shall in great alarm recently summoned home hU most trusted advisers in Kurope hi order to consult with them as to tile iu-t nietboils for meoting the cricis A "constitution' has not yet been realized, even en pajier. The Church party, which includes the nll-power-ful Mullahs, is pressing its advantage to the utmost. The developments are being watched with Interest in diplomatic circles here, as Persia is one of the pawiiB in tho larger game of international pulitirB. WOMAN KILLED BY AUTO. Trying to Escape a Broadway Car, She Han Clear in Front of the Other Terror.

A hnndsome, well dressed woman was taken to Bellevue Hospital, where she diet! lutpr, last evening, sunVring from a fractured skull as the result ol bring run down by au automobile at Broadway and Twenty-flnrt street, Manhattan. The doctors wore unable lo retahliph her identity. She was attired In expensive clothing aud wore a coat I sealskin coat. According to Policeman Hurley, of the "Tenderloin" station, tho woman started aoro6H Broadway at Twenty-first street, aud in leaping out of the way of a liroadway car Hho lauded lu front of large auto running at good peed and driven by a chauffeur in a eal eoai. The auto panned on and was soon lout to view.

Tho policemen summoned an ambulance, and Dr. Hawks, of Be.llevuo responded. The woman was taken to the uo.spital. Two hours later she died, and her body was removed to the morgue. There was nothing to establish her identity on her clothiug or among her effects.

Shu was about -to years of age, weighed pounds, had black hair and ws dressed in dark dollies. Last night, employes in ihe American Express Company's otTu-e, In which she was t.iktn alter the accident, called up Night Superintendent McHule of Hellevue on the telephone, aud told him. that when the woman was brought Into the stor she had on a fical skin rout, and wore considerable diamond jewelry. She was carrying a cooked chicken, and had also a steak wrapped up. Tho employes of (lie express company locked up the coat and the jewelry in the safe.

MINERS TO RAISE STRIKE FUND. Will Make Assessment and Try to Obtain $2,500,000 for April Strike. Indianapolis, February 3 The National Executive Board of the I'nlted Mine Workers, of America met behind closed doors this morning and remained In session until evening. Routine business was transacted. A special levy of $1 a week on each member of the Organization, to -rente a strike fund, was discussed ltformt.lly, and no action was taken.

-Notice may Issue to the board members to-morrow morning that a special session will be held during tho day in order that the work may be disposed of more speedily. Otherwise, the meeting of the board will be continued Monday. I. It tic of Importance remains for them to do but to make the formal order for the strike levy. There is nil Intimation that pressure has been exerted on some of the hoard members to rut the proposed assessment in two.

There Is little likelihood that this will he done. Secretary V. N. Wilson is especially determined that tlie funds thus raised shall be at least J2.r.ljli.uno, and the other national officers and a niii.l'irlty of the board members are ol his opinion that this sum will not be found too large if a strike is declared on April 1. CASTRO PREPARES FOR WAR.

Issues Orders to Fire on First French War Vessel Seen. Willemstad. Island nr Curacao, February 3 Passengers of the Red Line steamer Philadelphia, fiom New York January 20 and La Oualra, Venezuela, which arrived here lo-day from the latter port, report that President Casiro is making every possible war preparation. They add that orders have been Issued to fire on Ihe Ural. French war vessel siyhted cruising in Venezuelan waters.

Castro, it Is asserted, regards ihe whole French movement hs a "bluff." and says he "will not be bluffed" and will retaliate by prohibiting the of French goods Into Venezuela. LAWS0N GOES TO CHICAGO. Has Large Number of Proxies for Big Lite Insurance Com-panies. Boston, February UThomaH W. lawson left this eily for Chicago to-day, armed with a large number of proxies made out to Mr.

Luw.son by policy holders of the Kqui-table. New York Mfe and Mutual life insurance companies. It Is Mr, Iawson's Intention to delivr the proxies to a committee made up of Governors of the Middle West and West proper, who have assembled at Chicago to IIn-uhs inmiranee reform. Before his departure for the West to-day, Mr. La whom declined lo outline the policy he propones to advocate and he also reiused to disclose the Identity of thp (Jovernors lo whom he will deliver his proxies and who are said to be lu accord with him in his campaign for improvement In the method of conducting the of immrnncp companies, FIFTY MEN BADLY BURNED.

Explosion of Gas at Sterling Salt Com--mny's Mine Caus.es Disaster. Buffalo. February 3 A special from Gene-sec says fifty men were burned, many of thim seriously In an explosion at the Sterling Salt Company's mine near Cuylervllle, to-night. The explosion was reused by i.n accumulation of gas In the sand house near tht surface. The men were coming up the shaft nt the close of to-day's work when the gas was ignited by one of their iHiups.

A Minding explosion followed. The men were all brought to the surface by rescue parties. The most seriously Injured are Manager John B. Knox, Patrick Carey, William Oukley and Charles Williams. Gibson Black I.nliel.

Whfii Yon Drink Br lik. It "atralfbk" For dent to-day. Intimation Is given as to its nature or ns to when the President will tntnsmlt it to the House. KING ALFONSO RETURNS. Madrid, February II King Alfonso arrived hero to-day.

He was greeted at the station hy members of the roynl family, cabinet ministers and a number of high officials. Tbe crowds cheered Hie King us ho drove to the palace. King Alfonso will bold an important council of ministers tomorrow. BALLOON SAILS FOR FRANCE. London.

February It An Aero Club bal loon left London this afternoon for France and later was sighted from the Knst- bourne pier, moving seaward. Eastbourne Is sixty-six miles southeast of London. I CHINESE ROB MISSIONARIES. Residence of Rev. Dr.

Andrew Beattie, in Canton District, Looted by Bandits. Hongkong, February 3 Tho residence of 10 Rev. Dr. Andrew Beattie, an American Presbyterian missionary nt in tho district of Canton, was looted to-day by an armed band of Chinese. Tho missionaries wero bound and their clothos, watches and silver, valued at $1,000, wero taken by the robbers.

Dr. Brnttie Is In chargo of five of the day schools of tho Bourd of Missions of tha Presbyterian Church of America at Fall, DROWNED WHILE SKATING. Father Gilbert Simon and Three Students of St. Bed College Meet Tragic Deaths. La Snlle, February 3 Father Gilbert of St.

Bcde College, and three stu dents were drowned to-day while skating on the Illinois River. Several boys were stand- Ing together to have a photograph taken, when the Ice broke and nil sank. Father Gilbert plunged In Hie water and saved five boys, but on re-entering the Icy river for a sixth students he became exhausted, aud he with three, boys were drowned. The four bodies wero recovered shortly afterward. Father Gilbert Simon came to the SI.

Bcde College six months ago from St. Vincent's College, Pennsylvania. The names of the drowned students are: Cass Bannin, Champaign, 111. Charles Beuter, Chicago. Frank Christie, St.

Louis. CHURCH TROUBLES IN FRANCE. A Number of Prisoners Sentenced to Various Terms in Jail. Paris, February 3 The making of inventories of church property undtT the provisions of tho Church and State Separation law, took place In three churches here this afternoon, but passed off without violence. Clergymen made formal protect to ihe com ml s-liloners before they entered the churches.

A number of the prisoners taken into custody for assaulting the police during the disturbances earlier in the week were tried to-day and were given various term of Imprisonment. Several members of the elergy will be proceeded later on chsrgrs of resisting the law. Members of the Chambers of Deputies will meet shortly lo consider how to end the delieste situation. WRECK ON ROCK ISLAND. rifteen Persons Injured, Two of Them Fatally, at Duran, New Mexico.

lJuran. X. February 3 Fifteen persons were injured, two of them probably fatally, in the wreck of au eustbouml Chicago, Hock Island and Pacific passenger train to-day. The. probnbly fatally hurt are: JjQuIr Cohen, El Paso.

Mrs. F. Munda, Anchor, X. M. Others seriously Injured: C.uv West ley and wife, Sparta, Wis.

C. 11. Jones. Foils Mill, W. head, hips and side hurl.

Two private cars carrying memhers of ihe Chicago Commercial Association did not leave (he track. The wreck was caused by Ihe derailment a ihe locomotive tender. Seven cars rolled down an embankment. These cars were baggage, exprenn and mail cars, a day coach, a tourist and two standard sleeping cars. The train was running slowly at the time of the accident.

INSANE MAN DROWNED. Samuel Noon, of Freepoit, Perished While Fleeing, After Attempt to Brain Hia Wife. ISpeeinl to the Kagle Freeport. L. February 4 Samuel Noon, Ihe cigar maker, of (his village, who had been deranged in mind since December, and who recently ran away from a private sani-larluin in Amityvllle, Has drowned to-day by falling Into Freeport Creek, after attempting to brain his wife with an ax procured from the wood pile.

Whether he Intended to commit suicide Is not known. He crossed two ditches safely, bin slipped on a sod in approaching the third ditch und crashed headlong through the Ice into about eight feet of water. Ii is believed he did not realize where he was traveling. itis body was fished out of the creek and taken to Fulton's morgue. Justice A.

B. Wallace will hold nn Inquest. Noon's wife was bruised on ihe head by ihe ax her bus. band Iried to brain her with. She overpowered him anrl took the ax away.

Noon was between 110 and 40 yeai'B of ase He was a member of the local lodges of (idd Fellows and Junior American Mechanics. He tlist. gnve signs of mental trouble on December -3. when he ran away from home hatless and coatless. He was searched for, but could not be located.

On the night of liecember 24, he went to a relative's at Koekville Centre and was returned to his heme in Freeport. He endeavored to run nwav several tlme afterward, but was prevented by attendants. He loaves a widow and threu young chil-dirn. tlllllll lill KW VOIIK TO w.w Oltl.KW AMI HKTI It OK7.7.V VlR. WHUlltllKtClll Hll'l III." Snlllh'TII W.

W. ill un, I A N. It. Ti.k'U on KHle Fet.niHi-y In 'JT. n-turnlnix until Murrh uf limit run t.e lonl Mnrcti t'-lti, hy tl.ket nt lirlfan.

paving New y.trk Oltle'-n, -71 and 11 A.lv. llnvlft' lrntle Corn Mflreli Is 1I10 ktnJ Uini "tflstri, like Adv. Not Seeking a Nomination for Governor, but Might Have to Take It. RECOUNT FIGHT TO CONTINUE. Oil and Water Will Not Mix, He Says, Concerning Chailes F.

Murphy. Kagle Bureau. COS Fourteenth Street. Washington, February 3 Representative William Randolph Hearst returned to Washington to-dny from California, where he went during tbe holidays to tako his sick child. To tbo Eagle correspondent to-nisht Mr.

Hearst declared that he was not In any sense seeking a nomination for governor of New York or any other place, but he made it clear that It there should be an apparent necessity, such ns existed lust fall in New York, for him to take tho Held as the champion of the principles which he advocated in the mayoralty campaign, he will become a candidate. But if escnt.s should force htm to become a candidate it will not be at the reuuest of Murphy and other discredited politicians of Tammany Hull. In response to an Inquiry as to whether Murphy or any of Ihe hitter's associates hud broached the subject of nominating him for governor on the Democratic ticket, Mr. Hearst laughed heartily and replied: assuredly not. You can hardly expect oil and water to mix." "Would you become a candidate for governor under certain conditions?" "I am not a candidate for the governorship and probably will not be, but if a situation should arise, such existed in the late mayoralty campaign, which should coin-pel my taking an active part in politics I will have to lake It.

1 have no desire to hold office; In fact, tho ofllce-holding proposition Is distasteful to me und Irksome. Moreover, In a certain way it is Ineffective, for when a man Is runnim; for an office ho may uppear to have a personal object lo advance In Booking election. When be ir, not a candidate there can be no such considerations. "However. I intend to maintain my interest In politics, as every citizen should do.

especially if be Is trying to conduct several newspapers along the lino of public thought." "Hut you are not seeking a nomination?" "Not at all, I stand Just, where I stood In the mayoralty light last year. I told my friends then it would be belter to nominate another man. I had been lighting the corrupt corporations so long that they were very bitter toward me, and my nomination was ecrtnln to arouse them to great activity. I think the election Bhowed that more money was raised to defeat the will of the people In that election than had been raised In unv previous campaign In New York City." "Suppose there should be a general demand for you to run hnmGovernor?" "If (here were lo be a general demand Tor my nomination, and uuy special ndvantage In my running, then I would become a candidate. That is all.

1 am now merely staling a preference lo be out of active politics, and not an unwillingness to go Into a campaign if there should be necessity for it. I think, however, there will be plenty of available candidates seeking the nomination." "For what party would you become a candidate?" "Inasmuch ns I ha.v said I have not considered the possibility of nomination, I can hardly discuss details of this kind. I believe In what I consider Democratic prin ciples. Hut to my mind there Is little or no difference between tho Democracy of Jelfer son aud the Republicanism of Lincoln. The names Democrat aud Republican mean little these days.

"There are liberal, progressive Democrats, and thero are corporation Democrats, Just as there are liberal and corpor ation Republicans. Personally, I belicva that when the Democracy of the country has an opportunity properly to express Its doctrines, it will be found that they are tb principles of Jefferson, the principles lu I believe." Mr. Hearst Is somewhat amused at the furor wliieh has been raised by the Ryan-Belmont merger, and Is specially pleased at the Impetus that It has Riven to the ownership idea. "This merger." he said. "iH what Ihe people must expect under existing conditions, and li is what they must make up their minds to consider and correct.

I have no doubt that it will prove a great educational lesson to people who were In doubt before as lo the wisdom of municipal ownership. This merger ami ihe Inevitable discomfort it will brius to passengers, bad treatment of employes, and lack of those developments and improvement which arise from a certain amount of competition will compel the people to turn to municipal, ownership." Mr. Hearst says that the fight to secure a recount of the vote for Mayor will continue until every means lo this end has been exhausted. CRIST. KILLED BY ELECTRIC TRAIN.

Stephen Lawson, of Brooklyn, Met an Awful Death at Mortis Park. IS pc. in I to the Eagle.) Morris Park. 1 February ,1 -Hiephen Lawson. aged 30 years, a carpenlor, married and residing at fi' Fourth avenue, Brooklyn, while attempting to board a westbound electric train on the Atlantic avenue division of ihe Long Island Railroad, at Atlantic and Lcffcrls avenues, this place, this afternoon, fell under the wheels, which passed over his lens, severing them from his hotly at the thighs.

Surgeon Wicks of St. Mary's Hospital was called mid had him pluccd In an ambulance for removal to the hospital, but ho died beiore reaching there. VARTANIAJJ'S SENTENCE UPHELD. Constantinople, February .1 -The Court of Cassation has confirmed the sentence of death Imposed on Ghlrkls Vnrtanlan, who claims American eli Iztnship. Vaitanlun was condemned to death by the Criminal Court at Stamboul on September hist for the murder of Apik I'ndjlan.

a promlnem Armenian. DEW KVHCI.AIIKTS OI.IMIt tl.IMll:4 Ar not riiuiilleil in Arnerleli. If. T. t)cwty Sum ja Fullun SI, New York.

-Adv. Connecticut Man Wanted in Sheepshead Bay Case Meant to Go to Stamford. DIDN'T WAIVE EXTRADITION, But Got on Train With Detective Vachris, Missed the One Stop and Landed Inside New York State. By a streak of good luck and without the tantalizing formality of getting requisition papers and extradition pipers from two governors. Detective Sergeant Vachris, of Cap tain Harklns squad, snaked a resident of Connecticut across the border line into New York state last night, and then arrested him.

The prisoner, who is simply held on a chnrgo of vagrancy, according to the detectives' bloltor, is Joseph Campcn-elll, the Connecticut hatter, who figured one day last, week in the story of tho mys terious murder of Nicolo Pellctieri. Nicolo was the man whose body, punctured with twenty-one stabs, was found in a field In Sheepshead Bay. This makes the fourth arrest in the case. The other prisoners are Luigi del Monte, Cella Lamro and Jennie Moulquln. Celia and Jennie are the women In the case, and the two men named are said to have been Jealous of Nicolo.

Campanelll is the sweetheart of Jennie Moulquin. the Swede. When Nicolo wrote a letter to Celia in Italian that young wom an, who Is French, could not read it. So she turned It over to hor friend. Jennie, and Jennie got Campanelll to translate tho burn ing missive.

On the strength of this letter both of tho young women left Danbury on January 4 to meet Nicolo and his friend. Pasquale, in Manhattan. Del Monte. Celiu's sweetheart, followed and took Celia back, but Campanelll did not, according to tbe women, come to New York. Captain Harklns and Detective Sergeant Vachris were very much interested In Campanelll, who was said to very jealous of Jennie and who declared even last night that he loved her very much, and so Vachris was sent back to Danbury yesterday morning to look up Oam-panolll's movements.

Ho had a talk with Chief Bradley of tho Danbury police, who Bald that once Campanelll was arrested for slabbing a man but that nothing was proven against him. Vachris went to Better's hat factory, where Campanelll was employed, and found out there that ho had been absent from his duty from tho 4th of January to the 17th. That was significant to the Inquiring detective, for Nicolo disappeared about the 14lh or 13th of the month. Then, when he had a talk with Campanelll, tho man could not, or would not, account for the days that he had been missing from Danbury and his work. Vachris wanted to take Campanelll back to New York with him, and got him as far as the railroad station In Danbury yesterday afternoon, with the avowed purpose of setting him to aid lu clearing up the mystery of Xicolo's death.

But after the detective had bought a ticket for himself and Campanelll lor New York, Campanelll, who talks fine English, made a dreadful rw. Ho dwlr.red that he was being kidnapped, and got a number of persons who were waiting for tho train quite interested In tho matter. Vachris told him that he did not want him In New York if he did not wish to go, and got bnck the money he had paid for the Italian's ticket. Then Vachris bade goodby to Chief Bradley, who was at the station to see him off, aud got on the train quite dejected. Ten minutes later, while on his way to the smoking car, Vachris ran into Campanelll.

He got into the seat beside htm and asked him if he had changed his mlud and intended to go to New York after all. "Not on your life," said Campanelli. "I'm going to see my father at Stamford." The train was the 6:33 P.M. from Danbury, and it is an express to New York. The only stop Is at South Norwolk, where passengers change for Stamford, and Vachris and Campanelli were in such an interesting conversation that Campanelll did not notice that the train had stopped at Bourn Norwnlk and had sped on again.

He found out after a while that he had passed his Junction, and he made a frightful howl about it. He asked the conductor to stop the train In the middle of a Held, but that was against the rules of the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad, and the conductor would not stop. So Cnmpanellt took the conductor's number and tried then to make file best of a bnrt bargain. He promised to give Vachris all the assistance he could, and indeed did give him Information that means a lot of work for the detective. But he found out.

when he got to local police headquarters last night, that he was under arresi. and he was very angry thereat. He denied that he knew anything at all about the murder, or about the recent movements of the prisoner del Monte. Vachris thinks that Campanelli may he able to tell him more about the doings of del Monte of late, and he Is glad that Campanelll Is in custody. The man will be arraigned before Magistrate Dooley, in the Adams street court, to-day.

MADE A COSMOPOLITAN RAID. Men and Women of Many Nationalities Arrested in a Coney Island Kesort. Police Captain David Evans, accompanied by Detective Denlel Marks and several patrolmen, descended upon a resort known as the Neptune Hotel, at 2823 West Fifteenth street, Coney Island, last night, and gathered In a patrol wagon load of men and women of many nationalities. The raid caused great excitement along the street and hundreds of men. women and children gathered In front of the resort while the police wero passing out the inmates to the policemen stationed at the patrol wagon.

Tha raid was made on a warrnnl Issued by Magistrate Voorhees yesterday In the Coney Island Court. Tbe alleged proprietor of the resort is a roan named Donna-ruma, and he was caught lu the raid, along with aomo of his patron. According to Captain Evans, the evidence gathered by his men against the plait is exceedingly strong. He said he had warned the proprietors of every one of the resorts on West Fifteenth street and demanded of them that ihey keep disreputable characters out of their places. Tho promises were made, but not kept, and the Information received by the captain concerning the doings in the resorts caused the raids a few weeks ano and that last night.

The police found that negroes and whites associated nightly in nearly every one of the Raines law hotels. The captain declared he Intended cleaning up the street If It were possible. Captain Evans Instructed his men to keep a sharp eye on the business ol' selling drinks to-day and snld he Intended to see that tbe law was not vlolnted, Florida's Fsmons Trains. N. T.

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Atlantis L'oait Un, UU B'wajr, K. I. Adv. About a Hundred Members of the Bar Involved in Sewer Claim Frauds. SCORES OF BROOKLYN MEN.

Claims Bought at Wholesale From Runners Who Knew They Were Bogus. CONFESSIONS HAVE BEEN MADE. Supposed Plaintiffs Have Owned They Were Not Damaged Colossal Swindling Scheme. The Gravid Jury which meeto to-morrow In Kings County will be asked to act on the names of more than one hundred lawyers of Brooklyn and Manhattan in connection with fraudulent Bewer claims against the city. At the same time the Grand Jury in New York County will be asked to bring indictments against certain lawyers who, it la alleged, have made a business of pre-senting fraudulent claims for damage from flooded sewers.

"There will be arrests before the end of next week," was the statement made yesterday by a man close to the situation. The District Attorney of Kings County and the District Attorney of New York County, have been working in conjunction with Controller Metz and the corporation counsel to secure indictments against the lawyers who have helped perpetrate the most glaring frauds against the city. Inspectors have been working on claims for months and have filed a report showing that only a comparatively small number of the claims are legitimate. Evidence that lawyers have conducted the sewer claim business without regard to truth or law is in possession of District Attorney Clarke. Several of the runners employed by the lawyers have confessed to their part in the great industry of manufacturing bogus claims.

Because the matter is to be before tho Grand Jury, District Attorney Clarke would rot discuss it yesterday, but It was learned from two distinct sources that the District Attorney's office is ready to ask for indtct-luenti. It is understood that the District Attorney will not ask for true bills against every one of the dozens of lawyers named in the report placed In his hands by the city's experts who liave been Investigating the claims. In some Instances there is reason to believe that the lawyers acted in good faith and without the knowledge that their clients were trying to rhcat the city out of money for damages that never were sustained. Many Lawyers Badly Involved. Confessions of runners have involved several well known lawyers in an ugly situation.

These runners have told the district attorney the whole story of the methods and means used in manufacturing claims. The magnitude of the business may be Inferred from the fact that one lawyer alone took more than (106,000 out of the city treasury last year. A single lawyer is credited with an income of more than $50,000 a year from thiB business. The claims now pending against the city aggregate millions of dollars. The sum total grows with every day.

Lawyers, iaced with imprisonment on the charge of barratry and fraud, have continued to present "It is the mcit colossal graft scheme now doing on In New York City," said Assistant Corporation Counsel James T. O'Neill, who has worked up many of the cases for the District Attorney. Of the 15,000 sewer claims pending against the city, Mr. O'Neill dora not hesitate to say that at least 90 per cent, of them are frauds of the most shameless and baseless character. Ths brazen attitude t)t the sewer claim lawyers convinced city officials some time ctgo that nothing short of tndlctmejit would stop the assaults upou the city treasury.

Controller Metz bad not been In office a week before he was astounded with tbe magnitude of tho frauds. He went to work to put a stop to the business of mulcting the city by wholesale claims. He found that Mr. O'Neill, of the Corporation Counsel's office, had been working with District Attorney Clarke for months with a view to punishing the guilty attorneys. The city officials were not surprised to find that many of tho claims were absolutely without foundation of fact.

They had been pn pared for that by the revelations made In Judge Cornelius Kurgueson's count, when Judge Furgueson became so disgusted with th'' attempts to rob the city that he refused to try another sewer case. But Metz and his fellow workers were amazed to find that nearly all of the claims were the rankest frauds. In some cases the supposed claitu-pnn knew nothing of tbe claims. Claimants Own They Were Not Damaged. Hundreds of claimants admitted thut they had sustained no damage from floods, but said they bad been Induced to file claims by the persistent and persuasive runners for law dims.

A runner named Paisch, or FlBh. sold 300 claims to lawyers. Every one of the claims proved fraudulent when Investigated by men from the office of the Corporation Counsel and from the Controller'es office. Paisch A. C'lUA, AM) T1IK INDIA KXPKKSS.

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