_ Belictonte, Pa February : 1907.
Typewriter Swears She Wrote Bogus
Crawford Docament.
DEAD GIRL IDENTIFIED
Wilhelmina Lacey, of lona, N. J., One
Of Suicide Pair.
Camden, N. J., Jan. 20.—Theaibody of
the young woman who is believed to
huve entered into a suicide pact, and
who. with a male companion, was kill-
ed by an electric train on the Penn-
sylvania Railroad, near here, on Sun-
| day, was identified as that of Wilhel-
TWO WITNESSES CORNERED
Scranton, Pa., Jan. 28.—The most
sensational of all the developments in
the Crawford will case were those
which concluded with the committ-
ment to jail of A. N. Baumann, of Lan.
disville, N. J., and Charles F. Riedel,
of Minetola, N. J, the two witnesses
who corroborated the claimant, George
B. Schooley, of Philadelphia, in his
testimony that the will which he pre-
sented for probate was signed by
James L. Crawford, the millionaire
«coal operator, in Schooiey’s office in
Philadelphia. They appeared as wit-
nesses of the will and swore thut they
signed it in the presence of Crawford
and each other.
At a hearing the principal witness
against them was Miss E. Ivey, a 17-
year-old girl, employed as a typewriter
in the office of George M. Weller, a real
estate broker of Easton, Pa. Her story
briefly was to the effect that some
time last June a man, whom she posi-
tively identified at the hearing as
Schooley, came to her office and asked
her to do some typewriting for him.
He represented himself to be James
L. Crawford, of Scranton; that he was
in ill health, and that he wanted to
make a will that would protect his
cousin, George G. Schooley, of Phila.
delphia. Thereupon, according to the
girl, he proceeded to dictate the will,
which was afterwards made the basis
of Schooley's claim. She positively
identified the date of the occurrence
as last June, which was more than a
year after the death of Crawford. After
dictating the will, the girl said, he dic-
tated the alleged codicil and then had
her make copies of both on her em-
ployer's letter heads, after tearing off
the heads.
The business occupied about three
hours, and after it was concluded,
Schooley, it is alleged by the girl,
gathered up every scrap of paper, in-
cluding the heads torn off Weller's
letter paper, and went away, after
paying her $5 and cauiioning her to
say nothing about the matter, as it
was a strictly confidential affair.
She thought nothing more about the
matter until! she read, the girl said, |
in a Philadelphia paper of Judge
Sando’s decision refusing to permit a |
jury to pass on the relative merits of |
the Schooley papers and the will ad-
mitted to probate a year ago, and
which was presented by Mrs. Craw-
ford.
Alderman Kasson held each of the |
prisoners in $4000 bail. They were |
committed in default of bail. The at- |
torneys for the Crawfords state that |
they have Miss Ivey's typewriter in
their possession and with it they can
establish beyond all question that it
was on this machine, as Miss Ivey
swears, that the Schooley papers were
written.
The will and codicil presented by
Schooley devises to Schooley cash and
stock amounting to more than $1,000,
000, and directs that he shall be elected
to the place of president of the Peo-
ple's Coal company, held by Crawford,
and in which position Crawford made
most of his millions.
HITCH IN CANAL BID
Financial Standing of Anson Bangs
Not Satisfactory.
Washington, Jan. 26.—As a result o:
4 conference at the White House it
was decided to rejeet the bid of Oliver
& Bangs, who proposed to complete
the construction of the Panama canal
for 6.75 per cent. of the total esti
mated cost, insofar as Anson M. Bangs,
of New York city, is concerned. While
no official statement was given out at
the White House, it can be authorita-
tively stated that if William J. Oliver,
of Knoxville, Tenn., can enter into a
satisfactory arrangement with some
other contractor, who is financially re-
sponsible, he will be given the con-
tract for the construction of the
canal.
REED KNOX MARRIES
Son of U. S. Senator and Miss McCook |
Wed at Alexandria, Va.
Washington, Jan. 29.—Reed Knox, |
son of United States Senator P. C.!
Knox, of Pennsylvania, and Miss Eliza- |
beth R. McCook, an 18-year-old girl, |
who lived with her grandmother, Mrs. |
Elizabeth 8. McCook, in the Sherman
apartment honse in this city, were
married in Alexandria, Va.
Mr. Knox and Miss McCook made |
the trip to Alexandria in an automo- |
bile car. They were accompanied by a |
qumber of their friends, and the bridal |
party returned to Washington.
indiana Corn King Drowned.
Princeton, Ind., Jan. 25.—H. E. Ager, |
a member of the Indiana house of rep-
resentatives, was drowned in the Wa-
‘bash river by falling from a steam-
‘boat. He was known as the “corn |
king” and it was while returning from |
a trip up the river purchasing corn |
‘that he was drowned. i
Army Lieutenant Missing.
Havana, Jan. 28—Lieutenant Charles
E. McCullough, of the 15th cavalry, |
was reported missing, and there are
fears expressed that he has possibly
met with foul play, as he was known |
t0 have had a considerable sum of
money in his possession. |
Mother and Son Burned to Death.
Portsmouth, O., Jan. 28. — Rachel
Pyles, aged 80, a soldier's widow, and |
her son, Jomuthan, both deaf, were drowned, and George Lowry and Hous- SE i635; Yam
a log cabin at ton Rickey barely escaped a similar calves, $8 TY
burned to death in
Dixon's Mills,
| young
mina Lacey, of ona, a small village
a short distance below Gloucester. The
woman's father is a farmer,
and the body was identified at the
morgue here by Howard Snyder, a
farm hand. Snyder drove the girl
to the railroad station at Iona on Fri-
day. She had said she was going to
Camden. Where she went is not
known, but on Saturday, the authori- |
ties have learned, she alighted from a
train at Gloucester at 6.41 p. m. The
girl was accompanied by three men,
whose identity has not yet been es-
tablished. Neither has it been deter-
mined whether the man who was kill-
ed on the railroad with the yong wo- |
man was one of the three who were
seen with her at Gloucester. His body |
has nof been recovered from Newton |
creeek, into which it was hurled by
the electric train.
The couple had not been seen bY | go roampoat circles, died at his home
any one in the neighborhood of where
they were killed, and the authorities
have not been able to trace them prior |
to the moment they appeared before !
Motorman Bruden on the bridge. The
latter is positive in his assertions that |
! the couple had every chance to step
out of the way of the train, and he says
that it is his belief that they planned
to die together. The bridge on which
. the couple met death is about half
way between this city and Gloucester |
and is used only by the electric cars.
A few vards away is a foot bridge
over Newton creek, so that it was not
necessary for the couple to cross the
railroad bridge in order to get over
the stream.
STEPMOTHER BRANDED TOTS
Pressed Red Hot Stove Lifter On Their
Hands For Making Noise.
New York, Jan. 28.—Two little tots,
Nellie, aged
years younger, told Magistrate House
in the Harlem police court, how their
stepmother, Mrs. Kate Gravius, had
branded them with a redhot stove
litfer when in play they had made too
much noise. Twice during the recital
the prisoner, a woman of intelligent
and pleasing appearance, not more
than 20 years of age, fainted. When
7 years, and Jennie, two |
restored the woman admitted that she |
had burned the children, but said that
at the time she was possessed by an |
unaccountable mania. The two girls, |
! she said, had been playing with their | ticing dentist in Delaware, died at his
dolls until the noise and confusion
robbed her of her reason and left a re-
| gistless impulse to punish the little
ones. Seizing the stove lifter, she
pressed the glowing end upon the back |
of the right hand of each child, caus |
ing scars that the little ones will carry
to their graves.
The prisoner was paroled in custody
of her counsel pending a further hear
ing, and the children were given in|
care of the Children’s Society, which
brought the complaint.
TO PROBE CAPITOL
Pennsylvania House Passes Resolution
Providing For Investigation.
Harrisburg. Pa., Jan. 29.—The state
administration's capitol investigation :
resolution was adopted in the house.
It was offered by Mr. Homsher, o.
Lancaster, and provides for a commit:
tee of three senators and four repre
sentatives, one of each to be a Demo-
crat. The committee is directed to or-
ganize as soon as the governor signs
the resolution and is to have all the
powers of a court regarding subpoe-
nacing and examining of witnesses
and can engage all necessary em-
ployves. It is to report its findings to
the present session. No appropriation
is carried, the resolution pledging a
sufficient sum for the expenses, to be
appropriated when the committee re-
ports.
MERRIMAC'S ANCHOR FOUND
Fishing Schooner's Mud Hook Recov-
ers Relic of Confederate Ironclad.
Norfolk, Va., Jan. 26.—As the result
of her raud hook getting afoul of some-
! thing at the bottom of Hampton Roads
a fishing schooner was the innocent
cause of the discovery and recovery
of the lost anchor and chain of the
Confederate armor-clad Merrimac, 0:
Virginia, the last being the name given
her by the Confederate government
and under which she fought during the
Civil War the famous battle with the
Monitor that revolutionized naval
| warfare.
KILLED BY AN ICICLE
Brakeman Struck on the Head and
Skull Fractured.
Allentown, Pa.. Jan. 24. — Leading
from the cab of his engine, Silas H.
| Burke, employed in the freight service
of the Reading railroad, aged 36 years,
| of Reading, was struck by an icicle
| which fell from the water tink at
| Chapel Ridge, near Macungie, and in-
stantly killed. His skull was fractured.
Major Gripp's Summer Home Burned.
Altoona, Pa., Jan. 29.—Major H. A.
Gripp’s summer home, “Elkhurst,”
near Tyrone, one of the old landmarks
of this section, was burned to the
ground by a fire which started from an
overheated furnace in the cellar.
| Gripp, who is the wealthy crayon art-
| ist, purchased the property some years
ago and fitted it up with rich antique
furniture. His loss is $25,000.
Two Skaters Drowned.
Portsmouth, O., Jan. 28. — Pearl
| Lowry and Forest Hyde, boys, were
fate while skating.
| ough,
| to the United States senate.
A WEEK'S NEWS CONDENSED
Wednesday, January 23.
The Alabama legislature has ro
elected United States Senators John
T. Morgan and E. W. Pettus for an-
other term.
Francis S. McAvoy was elected re
corder in New York to succeed John
W. Goff, who has been elected to the
supreme bench.
Clarendon Henri was sentenced to
four years’ imprisonment at Cincin-
nati, Ohio, for stealing a famous pic-
ture from the art museum.
David 8S. Reeder, of Centreville, Md.,
for 31 years an engineer on the Dela-
ware railroad, was stricken with apo-
plexy on his engine at Townsend, Del,
and died in a few moments.
. Thursday, January 24.
The North Carolina legislature has
re-elected F. M. Simmons, Democrat,
W. H. Horkescheimer, of Beverly,
N. J., dropped dead from heart disease
on a ferryboat at Camden, N. J.
Major Frank B. Gordon, youngest
son of the Confederate General John
B. Gordon, died suddenly in Washing-
ton of pneumonia.
Alfred B. Stoney, speaker of the New
Jersey house in 1884, and well known
in Keyport, N. J., aged 64 years.
Walter McHenry, of Marion Centre,
Pa., a student at the University of
Pennsylvania, fell under a trolley car
in Philadelphia and was so badly in-
jured that his left leg had to be am-
putated.
Friday, January 25.
The Academy of Music in Washing-
ton was gutted by fire, entailing a loss
of $50,000. -
Next year's convention of the Amer-
ican National Live Stock Association
will be held in Denver, Colo.
Mrs. William Allen, of Lexington,
Ky., died on a street car while satisfy.
{ng her mania for riding on cars.
A freight train ran over an em:
bankment at Longdale, near Parkers
burg, W. Va., and three trainmen were
killed and one fatally injured.
Mattie Merritt, aged 27 years; Ver |
gie Taylor, aged 5 years, and Ethel
King, aged 4 years, were burned to
death in a fire which destroyed thelr
home at Indianapolis.
Saturday, January 26.
Robert Curtis, of Wilkes-Barre, Pa.,
was sentenced to five years and six
months imprisonment for forging judg-
ments.
The second section of the first class
of the Annapolis, Md., navel academy
will be graduated on Monday, Febru.
ary 11.
Dr. E. W. Haines, the oldest prac-
residence in Newark, Del,
years.
Mrs. Isabella Beecher Hooker, sister
of Henry Ward Beecher and Harriet
Beecher Stowe, died at her home in
Hartford, Conn., aged 85 years.
Monday, January 28.
There are 40 cases of smallpox in
the territory within 10 miles of Rich:
mond, Va.
The steel trust has bought 2500
acres more land for Gary, Ind. where
it is building a model town.
Brakeman Edward Zuppert, of Read
ing. was killed in the Reading railway
near Myerstown, Pa.
Miss Ellen D. Mprris, former na-
tional treasurer of the W. C. T. U,,
died at Hastings, Neb.
Peter G. Albright has brought suit
against the city of York, Pa., for $5000
damages for a broken leg, sustained
on account of a bad pavement.
The New York state building at the
Jamestown Exposition will be modeled
after the congressional library at
Washington and will cost $31,500.
Tuesday, January 29.
The United States supreme court
will take a recess for three weeks, be
ginning next Monday.
Thirty to 35 degrees below zero was
recorded by the thermometer at Su-
perior, Wis.,, on Monday.
Jacob Weil and wife were asphyxi-
ated by gas escaping from a stove in
their restaurant in Brooklyn.
Wilber S. Jackson, dean of the
school of education at the University
of Chicago, died after an illness of 24
hoprs.
A runaway trolley car at Richmond,
Va.. crashed into two wagons, wreck-
ing them and injuring seven passen-
gers, none sericusly.
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