! .,... ,V. . . , j - a -i - rf tri . TTI THt TT 1 fl W lH T f P EVENING LEDGEBPHIKADEEPHIA, TTHfiAOaJM SOOOEITTURNS Offt TO PAY MAT(HEHORSE AND HOUND AT BRYN MAWR SHOW ii ... - --- i r ii ' ii' "1 A GENERAL VIEW OF THE OVAL. PAIKS OF HARNESS HORSES BEING JUDGED fc W S Hi 1 ' f " 'i.o uebutatueb, Mibb Margaret licrwind and Miss Pauline Disston. u biiWART TAKING LONE BKN OVER THE JUMPS Mrs T. Boyer Davis ana' her daughters, Priscilla and Maria, and Mrs. Penn Gaskill Hall and her children, Marion and Penn Hall. SISTER OF FIANCEE HE JILTED ACCUSES MAN OF $1200 THEFT Rings and Prospective Bride groom Disappear on Day of Wedding Wife Here Proves His Undoing. Tho commeicial romance of lamcl Diamond, of lath and Mifflin streets, uhich started Inst January In Now I York, ended today at City Hall, where tlie man was identified by Dora "Wolf as her sister Anna's nance, and accused of btoallng diamonds valued at $1200 from her father. The prisoner is also chained with stcallns ?300 worth of dia monds from Henjamin Shapiro, of 876 North Sixth street. Mls "Wolf stated that her Bister met Diamond about a year ago, when ho pur ported to bo a single, man. She stated, however, that Diamond Is married. Ho aid he was a rabbi and that previous to coming tn New York he had lived In Beaumont, Tex. He was very attentive to Hiss Anna Wolf, and they wero soon ngaged to bo married. The date of the tedding was llxed for lust January, Just before tho ceremony was to take Plate, according to Miss Dora Wolf's story. Diamond excused himself to tako a nap for half an hour, and went up stairs In the Wolf home. That was the last the family saw of him. When the girl's father went to look tat tho piospecllve bridegroom he found three diamond rings valued at $13W had nlsarpearcd and that he was not to have a son-in-law that day. Sir. Wolf, who , ' a diamond merchant, hastily went through the contents of his safe, the combination of which was known to Diamond, and found the thief had over looked J10.000 precious stones kept in another compartment from the three rln.s. When Miss -Wolf arrived here this mornlns sho went at once to visit Ola jnond.ln his cell and asked him to give w either the three rlnss or the pawn '3 for them. The prisoner had In is possession only one pawn ticket nlch he gave to Miss Wolf.taylng that " had told the other two. The ticket "lied for $150. Because of the Shapiro robbery, a year obo, detectives have been ecerchins for Diamond. They haV0 kept a close watch ?.th maU recc'ved by Mrs. Diamond M yesterday when, with her little son. w ie out for Newark, N. J., In response ttovl. .' 'rom that place- detective Fyia routed, her and mads ta arrest " "70 MHHMI w MBI MMHMBHHi hHVMH mmmmmhmhmJ t SEGAL IN ASYLUM, HAS NO KNOWLEDGE OF HIS CONDITION Taken to Norristown in Auto, He Made Plans to Continue His Business Ac tivities Creditors to Act. Adolph Segal Is now a private patient in the State Hospital for the Insane at Norristown. Ho was admitted to tho institution at 6 o'clock yesterday after noon to spend tho year, or less, that his physician says lem.ilns of his life The trip was inado by automobile from St. Joseph's Hospital, where Mr. Segal had been virtually a prisoner since his bank ruptcy proceedings, a little moro than two months ago, furnished the climax to tho collapso of his onco brilliant mind. Se'gal did not know that he was being taken to spend his last days in a haven for tho insane. Ho has been feverishly anxious to get back to business, In his few, brief lucid intervals. Ho does not know that ills physician has said ho can not live moie than a year and may not live moro than two months. When hu (dipped from tho hosplt.il by a rear door pud climbed into tho waiting automobile he thought he was being taken for a rido for no other reason than to benelit his health. Dr. S. F. Miller, chief resident physician ut the Norristown institution, said tills morning that Mr. Segal had been ad mitted. Tho mental coudltlton of tho former financier lie would not discuss. He declared th.it Mr. Segal is a private patient. The rules of the hospital for bid giving out tufutniatlon about Mich patients except to relatives or others entitled t knuw. Unless Ills, creditors lake action, .''tgal will never leave tho State Hospital alive. Tho Federal Court has the authority to subpoena him fiiiui the aslum In his bankiuptcy proceedings, according to the attorney for the tiustee. but it is not oin sideied probable that such action will be taken If pi oof of Segal's Insanity lb ad duced it tlie meeting of creditors to be held Thuisday in the otllce of Joseph Mellon, lite referee In bankruptcy. PICTURE-CRAZED DOYLESTOIN LAD SHOOTS OFFICER Reginald Vanderbilt, of New York, snapped as he acted as judge in heavy harness class. shortly after the pair met. Thero was a pathetic scene as Diamond was led away, his wife weeping aud protestinf his innocence, After ht trial for the jobbery heie in Philadelphia, Diamond will be turned jr, to the New York autuorltlea for Uiia la the WoU case r Gold Pendants AVe are showing a great variety of thtse graceful neck orna mentb new and artis. tic designs, set with Diamonds, Pearls, Amethysts, etc. at a price range of $2.50 to $123.00 C, R. Smith & Son Market Street at 18th Desire to Emulate Adven tures in Wild West Drama, 18-year-old Youth Takes Constable's Life. cordially. Then ho took the man aside and told him ontidentiallj that ho had a warrant for his arrest Miller then stepped away from the con stable and drawing his revolver, "Broncho Hilly" stjlo, tired one shot through IColbe's heart. Tile constablo fell dead. I to the platform. Most of the frightened passengers ran into the station. Two men pounced upon Miller, but he told them to keep cool. Then he handed them his re volver and walked with his captors to the police station. Miller said he drew the revolver to frighten Kolbe. Tho man who fired the shot Is the pro prietor of a moving picture theatre In Doylestown. but lately business has been very poor. This Is clue, the residents say, to tlie fnct that Miller would offer noth ing but Western dramas. Tho decrease In business, it Is said, made Miller des perato nnd caused him to forgo the check: on the coal dealer. R. A. HUMRICHOUSE CONDUCTOR WILL RECOVER Continued improvement in the condi tion of H. A Humilcliouse, H0 North 26th fltieet, i he Pullman conductor who was Injured in the tlnltimore and Ohio wieek at Woodlyn. Sutuidny Inst, leads Doctur I.uberg, his attending phjMclun, to believe ho will iec-over. The condition of Mrs. Humrichouse. who has been Miffering from nervous prostra tion and shock since the accident to her husband, is nl-o Improved. News of the wreck has been kept from her Shu be lieves lie Is being treated for an old in Jury, which he received in a wreck in Illinois. A desire to cmulnto tho ndvcntuiors In mevlns plctutcs caused JS-jear-old Wil liam Miller to shoot nnd kill Constable 1 Henry Kolbo this morning in the pres ence of passengers nt tho Heading Hall way station. Doylostown. Miller, who Is known as "Broncho Billy," on account of his ability to quickly draw a revolver, was arrested by Kolbo just ns ho was preparing to leavo tho town with n new Miitcuse. The man know there, was a warrant for his uirest on the charge of forging a check lu tho name of Neil Steilwngon, n, coal dealer, for T3. Last night, ac cording to the polite, he told fi lends he expected to be nrivsted and declared that no ono would bung him to Jail. He bought a suitcase and packed It with things that would come in handy on tho plains mid the grtat desert, and then went with a spiiit of biavado to the tailioad station lie wu neatly diessed and chatted pleasantly with some of his friends While he was ta'klng Kolbe, who knew Miller n.rsoiiall.v, nruil and greeted him ?-5vPS w Our Tile, Slate, Metal and Slag Roofs Are Standard RESIDENTIAL WORK A SPECIALTY Crescent Compound keeps roofs watertight for five years, and is also guaranteed. 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