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THE BROOKLYN DAILY EAGLEdH V- EDITION. NEW YORK CITY. SATURDAY. DECEMBER 21 1907. YOL.

08. NO. 352. 18 PAGES, INCLUDING PICTURE AND LONG ISLAND SECTIONS. iTittESy CENTS placed in the hands of executors, and th GAPT.

Cfili'S FATE IT'S SLAYER LOCAL WEATHER PROBAIIII.ITIKS. Generally' fnlr to-itlfclit ami Sunday, with Hlifclit chaHKea of temperature! freMb to liKht wexterly wlntln, becoming variable. LOCKED IN NASSAU JAIL NOT II HEAVY LOSER )iger Evidently Suffered From M'the Delusion That He Had Man Who Cave Sensational Testimony in Druce Mystery in London Caught on Pier. US Wealth in Prospect. margin is kept (rood.

In this case the margin has not been kept (food, and if sold out today at the bid price there would be a deficiency of about $:..000. We do not wish "to have the account remain in this position, and therefore must ask you to protect It. either by a remittance of casn margin or by taking; the bond up, as mentioned In our previous letter. As we wrote you, we are willing to deliver the bond to you at a fixed price, icavlne a debit balance on the account to be adjusted later. We will send you a statement of the number of shares bought and sold for your account during the last year as soon as our bookkeeper lias time to prepare It.

Yours trutv JAMES H. OLIPHANT CO. Geiger a Picturesque Character. Geiger was a picturesque character and had had a remarkable career. He had told his friends that he had been court surgeon to Emperor Mcnelik of Abyssinia, and also to the Sultan of Morocco.

He was born in Roswell, which was the home of President Roosevelt's mother. Geiger was distantly related to Mrs. R. M. L.

Black of Brooklyn, wife of the Rev. Mr. Black of St. Bartholomew's Church. Mr.

and Mrs. Black are anxious to do all they can In looking after the remains of Geiger. At the office of the Coroner, It was slated this afternoon that an uncle of Geiger, living in Brooklyn, had claimed the body, which had been sent from the morgue to Wlnterbottom's undertaking establishment, on Sixth avenue. Mr. Winterbottom said he could not remember the name of the relative who claimed i of the missing man, believing that ho had escaped death when the shi went down, advertised extensively for him in English and Australian In response to the advertisement a man whose real name was Arthur Orton, but who had been employed as a butcher at Wagga Wagga, Australia, under the name of Thomas Castro, presented himself as the missing heir.

He told a story of having been picked up at sea alter the ship was wrecked and being landed at Australia. So Impressed was the mother with Castro's story that she accepted him as her son. He was repudiated by the rest of the family, however, and tho prolonged litigation, which ultimately resulted In the conviction of Castro on a charge of perjury followed. He was convicted and sentenced to fourteen years imprisonment. Many years later, after his release from prison, Castro made a complete confession, in which he acknowledged that he was an impostor.

In the Druce case, which involves the identity of the Duke of Portland as the so-called Druce, the estate at stake is of far greater value than that which actuated the claimant in the Tiehborne litigation. The income alone from the Duke of Portland's fortune is fully $1,500,000 per year. The claimants In this case, the family of Thomas C. Druce. contend that the fifth Duke of Portlanl led a dual life, and was one and the same with Thomas Charles Druce, the keeper of a bazar in London.

It was claimed that George H. Druce, a grandson ot Thomas C. Ihe storekeeper, therefore, is the reul Duke of Portland. EVANS MAY BE VICE ADMIRAL Bill Creating That Rank Intro- duced in the Senate. Washington.

December 21 Senator Warner of Missouri to-day introduced hill cerating the rank of vice admiral In the navy. If it should become a law It will permit the promotion of Rear Admiral Evans to the proposed rank, but the measure was not intended to accomplish that end alone. It is general in i's nature, and its purpose is to provide for a rank In the navy which when that branch of the military service is represented abroad, does not render it necessary for tho commander to allow officers of other countries, whose navies are not so Important as ours, to take precedence over them. Following is tho text ot the bill: "The President is authorized to appoint by selection and promotion a vice admiral of the navy whose retirement shall be governed by the existing law governing the retirement of rear admirals of the navy." ADMIRAL LUDLOW BETTER. Veteran Naval Officer Has Been Seriously 111 at Oakdale Wife Not Notified.

(Special to the Eagle.) Sayvllle, L. December 21 Rear Admiral Nicoll Ludlow, U. S. who has been very ill with the grip, at the historic Ludlow homestead, at Oakdale, is regarded as out of danger to-day. Mrs.

Ludlow, who is in Washington, has had no notice of her husband's ill ness. He caught cold while packing his ctlecu preparatory to leaving lor a three years absence. He is at the home of his superintendent, tho Ludlow mansion being closed. There are unconfirmed rumors that the Ludlow homestead hns been sold to Frederick G. Bourne, whoso Indian Neck estate adjoins it, but while it is known that negotiations have been pending for some time, it Is not possible to confirm the report of tho transfer.

It Is evident that if not sold, the Ludlow place will be rented, otherwise, the admiral's effects would not be ordered packed and stored at Sayville. It is understood among Mr. Bourne's neighbors that he is anxious to purchase the Ludlow homestead for a country nome for his soon-to-be married daughter. Florence, it being Mr. Bourne's desire to have his large family of children settle in homes on one great family estate, with the parental Indian Neck Hall mansion located in the center.

BOMB SHAKES A TENEMENT. Doors and Windows Blown Out and Plaster Stripped From Walls, but Barber's Family Escaped, The tenement houso at 633 First avenue, Manhattan, was shaken from cellar to roof early this morning by the terrific explosion of a dynamite bomb. There was not an apartment in the five-story house where the force of the explosion did not do some damage, and the detonation was heard for half a mile. No one was hurt by the explosion, and this is considered almost miraculous by the police. Every pane of glass in the front of the building was broken and plaster was torn from the walls even up to the top floor.

On the first floor of the house lives An-gelo Traficauti, a barber, with his wife and four small children. Traflcantl is a Sicilian. He denies having received "Black Hand" letters. On the first floor the stairs were torn away by the explosion. The wainscoting ill the hallway was torn off.

All of the doors on the first floor were blown from their fastenings. Every window In tho house, on the front even to the top floor, was blown out. Plaster was torn from the walls of all the apartments up to the fourth floor. A door on the top floor was shaken from its hinges. In the barber's apartments tho plaster was torn from ail of the walls.

Only the fact that the sleeping family were covered with several blankets saved them from serious injury. The firemen were called, but there was no tire except in the hallway, and this was soon extinguished. There is a window leading from the hallway on the first floor which looks into the barber's apartments. Looking through this window a person could see Ihe sleeping family. The bomb was placed lu such a position that the police have no doubt it was intended for the barber.

DIED ON STATION. o'clock this morning, Charles aged years, ot 000 Broadway, a At Post, hack driver, was taken suddenly ill In i II QUEER MYSTERY Alone on Deck of The Schemer, Off Rockaway Point, He Disappeared. FRIENDS THINK HE DROWNED. Deck Was Slippery With Ice No Trace of the Body Has Been Discovered Yet. The neighbors of Captain Nathaniel J.

Carman of the auxiliary yacht Schemer who. his friends are convinced, was drowned off Rockaway Point on Thursday morning, were slill busily at work this morning with grappling Irons in the endeavor to recover the lost body. Captain Carman was last seen by his family, who reside at 2091 Pacific street, on Tuesday morning, when he left fof Canarsie. from which place he had arranged to take several parties out for codflshing. On Tuesday and Wednesday he conducted regular parlies, returuing to Warner's Landing each evening.

Wednesday night with two others In his crew, Edward Davis, who acted part of the timo as cook, and Rudolph Uiog-ler. his partner, together with a fishing party of four, the yacht anchored right outside Canarslo shore, and in the morning sailed toward Rockaway Inlet, anchoring one and one-half miles out at sea. right oppposue Rockaway Inlet. The captain had breakfast before the rest of tho members, and then shortly after 7 I'clock relieved Davis at tho wheel, and sent the rest to dine. The sea was exceedingly rough and thi good yacht Schewer pitched and tossel furiously, while the anchor continually banged against the side of the veBsel.

Tha deck was covered with a thin coating of ice and snow from the fall of Wednesday, and was extremely slippery. Ordinarily two men were kept upon deck, but Thursday, as the two others had lost much sleep the night before, because their berths were occupied by tho four passengers, the captain told thu others to remain below, eat and reit I In the niidttt Of thnir notlnir mon noticed that the boat was being buffeted, about in an extraordinary manner by the waves, which finally resulted In the hurling of the dishes out of the closet, and their crashing in a thousand pieces upon the floor, while the table was completely emptied of its contents. Davis yelled to the captain to find out the cause of the swaying of the vessel, and to tell him of the condition down below. There was no answer. He yelle.l again, but got no reply.

He rushed to the wheel in the stern. It was deserted. Now thoroughly alarmed, he ran to th- forward deck. This was clear. The captain had disappeared.

Ho looked into the surrounding deep. Not a sound was to be heard, nor a sign to be seen. Ha called to all hands, but search as they might, they could discover no trace of the missing 'man. After they had blown a second alarm for the police boat, it appeared on the scene, and towed tfltnroat'Tback to tha landing. Though search has beon made by the police and friends of the man ever since, it has boon to no avail, and it is tha belief of them that the body has been by this time eaten up by the dog fish.

Tho cause of the captain's disappearance Is unknown, though it Is the theory, of the crew that the captain, noticing the thumping of the anchor against tha side of the yacht, and fearing that it would bore a hole Into the vessel, left: his wheel, and went toward the front of the schooner to draw up the it he was bending thus, the sllpperincss the decks, a suddon lurch of the vessel and the weight of the anchor combined may have thrown him overhoard. Though a good swimmer, the heaviness of his clothes, which were of two thicknesses, and the distance from the shore prevented his reaching safety. Carman was not a drinking man. Business had been somewhat dull of late, though it was good in the summer. Ho was well known In Canarsie.

where ho had Bpent most of his life, aud was highly respected. Carman leaves a wife and three children, Albert, 8 years; Pearl, 6, and Oge-retla, Wi- His life is not insured, and the bereaved family are In a pitiful condition. A brother, Walter, and a mother also survive him. Carman was born In Carnarsie 31 years ago. He aided his father, who was an old oyster man in that community for a number of years and conducted yachting" parties down South.

Ho had worked as an employe of the Franklin avenue trolley line and In tho I'frk Department, and a year ago went into the fishing business-again. "I always urged Nathan," said his mother this morning to an Hagle reporter, "to stay out of the sea, but ho was liko a fish out of water at anything else, and couldn't help going back to it. I always thought something would happen to him." Carman was nearly six feet In height, weighed 185 pounds, had light reddish hair and mustache, wore, at the time of his supposed drowning, a white sweater, rubber boots and a long blue overcoat. DIED ON THE STREET. Two Pawn Tickets Are Meae-er1 Means to Identify the Victim.

Two pawn tickets made out to the namo of "Rooney" aro the only means of Identi fying tho unknown man who died suddenly In front of 1408 Fulton street, last night. Tho tickets called for a suit of clothes and a sack coat. Awaiting identification the body of the unknown is in the Morgue. The attention of Policeman Charles H. Zecck of the Atlantic avenue station was called to the man, whom he found in weakened condition.

He hastily sum moned Ambulance Surgeon McKellum of St. John's Hospital, but tile sick man died before his arrival. Nothing found among his effects can lead to a clew to who tne man might be. Ha years old, 5 feet 5 inches in height, and weighed about loO pounds. II" was dean-shaven, with gray hair, ami wore black trousers, a Scotch plaid sack coat and vest, black overcoat, lace shoes and black and blue-dotted shin.

A pair of cuff buttons, a pair of eyo glasses, four collar buttons and a match box wero in hi pockets. MISSING LIQUOR MAN CAUGHT. o. H. Coons of Southampton Is Under Arrest Here.

Gallaghpr and WaIsh ot the loeal headquarters squad last night ar- rested Orville R. Coons of' Southampton, i. a rhurge of vagrancy. Mr. Coons was held by Magistrate Tlghe, sit- ting in the Adams street court mis muiu-ing.

pending the arrival of an offiicr from Riverhcad to take the man there. He is one of the liquor dealers charged with violation of the excise law and it Is alleged that be jumped his bail of niw prci flej to Brooklyn. 1 N. Y. CITY R.

R. APPEALS. Goes to Appellate Division for Relief From $8,000 Verdict. (Special to the Eagle.) Mineola, L. 1., December 21 The New York City Railway, by its counsel, has filed notice of appeal to the Appellate Division from a judgment of the Supreme Court awarding to Mary B.

Lomas, formerly of Port Washington, $8,000 and costs, in a suit brought by her to recover damages for injuries alleged to have been received by one of the company's cars, while riding on it in New York. The case has been in the courts for several years. Justice Garret J. Garretson dismissed it originally, and the plaintiff appealed to the Appellate Division, whlfh granted a new trial. Justice Thomas and a jury heard the action recently and the plaintiff was given the verdict for $8,000 which was only a part of the amount claimed.

GOVERNOR HUGHES HAS GRIP. Obliged to Stop Work and Cancel All His Engagements Has Rather Severe Case. Albany, December 21 Governor Hughes was obliged practically to give up work to-dsy on account of the grip. His physician. Dr.

G. E. Gorhara, urged him to go to bed for a few days; he refused to do that, but remained at the Executive Mansion. He has canceled his engagements in New York on Monday, which included the dinners of the New England Society and the Kentuckians. The governor began, to feel 111 yesterday, and went home in the afternoon with the characteristic temperature and general discomfort of the grip.

Dr. Gorhara described his case this moruing as "a well developed case of grip." Tho governor attended this morning to his more pressing mall, but probably will not attempt anything clso in the way of work until hii. condition improves. A serious feature of tho matter is tho fact that ho has not yet begun to diclato the final draft of his annual message to tho Legislature, and only ten days remain before the day when it must be delivered. THINK 300 PERISHED.

Only Twelve Bodies Have Been Recovered So Far From the Darr Mine. Jacob's Creek, December 21 No additional bodies have been recovered from the Darr mine up to noon to-Cay. A total of twelve was reached early this morning. Rescue work Is necessarily slow, but it is believed a number of victims will be brought to the surfaco before night. Rescuers hnve penetrated the mloftJUIOt) feet, but a majority of the dead are expected to be found a dlstaneo of three miles back in the pit.

Of the bodies so far recovered, all are badly mutilated. One body brought out to-day was literally torn to pieces by the force of the explosion. From the canvass made by various persons it Is believed the total list of dead will number close to 300. The Pittsburg Coal Company is arranging for the purchase of a burial ground at Smithton, about a mile below here, for tho purpose of Interring unidentified dead. Funerals of the men recovered will take place to-morrow afternoon.

BURGLARS AT HEMPSTEAD. $200 Haul Made at Two Washington Street Homes Lcal Crooks Suspected, (Special to the Eagle.) Hempstead. L. December 21 Burglars, during last evening, entered two residences on upper Washington street those of Mrs. Sarah Lowdon and Mrs.

William Mollineaux and got away with various small articles valued in all at about $200. The families were away from home for the evening. The Mollineaux house was apparently entered by using a skeleton key which unlocked the front door. At the Lowdcn place a window opening into a shed kitchen was forced. From Mrs.

Mollineaux tho thieves received Jewelry and articles intended for Christmas gifts, valued in all at $100. At the Lowden house they got some jewelry and articles of silverware and $5 in cash. Nothing was taken that could not be carried off In the pockets of the thieves. The local officers were notified. They believe the thefts were committed by crooks who live in the village.

BULLETS AND CARBOLIC ACID. Benjamin Block, Unfortunate in Business and Despondent, Was Determined to file. After trying to fire four shots into his head and failing to succeed, Benjamin Block, 40 years old, of 31 li Pleasant avenue. Manhattan, drank a bottle of carbolic acid early this morning. In the Thomas Jefferson Park, at One Hund-ed and Fourteenth street and Pleasant avenue.

He died an hour later in the Harlem 'Hospital. Bloik had a half interest in a small stationery store at the Pleasant avenue address. He put $00 into the place, but lost his money from poor business. This morning Block went to the park. He fired four shols at his head.

In his nervousness he sent the bullets through his hat. None of them touched his head except one, which tore off a tuft of hair, i Then Block drank from a bottle of car- bolic acid. Patrolman Grogan heard the shots. saw the man running away and after a 1 chase caugth bim. Block tried to fire an-other shot at his head, but it went wild.

Then he fell unconscious from the ef- fects of the poison. He was hurried to Harlem Hospital and died there without recovering consciousness, from tho effects of the poison. BARNETT THE LAST CAPTAIN. Police Commissioner Hinghara filled the last of the existing vacancies for captains in the Police Department by tno appointment of Lieutenant Edward C. Harnett of the detective bureau to a captaincy.

Pnrnr-t wa a 1 captain. but has not yet been assigned. FOUND DEAD IN CELLAR. D. Otwack.

a Russian carpenter, 40 years old, of 101 Livonia avenue, was found dead this morning in the cellar of his residence by an officer of the Brownsville station. Low llxenrninn Itntea to Florida fcnd South via Sflvtimp1- T'. 3uUj Syrlnc -Adv. Scion of Brooklyn Family Arrested on His Wife's Complaint. IS SUED FOR A SEPARATION.

Charge Is Desertion and Cruel and Inhuman Treatment Arrest Made at Sea Cliff. (Special to the Eagle.) Mincola. L. December 21 Allan Hawkins Plrle, son of John T. Pirle, a wealthy Brooklyn man, whose city home Is at 181 Park place, was arrested at his father's country home In Sea Cliff last night, by Sheriff Glldorsleeve, and locked up In the county jail here in default of J5.000 bail.

The arrest was made on a warrant issued by Supreme Court Justice Green-baum, of Manhattan, and is based on affidavits made by Helen B. Plrle, wife of the young man. Mrs. Plrie Is suing her husband for a separation, alleging desertion and cruel and inhuman treatment. Young Pirie is manager of a department of the big mercantile house of Carson, Pirio Scott, In Chicago, In which his father Is, or was, a partner.

In her action for separation, Mr3. Plrie alleges that her husband deserted her and their 4-year-old daughter, Hazeltine, at Evanston, 111., in April last. The couple were married Ave years ago, and Mrs. Pirle charges her husband with having been cruel in his treatment of her almost from the first. She specifies In her complaint, Plymouth, Evanston and Lake Forest, 111., as places where she has suffered ill treatment at his hands, and further alleges that he has threatened to take her life.

Sho says he Is in receipt of a monthly salary of $450 from Carson, Plrie Scott, and has other resources that enable him to keep automobiles, horses and carriages, and live at fashionable hotels, while she has only a heavily mortgaged houso In Chicago. It is further alleged that Mr. Pirle spends much of his time attending automobile races and neglects his family. The warrant for his arrest was issued because it was feared that Pirie would return to Chicago, and thus be outside the jurisdiction of the New Y'ork courts. Mrs.

Pirio Is now said to be In New York, but it could not be ascertained here where she is stopping. At Sea Cliff to-day it was stated that the Pirie summer home was closed, but that some of the younger members of the family had been here on a duck shooting trip and were occupying a small house on the estate, while not out after ducks. John T. Pirie has an office at 119 Worth street. Manhattan.

He was at the head of the old Sea Cliff Metropolitan Asso elation, was at one timo the owner of the greater part of that village. He has since disposed of much of his hold ings, but tslll owns considerable property there, including the steamboat wharf, at which he has refused permission to land steamboats on Sunday. His sefusal has been the cause of quite general dissatisfaction among Sea Cliff people, but their protests have been unavailing. THIEVES KICKED IN A DOOR. Made Plenty of Noise in Robbing Brooklyn Manor House, but Escaped Undetected.

By literally kicking a side door to pieces, burglars forced an entrance to the home of Mr. and Mrs. Ft W. Balke of Manor avenue and Avondale place, Brooklyn Manor, Woodhaven, on Thursday night. No one was at home at the timo, and, although the noise made by the thieves must have been considerable, none of the neighbors was alarmed.

The thieves secured jewelry and silverware valued at $500. The Intruders made a thorough search of the house, ransacking it from top to. bottom, and practically every small article of value was taken. The burglary was discovered about 11 P.M., when tho Balkes returned home after spend. ng the evening with friends.

They alarmed the neighborhood, and a posse of neighbors was organized to search the houso and the vicinity. No suspicious characters were found loitering about, and no clew to the thieves has been obtained. Part of the loot was the money taken up last Sunday In the collection at the Sunday school of the Richmond Hill Baptist Church, of which Mr. Balke is treasurer. POLICE KILL FOOTPAD.

Had Fight With Three Robbers, and Shot One at Cleveland, 0. Cleveland, December 21 John Schu-iskowskl, a footpad, was killed In a running fight which he and two companions had with two policemen on the Central viaduct early this A dozen shols wero exchanged. The footpad was seen to throw up his arms and full as he ran. The bullet entering the back pierced the heart. Death was instantaneous.

His companions surrendered when he dropped. The trio had attempted to hold up and rob Frank Schulte, a lineman, who was crossing the viaduct. He resisted and the policemen came to his assistance. Schu-Iskowski killed a man in a saloon fight two years ago. TRIPLE MURDER IN MISSOURI.

St. Joseph, December 21 A triple tragedy is reported from Cameron, near which place Albert Filley, a farmer, to-day shot and killed his wife, daughter and his brother. Filley is supposed to be insane. Officers have gone to arrest him. 7 KILLED IN CHILEAN T.IOTS.

Valparaiso, Chile, December 21 The strike of the nltrato workers has resulted already In bloodshed and death, and Is dally growing more serious. In Lagunas, yesterday, there was an encounter between tropos and strikers, In the course of which seven men were killed and sixteen wounded. FIRE IN FACTORY. Fire this morning, in the four-story faciory building at 185 Stagg street, caused damage amounting to about $1,000. The second floor was occupied by S.

ise who lost about $200, and Waller on the third floor, sutler to the extent of $800. Tho cause of the blaze is unknown. Tha Insurance partly covers tho loss. HAD JUST LEFT STEAMER. Warrant for Perjury Was Issued in England, but He Escaped the Officers.

Robert Caldwell, the American who gave startling testimony in the Druce case which has furnished London with several weeks' sensation, was arrested in Hoboktn, N. to-day soon after he had landed from the steamer Kaiserin Au-guste Victoria. The arrest was made upon a cabled request from the British authorities. He is charged with perjury In connection with the testimony given by him at the Druce hearing. He was taken Into custody by the United States marshal, and arraigned before the United States commissioner.

Reports that a warrant had been, issued for Caldwell's arrest In London, but that he had succeeded in getting out of the country before it was served, were cabled across the Atlantic several days ago. At the same time the announcement was made through the same channels that the authorities at New York had been asked to take him into custody immediately upon (he arrival of the steamer upon which it was learned he had taken passage. A few days later, however, there came a denial of the story, and It was said that the British authorities were still considering the question as to whether a warrant should be issued. In tho meantime the wireless telegraph had carried the first report to the Kaiserin Auguste Victoria and it had been rend in the daily newspapers published aboard by Caldwell and all other passengers. When the steamer arrived at the Quarantlno station to-day, Caldwell, who occupied second cabin accommodations, was almost In a state of collapse.

For days he had been In dread of tho first official communication with the American shore, as he feared that the officers would come aboard at that time to carry out the request of the British courts. When he was seen by a newspaper man and told of tho second report denying the authenticity of the statement published in the ship newspaper a great load seemed to have been lifted from him. "Thank God" was his comment when the news was taken to him. The strain under which Caldwell had been since the publication of the first announcement had left Its mark plaiuly, however. He appeared to be broken in health and spirit, and told his inter viewer that he was far from well that he believed himself to be In a serious physical condition.

The temporary relief which came to Caldwell with tho news which met -him a-t Quarantine was shortlived. Almost im mediately after he had stepped ashore at Hoboken. ho was taken Into custody by federal officers. Robert C. Caldwell on November 8 testified at the Marylebone polico court that he knew the late Duke of Portland, both as the duke and as T.

C. Druce at Wel-beck Abbey and at the Baker street bazar. He added that he treated the duke at both places for a disease of tho nose. Caldwell further testified that in conjunction with tho duko ho arranged the mock funeral of Druce. He said that at the duke's request ho employed a carpenter to make a coffin, purchased 200 pounds of lead and put it in the coffln himself.

Tho funeral occurred on the following day. When shown two photographs Caldwell swore that they were photogranbs of tho iifth duke of Portland in the character of T. C. Druce and declared ho had seen the nue wear a false beard and had seen him take it off. Caldwell related in detail his story of his introduction to the Duke of Portland In 1804.

and testified that, he received presents from the duke aggregating about besides tho fee of iii.OW for medical services. At tho hearing of the case on December 13 counsel for the prosecution announced that the prosecution decided not to rely on the evidence given by Caldwell as suspicions had been aroused during the cross-examination of the witness. On the following day it was discovered that Caldwell had suddenly left London. A warrant for his extradition was issued at the Bow street court on December Hi on a charge of perjury. Caldwell is a resident of New York, having a home on Staten Island.

Caldwell at one time had an experience in New York very similar to that in which he has recently figured in London with tho exception, however, that no arrest was made in the previous instance. It appears that he had been abroad and returned to the United States in 1S7U. Soon after bis arrival here he entered the em ploy of A. T. Stewart, the merchant prince, as a secretary and became one of i Mr.

Stewart's confidential advisers. After the death of Mr. Stewart Cald- well made an affidavit declaring that ho was in possession of startling facts concerning the Stewart estate. One ot these was that Ihe Stewart will had been destroyed by a lawyer after lii merchant's death and a new document substituted. Various Interviews took place between Mrs.

Stewart and Caldwell after the merchant's death. in another affidavit Caldwell declared that the stolen body of A. T. Stewart was carried from St. Mark's Churchyard back of the cellar of the Stewart mansion, at Thirty-fourth street, and Fifth avenue, where it was buried.

The boriv was not found when the house was torn down several years ago. London. December 21 The charge against Robert C. Caldwell is conspiracy and wilful and corrupt perjury in the evidence he gave while testifying in the present Drine case. Papers giving full I details on the subject are being prepared i by ih" Home Olllcv and will be forwarded through the Foreign Oflire aa soon as possible.

The arrest of the American who was the principal witness for the prosecution, and without who.ie testimony the case probably would never have been brouejii, will add immensely io ihe already widespread interest In the sensational suit. The opening of Ihe vault containing the body of Thomas C. Druce has been provisionally llxcd for December 27. The Druce case has many points verv similar to the famous Tichbornc case, one of the most celebrated in tho English courts for its length, the size of the estate involved and the character of the persons concerned. There were two' trials in the Tiehborne case, one In 1871, an action in ejectment by an impostor i for the recovery of the Tiehborne estates! in Hampshire and Dorsetshire, England valueii at, yearly, and in the following year another In which the defeated impostor was charged with perjury.

The heir to the estates, Roger Charles Tichbornc. had sailed for a tour of South America In 1853. The ship on which In passage was lost and no word ever irjio from anyone on board. -'al years the estate wa COLLATERAL WORTH $13,750, Bis Losses Exceeded That by a Couple of Thousand Who the Murderer Was. Dr.

Claries A. Geiger. who shot and fatally wounded James H. Ollphant, yesterday afternoon, was evidently suffering from the delusion that his account with James H. Ollphant should have been in his favor to a large amount.

He had made repealed demands on the theory that he had good balance with the banklne and brokerage house. Mr- Ollphant died this morning at 2:10 ocjock in the Hudson street hospital, following an operation which failed to locate the bullet that had plowed its way through tha abdomen and lodged some where near the spine. The funeral will be held at the Ollphant 416 Clinton avenue, on Monday, and will be private. Geiger had lost a comparatively small sum of money In his speculations and his losses through the firm of James H. Oli-phant Co.

were only a fraction of the amounts given In morning newspapers. On the authortly of a member of the firm, may be stated that Geiger lost about 15,000, maybe as as 516,000. He did not have $80,000 up as collateral, according to authentic Information, but his collateral was worth just $13,760 at yesterday's prices. It has beon difficult to get all the facts of the account he had with Ollphant but tho best Information is that he had no collateral up with the brokerage house except Virginia state bond3, deferred sixes, of a par value of $55,000. The last sale in these bonds yesterday was at 25, which would make them worth exactly $13,750.

This small amount of collateral explains his Indebtedness to tho firm after losing only $15,000 or $16,000. Wanted to Buy More Stock Without Putting Up the Margin. Published statements this morning to the effect that Geiger still had 600 shares of U. S. Steel common up with tho Virginia state bonds as collateral were declared to be untrue.

The Steel stock was put up at one time, but was either sold or withdrawn by Geiger about a month ago. Evidently Geiger had an exaggerated Idea of the value of his collateral, or ho believed that his standing as a customer of the company was suchc that he should be permitted to buy large blocks of stock without putting up anything to protect the margin. He wanted to buy 5,000 shares of U. S. Steel common, and because Mr.

Oliphant would rot carry the stock for him and meet his other demands he-shot the broker and then killed himself. The facts apparently justify the statement that Mr. Oliphant was very kind and considerate in his treatment of Geiger, who was away in tho South at the time tno recent panic and unable to look after his Investments. "The firm carried him through the pan'c and did not sell him out a3 It could have done," said a friend of Mr. Ollphant to-day.

"If his account had ben closed out at the bid prices at the time of tho panic and when he failed to put up any more money to cover the margins, he would hav been put In debt to the company more than he was yesterday when he killed Mr. Ollphant. As it Is, I am Informed that ho owes the company about $3,500." Geiger's Delusion of Great Wealth. Ollphant Co. still hold the collateral put up by Geiger and will make no attempt to close, out the account until counsel for Ihe firm advises tho proper measures to employ.

Geiger's losses, though small, had wiped out about all the fortune he had. He still owned a 350 acre farm in Greene County, and some stock in a Southern water company, but his holdings were not negotiable to any considerable value. His letters and account books leave the impression that he was deluded by the belief that he was really wealthier than he was and that a great fortune was in store for him. Mr. Oliphant was conscious most of the time after he was shot until he died.

Before he was operated upon he made a brief ante-mortem statement to Coroner Acritelli, which was made public as follows: Mr. Oliphant's Story of the Shooting. "This man came' to see me about 10:30 this morning. He said he was C. A.

Geiger of Beaufort, S. C. I knew him as a customer of the firm for about two years. He carried only a small account. He had not kept up his margins and we had written to him dunning him for the balance.

"As soon as he came in he began to talk about our business relations. I spent nearly two hours with him trying to explain why he had no credit with our house. I explained that he owed us $3,000. He told me he had no money except the securities we were holding for him. and asked me to buy 5,000 shares for him.

He was sure ho would make a great deal out of the transaction. He wonted us to buy it without puting up a cent. I told him I could not entertain such a proposal, but that I would be easy with him about the balance he owed to us. Then I went out to luncheon. "When I came back I found Geiger waiting for mo in the hallway.

We went into tho small office in the corner together and talked there for perhaps flvo minutes. He asked me again to buy more stocks for him without his putting up any more margin. 1 said tho best 1 1 could do would be to keep his account open for one month. "Geiger jumped out of hi3 chair and: exclaimed: 'Is that all you are going to I do for As he arose he drew a revolver. "I jumped to my feet, saying as I did so: 'that is Then he shot mo.

I saw him point the revolver at himself and fire once, then I seemed to have a blur in front of my eyes, but I heard another Oliphant Notified Geiger of the Condition of His Account. Mr. Oliphant had received a number of requests from Geiger recently and all of them showed that Geiger did not appear to have a proper understanding of his account. He seemed to believe that he had a good balance, notwithstanding the fact that the brokerage house had called on him repeatedly to put up money to make good his indebtedness. Ho even wrote to Mr.

Ollpham from the Piedmont Hotel in Atlanta, Georgia, aud asked that $250 be transferred to his account with a Manhattan bank. Mr. Oli-vhant wrote the following letter to him it that time: rjftnr sir We ar In receipt of your favor ct lhj 30th ult. and note contents. Wt wired you al Atlanta that we could not end check for to the Fifth Avenue Hank as reqursted, inunmuch as your account has no funds to your We do not understand your statement In regard to your account, which we Infer you consider as a loan not yet due.

We would like to know when you consider that It matures. On our books It is simply a running account, and we have no recollection of any agreement having- been made to carry It tor Bnv fixed term. Tha custom of our business, however, Is to ovvrry such as jwnt as it the body, but that the remains had been turned over to Walker, an undertaker, at Court and Joralemon street. There is no Walker undertaking establishment at the address given, but Stafford, the undertaker. Is there.

He knew nothing of the case other than that a woman had called up to know if a body was coming over. Geiger Had Spent Many Years Abroad, Beaufort, S. December 21 Charles A. Geiger, who shot J. H.

Oliphant, lived here for two years. Each day he exchanged telegrams with Mr. Oliphant, except during the telegraphers' strike, when he went to New York, returning as soon as it was over. On Tuesday last he left here, saying he was going to Atlanta. He was uncommunicative, never drank, and seemed to live an abstemious, simple and regular life.

He was born in Roswell, in 1S62. His father was at one time a physician at Baltimore, Md. His mother was Miss Helen H. Barnwell of Beaufort, S. C.

He spent many years abroad and on coming back to Beaufort in January, 1906, he told friends here that he was at one timo court physician to King Menelik of Abyssinia, and became a friend of Count Sze-chenyi, the fiance of Miss Vanderbilt. In his room hero are many photographs of himself and the count tnken together in Abyssinia, as well as many curios collected in Africa. Ho said that he served also as physician at the court of the Sultan of Morocco. To the very few with whom he talke dhe showed himself to be a man of culture, broad education, wide travel and skillful physician. He has a sister, Miss Carrie Geiger, said to be living in New York, but no other immediate relatives.

BURGLARS ARE BUSY. Many Kobberies in Uptown Section Reported to Police. Several small burglaries were report ed to the police of the uptown sections last night and this morning, and policemen on whose beat the thefts occurred are doing some explaining to-day. About 5 o'clock some person, forced open the barber shop door at 2S6 Albany avenue and stole barber tools valued at $05. Tho proprietors of the store, Tony Bila, of 687 Flushing avenue and Philip Mun-isti of 20 Whipplo street, reported the burglary.

While Isaac Osborne, Janitor of the large apartment house at 529 Monroe street, was away from the building last night some person entered the hall and carried away a green velvet rug, 7xla feet, valued at $25. Captain Rooney instructed his men today to search for a burglar wearing a six and three-quarter hat, who paid a visit to the home of Herbert H. Flags of 130 Hancock street, while ho was dining several doors away, and made away with money, valuables and the hat. Mr. Flagg dines at the home of Mrs.

Erigg, at 155 Hancock street. Ho was there at 7 o'clock last night. In the meantime some sneak thief was lifting every article of value that Flagg possessed. Unable to ply open a drawer in which Mr. Flapg has considerable jewelry the burglar contented himself with loose articles.

Some of them are a black short overcoat, a pair of yellow kid gloves, a gold watch with a gold seal of Princeton and the six and three-quarter hat. LIFE SAVED BY RUBBER GLOVE John Koopland Stumbled Against Third Rail on the New York Central Railroad. John Koopland, 23 years old, of 1249 Ogden avenue, an employe of the New York Central Railroad, while walking on the tracks at One Hundred and Sixty-seventh street and the Harlem River, this morning, slipped in such a manner that his right loot shot under the protection board covering the third rail. Koopland had on a rubber glove on his left hand. Although he was severely shocked by the current, he managed to grip the ties with his gloved hand and pulled himself free from the rail.

Koopland fell unconscious on the tracks. Laborers carred him to a place of safety. Dr. Plaeck took the Injured man to Ford ham Hospital. He is burned about tho face and hands, but will recover.

SUICIDE IN EAST RIVER. Jacob Goldstein, 20 years old, of 1C2 Henry street, Manhattan, committed sui cide at an early hour this morning by Jumping into the East River from the Recreation Pier at the foot of East Third street. He had developed consumption from too close application to his work and studies and was despondent. FLEET IN CHOPPY SEA. On board the flagship Connecticut, December 21, 1:20 A.M.; by wireless telegraphy to New York The fleet has run Into the trade winds and the sea is now choppy.

We expect to reach the Virgin Passage to-night. BALTIC CREW SEES ICEBERG. The Whit9 Star liner Baltic, which arrived to-day, reported tho first iceberg sighted tills season by a large passenger liner entering this port. At 5:05 P.M. on December 17, tho steamer's crew saw an Iceberg, about GO feet high and 200 feet long.

FRENCH SURROUND MOORS. Paris, December 21 A dispatch received here from General Drude, from Morocco, declares that two French columns have surrounded a mountain retreat in which the rebellious Benis Nassen tribesmen have taken refugo. Heat Service to Cnlifornln via Washington Sunset Route. Personally conducted tourist cars without change from Washington. Berth 18.50.

Offices i. -ff KM the waiting room of the elevated sia-ias in- corner ot ana derijik An ambulance was called but the l.i. in died before medical attention could be given him. It is believed that death was due to natural causes. DEAD AT THE TELEPHONE.

As he was telephoning to a friend and had uttered hardly mure than two or three words, Julius Miller, 52 years old, a waller in a cafe at Ninth street and Second avenue. Manhattan, was stricken with heart, disease this morning and fell to the floor dead. KILLED BY HIS OWN TRUCK. Adolph Shelling, a truck driver. year3 old, of the West Shore Hotel, Houston and West streets, accidentally i full fro mhis truck in from of lift Me Dougal street.

Manhattan, this morning, was run over and killed almost instantly. I.nruc Aflfttirtincnt CnluHfe'n mid I tzctl's peifuiilff: caleii'Iar Kiven lo ll purchaser. Francis" Lrug iljiiiv a ue.u' Kent. -Adv..