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ruin i i i PARTPOUR uniUMtRjiunuuNi ti BUFFALO N- SUNDAY MORNING JANUARY 24, 1904. FORTY PAGES FORTY PAGES M0' WML "DIME NOVEL" FIENDS CONFESS' TO THEIR GROCER MURDER OF THUGS HAE k' FREE HAND i mm Gangs of Insulting and Dangerous Ij Hoodlums Infest Street Corners Undisturbed by Police of Buffalr. BONIER NOW IN AUBURN PRISON Old Man, Convicted of Murder of Old Frehr Couple, Slept Last Night in Death Tier of Ceils. SURPRISED AT COSTELLO JURY District Attorney Coats-worth Says Jurors Were Swayed by Sympathy and Ignored Evidence Against Woman. EXPECTS TO TRY HER AG AM NEXT TERFl i BARTBOLDO BALZANO.

STRIDES INSURANCE BUSINESS H. Hi Ward. President of Life "Insurance Underwriters' Association Tells of Remarkable Growth of Business. BRAINIEST HEn OP C0UHTRY EMPLOYED Business Represents Nine Billion Dollars. Being See ond in Magnitude to RiK road Industry President Banqueted at Ireqiiois.

H. IL Ward, president of the Nation- al Association of Iife Insurance UtMler-' writers, last night was the gueat at tut banquet which was tendered by the' Western New York Association of Lif Insurance Underwriters, The banquet was held In the banquet' room of the Iroquois Hotel oa the second floor and was attended by the most prominent life Insurance men in this vicinity. P. M. Bredel.

president of the local association, presided at the banquet. 8eated about the table were 1L 1L Ward, the guest of honor; F. O. Hatch, secretary of the Western New York Association; A. O.

Crane, F. M. Wheat-on. E. A.

Fpencer, Frank titeels, E. A. Rlgrs, F. R. Ieahy, W.

F. Ha mil ton. -William Ltundy, E. E. AxteU William James, Charles Guthrie, W.

F. Wrijrbt, R. O. Ralph, Dr. F.

J. Carr, F. B. Merrill. W.

a McCslmut. E. E. Mtnt. E.

Fowler, Q. Ralph. Dr. O. R.

Trowbridge. William O. Jostle and C. N. Weber.

"The Need of IndlTldual Effort I Members In Upbuilding the A sau hit ion Movement" waa th toast to which the National president responded. In part Mr. Word said: TREMELTDOV9 nffXHTBTRT "Tn the past twenty-five yara the life Insurance business has grown to such enormous proportions that todny it is the second largest Industry in the being exceeded only by the steam railway business. The life Insurance business represents while the steam railway business represents $12,000,000,000. The bulne has more that doubled in the past twenty-five years.

"Twenty-five years aro the averar Insurance agent was a man who had tried some other rail Irs- and had mad a failure of It. Today tbe great Semani for agents Is for young, ed men. As a result the greatest trannftloa hss taken place. Today a man entering the Insurance business finds the fii occupied by the brainiest men of the country. In the laat national convention, which was held In Baltimore, the Insurance men went to the navy yard st Annapolis and after the visit the commandant of the yard told one of the life Insurance underwriters that the visiting delegation was the finest body of men he had ever seen.

"Today a number of men picked from the life Insurance business compare favorably with any body of men picked from any other profession. Methods have changed, by the elimination of the undesirable timber, the the twister, and the "rounder. KB. WARD'S Arm CIO, Mr. Ward then went on to state that in the upbuilding of the local association each member should give his individual efforts and tne time win shortly come when the public will be able to distinguish between the good and bad solicitor.

The members of the association would get the Indorsement of the public and the non-members the condemnation. He said that the publio no! longer condemn life Insurance and the; man who talks against It makes him-' self ridiculous. He said that all should work to lift up the profession so that' the publio will have the respect for each Individual that it has now for the company that he represents. F. M.

Wheaton drew a comparison of the business that is done In life Insurance in Buffalo compared with other buelness and professions. Said he: There sre today in Buffalo thirty-five Mfe Insurance companies with open offices and they employ ITS agents. TTr OA 1twvrsi si TA A ,1.10 saloonkeepers. In the ajrsrreg-ate. the lire insurance ouaineas ia gm aa the business of any three of the blsf-gest business enterprises In the i OF OZ9! AGAIN AT THE TBCiC iTXXTESsFxii arusicAi.

cxranuT CURED FOn A RETTJItTI A CE MOT nn WEEK. Sammy, when you come wooing, there'll be something" doing around my heart." Such is the strain of the particular song hit of "The Wlsard of Oa," as sung by Miss Lotta FausL Uuf-falontans so appreciated "The WUrJ of lta comedy, and Its its recent engagement that return dates hare been fixed. The successful musical comedy, with all its humor ami wit. sparkling music, and beautiful women la to be at the Teck for tha first fire nights of thle week, beirinnln tomorrow, with matinee Thursday. It Is the original company of 160 peopl that brought the production Its rrtat New York success, with Montgomery and Stone as the Tin Woodman and the Scarecrow laading the cast.

Lott Faust, who sings "Sammy." as one ci the delights of the show. UNCLE SAVES HIS NIECQ Lossns to ikhciiaxts CABPESTER 3IHLS BOCS CHRCKS MAOEJ UOOD. By a peculiar coincidence, JSthel J. Carpenter, the prettiest girl armlstl in Police Court la a year, was mvI from punishment yesterday morning by an uncle, who happenad to be in iU city. The uncle arrived In Huffjuo by train in time to see in The Courwr the hews of his niece's arrest.

The uncl hurried to 1'oUce Cc rt and ofTered to make gcl the losses i. the merchants wouM withdraw charges. OnnsequenUy th rtri lft he coyrtfo-nv, her uccle an 1 I i Hejnberger Boy Admits He Fired Shot Which Killed Bartholdo Balzano in His Walden Avenue Store Ail Fpur Young Degenerates Relate to Police Their Carefully Planned Scheme of Robbery and Tell Details Following terday, acted more insane than sane because of their awful affliction. The father pulled at his hair and burled himself upon a sofa. PARENTS FRENZIED.

"My God," he sobbed, "to think that after all these years of honest work I should be disgraced like this." "He was a good boy, and I trusted him so much," wailed the old mother. Trueman's father was In such a. state of nervous excitement that he could not be seen. His sister wept and attributed it all to "dime novel" reading. Draper's father was also brokenhearted.

"I have done my best to keep JOHN 'irOLMLTJND. Headquarters Worked on Case. Detective Who Balzano Murder that boy right, he said, "but bad habits, due to bad company, have put him where he is." Rousslet's mother explained to the reporter that "her boy" had not been seen in several days. She said that she thought he was safe enough, but that she was always worried when he would leave home. She was not told that he Is in jail on a charge of murder.

All the parents appeared to be hardworking and honest. This crime is not without another very sad feature. In a pretty little dwelling, made so homelike by the thrlftiness of the father, is a brokenhearted Italian woman with three children now dependent upon her own efforts, the oldest of the children being only five years of age. i The husband and father was the unfortunate Balzano. The boys do pot bear very good reputations In their neighborhood.

All are conceded to be about as tough as possible. Trueman and Heinberger especially have bad names. The police lay at their door' many petty crimes, although they have not as, yet secured specific cases against them. The" boys themselves have confessed to having committed petty thefts. They say that this crime was prompted by the success with which they stole some cookies from a nearby bakery shop on Thursday night.

'-j SOL09KON'9 FIRST CLUE. 1 The credit for the capture Is reported to be primarily due Detective Sergeant Albert. Solomon. Ginger-snaps are the: little things that gave the detective his clue. They were scattered behind the counter, having apparently fallen from a package which Balzano was putting up when he was assassinated.

The detective at once surmised that the same persons who had on Thursday night stolen a box of ginger snaps from the shop of Baker Ortissman in East Genesee Ftreet, had attempted a similar robbery in Balzano's store. Upon that assumption, in company with Detective Sergeants Holmlund and Burkhadt, he went to the barn owned by Dr. Weinbach, at No. 2123 Bailey Avenue, nar Genesee the well-known retreat of Trueman, Heinberger, Draper and Koussle the boys suspected of the robbery of Grussmaa's ii) immmmmm jiuuiss i 5 HERMAN BURKHARDT. Detective Sergeant Who Worked on Balzano Murder Case.

COIf START MENACE TO ALL CITIZENS Residtnts In iith Prtcinct Feel That Any One of Them is Likely to be Murdered in Cold Blood at Any Time The murder of.Balxano. the Walden Avenue groceryman, is one more piece of evidence of the crying need for police suppression of the I many gangs of loafers that thrive in every section or tl I city or uu aio. vn every street cor ner, especially in tne residential sections of the city, there are nocturnal gatherings of boys and men ranging in age from 12 years toi40, the sole pur- nns. nt uwrnl to he tha llMUllinS? of women and the assaulting of men. The residents in tne neignoornooa which Balzano was assert wi nnllne were as much reSDOnslble for the murder as the young boys who- committed it.

i "They are only boys," said one proml-nmt rMrint "and if thev were not properly taken care of the police are at fault. Complaints have been sent-ln-to the police time and time again, some of them against these very youths. The police ignored the complaints, xs, na-onf Anom nnt nnnhh hi It child for do ing wrong the parent is responsible for 1 1 a- Th rM- i hAr. Vi don what tney could. They Informed the police ana the latter neglected their duty." GANGS EVBRYWUKRB.

The deplorable condition Is not only true of the neighborhood of Walden and Wood avenues, but It is more or less true of nearly all other neighborhoods of the city. There are gangs, some thoroughly organized and others less so. which gather in all sections of the city. They are composed i every stage of criminal development from the embryonic to the fully developed form. They loiter on street corners, in barns and woodsheds and in saloon and concert The police have been'' continually reminded of thM foots.

At times thev have made spasmodic efforts to suppress some of these cliques. Their efforts nave oeen more of the nature of temporal Interference. Dr. Edward Bodenbender of Walden Avenue said to a Courier reporter yesterday: "It Is not cafe for a woman to be on these streets after dark. For that matter even men are Interfered with by these ruffians.

Women are Insulted, men are attacked and places of business and residence are burglarized. What can we do about it? We have told the police repeatedly and. have sought their protection. Now law-abiding citizen meets his death at the hands of these wouldbe desperadoes. I hope that Balzano's death will at least make martyr of him to the cause of law and order and awaken the people to the fact that if the present Police Department heads are incompetent others be secured.

Any one of us out here Is liable i to be shot down In his own home at any moment. That is 'a fine state of affairs for a civilized community. To refer to this particular crime, the murder of Balzano, Inspector Martin did not arrive with his men at the scene of murder until nearly three hours after the commission of the crime. Had the murderers been anything but shortsighted boys they would have had plenty of time within which to make good their escape and as it was they did not leave, a clue behind them excepting Balzano's dying words, Three of them; It's a downright shame." i As a matter of fact, one of the detectives of Inspector Martin's squad suggested walking: from the 11th Precinct Statlonheuse to the scene of the murder. But Inspector Martin sat in the captain's office: and saw fit to wait at least a half hour until the patrol wagon of the 9th Precinct Stationhouse arrived, and then he rode with his men to the murder scene in no faster time than pedestrians were walking; the The murder was committed between and 8: SO o'clock and Inspector Martin reached Walden and Wood avenues at 11:15 o'clock.

a A.MARKHAM ROBBED OF $21 5 BUFFALO MAN GETS IVTO CARD game iw Wisconsin ajtd 'loses his roll Special Wlrs ts.Ute Courier. Milwaukee. Wis4 JanJ XS. George A. Markham of Buffalo robbed early yesterday on a train from Milwaukee to St.

Paul by three men who were afterwards captured at Winona, Minn. Markham and the three were playing cinch Just to pass time and after playing for an hour. Markham drew good poker hand and said he would like to change the game and play for money. The men agreed and Markham took a roll of $215 from: bis As he did so, one of the men snatched the money from his hand i and the three Jumped off the train which was Just pulling cut of Tomah. Wis.

three escaped, but were arrested on description at Winona. They will be brought to Wisconsin for trial Monday on a requisition from Gov. Ijafollette. The money was not recovered. MISS TO jsnsAK.

A TTlKtnrfoai Ttil1.4t ivr. -m wiis mil i noon at 4 o'clock Miss Jafce Meade Welch will speak on "John Paul Jon-, tha Naval liero of the Revolution." Prof. I Miss Lilian M. Ball will accompany at ira-sni: ana prontSDie 5.iC?f he spent at the His-. tOrfcal Bulldinr.

tttrt L7.v gramme ta unuaually attractive. The pub- WTUTM, .5 EliBOno POSTPONED. A Tneetlnsr nt tVi Tti.fr-in -t Academy as held last nla-ht In the II-Jfary Hulldinr. Owlntr to the absence of I'l-rab. who detained at pts noma on account of i'3ifs In hti family, the Bfflon with a abort fern or rt ew York r'late'a nr-uruiJi ir.

T. SUFFERING FROM RHEUMATIC ATTACK As Train Pulls Out of Central Station He Asks for Morning Newspaper and Cigar and He Apparently Enjoyed Both. Charles Bonier, the old man who has been found guilty of the brutal murder of the aged Frehr couple, slept last night Inside the gray walls of Auburn Prison, in the death tier of cells, and unless his lawyer appeals the old man will expiate his crime by death In the 'electric chair some time in the week beginning February 29th. Bonier spent a restless Thursday night in the Erie County JalL The old' man gave evidences of breaking down. He slept but little and at breakfast time 'instead of his usual hearty meal he was content with a cup of coff and a slice of toast.

It was shortly after 6 o'clock when he was told to prepare for his Journey to Auburn. Asked how he felt he said that he was stiff and sore from rheumatism and he had some difficulty in dressing. It did not take him long to pack what few clothes he toad and from 7 o'clock until shortly after 9 o'clock when the jailer ana deputies caned for him he maintained a stolid demeanor and refused to indicate how he felt. XOT HANDCUFFED. Bonier was not handcuffed as he was led down the stairs of the jail to the Jailers office on the ground floor, vvalking on either side of the prisoner were Deputy William Mooney and Jailer Lang.

The trio halted for a few minutes in the Jailer's office in order that a record of the condemned prisoner's departure might be made, then Jailer Lang said all was ready and the prisoner and his two guards walked down the steps to Delaware Avenue. On the sidewalk there was a knot of morbidly curious and all craned their necks to get a look at the old man. There was a carriage in waiting and the old man, who walked with difficulty owing to his rheumatism, had to be supported on either side by his guards. He looked neither to the right or the left as the crowd pressed forward. He gazed steadfastly at the ground and appeared to be oblivious of all that was going on.

The driver of the carriage whipped up his horses and they started on a gallop for the Central Station. READS ASO SMOKE. Arriving at the station Bonier" was the first to alight and he waited for his guards who jumped out Immediately after him. The trio walked down the trainshed of the depot and few. If any, of the waiting passengers recognized In the white-haired old man one who has just been convicted of one of the most brutal murders In the history- of this or any other city.

The prisoner and his two guards took seats in the smoking car of the New York train which left at 10 o'clock. The- prisoner asked for a morning paper and then lit a cigar. He was smoking a cigar and reading a morning paper when the train pulled out of the depot. At Syracuse the guards and his prisoners changed cars on the Auburn branch and shortly before three o'clock Jailer Lang and Deputy Mooney delivered their prisoner to the warden of the Auburn prison. TEXAS YOUTH SKIPS WITH $50 TAKES MOTEY OF LOCKPOKT HOTEL GUEST AND IS CAUGHT IJf BUFFALO.

Thomas Collins, 17 years old, whose parents live in Texas, succumbed to temptation yesterday afternoon, and stole 950 at the Kenniore Hotel in Lock-port. He left Lockport, but was caught in Buffalo before he had spent a penny of the money. Collins was sent by Bernard Glnty, the proprietor of the hotel, to collect $30 board from a guest on an upper floor. He collected the money, escaped by the back 'way and came to Buffalo on a trolley car. Chief Molyneux of Lockport tele--phoned to No.

6 Police Station in Buffalo to meet a certain car upon which the boy was supposed to have left Lockport. Detectives Walsh and Coon boarded the car at Glenwood Avenue and searched the car for boy 17 years old answering the description of Collins. When they located the boy they thought was Collins, Detective Walsh said: "Hello, Watson, where you going?" My name ain't Watson, said the boy. 'it's Collins." And then the cuffs were snapped. Chief Molyneux later called at No.

6 Police Station for his prisoner and took him to Lockport; The 950 was found Intact, the. police say. 1 i MBA smrPSOJf KAT Mrs. May Ghnpson began to serve her sentence of six months in the Erie County Jail yesterday. Mrs.

Simpson was convicted at the. Klmira term of the United States District Court on a charge of smuggling Chinese. She was the only Buffalo prisoner in the case brought to Buffalo. Kid West went to Auburn for two years. It was said yesterday that an attempt will be made by Mrs.

Simpson to appeal her case. IDENTIFIED BT MONET ORDERS. Through money order receipt No. '45977, found upon the body of the man found drowned in Buffalo Creek a few days ago, the corpse ha been identified as that of George Barnes, a deckhand. The money order was issued in South Chicago.

It was mads payable to Mrs. Marshal Morris at St. Clair. Michigan. i.

LODGS3 INSTALLATION. Electric City Lodge No. 8. Order of the Knights of Joseph, will hold a pubUc installation at Odd Fellows Temple, in William Street, this evening. After the installation an entertainment.

will be held. Believes Ht Can Easily Get Conviction If He Can Se-V cure a Jury Which Will Net Be Susceptible te Plea of Sympathy. It is not likely that Mrs. Sarah Gostello, who has just been on trial on the charge of shooting her husband, the millionaire oil and lumberman, and in whose case the jury disagreed, will be free from the, charge. Although her counsel and her friends believe that the fact that the Jury disagreed in her case is equivalent to an acquittal, as they do not think that the District Attorney will ever bring the case to trial again.

District Attorney Coats-worth yesterday indicated that he will again seek to convict the millionaire's wife, as he believes that she is guilty and' that he can prove- it to the satisfaction of a 'Jury that will be guided by the evidence rather than the sympathy which is generally aroused in favor of any woman who is charged with a crime. Those who watched the progress of the trial noted that the counsel for the defense managed to bring into play the defendant's personality. During the course of the trial she sat demure and with bowed head, and evidently made a favorable impression on the Jury. District Attorney Coatsworth yesterday i admitted that this sympathy was the only thing that he feared and that he tried to combat it at the outset of the trial. But evidently he did not succeed in impressing all of the Jurymen.

SCRPRISED AT RESULT. "What do you thmk of the disagreement in the Gostello case." Mr. Coats-worth was yesterday. I do not think much of it," was the eoly. "I think that the evidence un doubtedly warranted a conviction as charged in the indictment.

The disagreement was all wrong. To my mind the Jury was actuated by the morbid sympathy which I feared and which I tried to avert at the outset of the trial. I think that the evidence all showed that the woman was guilty beyond a doubt and I must, confess that I. was surprised that a conviction was not secured. "Will Mrs.

Costello be placed on trial again?" was asked. "It is very likely that she will, was the reply. 1 do not want to make this as a positive statement, but you can state that I think that another trial is likely." "When will be trial take plsest "I cannot state at this time. As yet I have not fully made up my mind what course to pursue, but if I fully decide on another trial, and that seems likely at this time, the trial will take place as speedily a I can arrange it. It is not likely, however, that she will be tried at this term of court.

Mrs. Costello has been out on ball and will continue to enjoy her liberty until such time as she is tried again or adjudged not guilty. EDWARD A. BELL, ACTOR, DEAD FORMER BUFFALO SOCIAL LEADER A XX) STAGE FAVORITE PASSES AWAY. The news of the death Edwattl A.

Bell, formerly a lawyer and well-known soc'ety man of this city, has stirred local social circles in which he moved and was much of a favorite nearly a score of years ago. when he forsook law to become a thespian. He married Maude HSarrison. th-e actress, from whom he was afterward divorced. Bell was one of the handsomest men on the American stage, and of a pleasing personality, yet sometimes he seemed the victim of a cruel fate, which pursued him on the stag.

He never rook kindly to law, although had he stuck to it might have attained considerable success. 1rThe -stage was more congenial to hlm.v yet he never shone as a star of more than ordinary brlllianoe In the dramatic firmament. COURT REMOVES LOR EN M. HE WITT GARB Of KEIXOOO ESTATE 1 TUiUnCP OVER TO HORITKLLS- TUJB MAX. Sla-1 Wire Tfce Comrfer.

N. Jan. S8.r Referee fo Bankruptcy Darrta today removed Xjorva M. Hewitt of Buffalo as trustee for Clara EL Kellogg, a Canisteo Bankrupt. Hewitt recently.

disappeared from Buffalo and has not been seen since. Ray V. Woodbury of Hornells-ville was named in his place. A motion for a second allowance of 10 per cent, for the creditors of the defunct" Shults bank at Cohocton was allowed. This makes 20 per cent, the creditors have secured.

They expect a final allowance of per cent. more. The president of the bank was 'recently Indicted oa seven counts In connection with the broken bank. jfr If you want work, advertles in th Want columns of the Courier. Every employer of Izbor resda the Courier.

i. 4. MRS. BARTHOLDO BALZANO. shop.

There all but Trueman were found sound asleep with their feet near a fire. Their stockings were hanging near in order that they might dry. The trio was arrested and taken to 'Police Headquarters. In the meantime they had compromised Trueman In the story theyweadily told. Trueman was found at his lwme at No.

2194 Bailey Avenue. He was aroused from bed, nvide to dress nrvl was taken to Police Headquarters. lie at onoe "squealed" to the officers'. He charged Heinberger with having fired the shots, but the latter denied it until late yesterday morning. Heinberger finally consented to go to the pond where the revolvers had been thrown and there he pointed out the spot where the 38-caliber weapon was found.

WOMAN SAW BURGLARY. Miss Witte. proprietress of a 'candy store at Genesee and Rawlins streets. has told the police that on Thursday night three boys entered her store and, upon seeing her, ordered in a very sus piclous manner five cents' worth of candy. She watched them after they had left and saw them go Into Gruss-man's store.

Mrs. Grussman was in the rear of the store rocking a baby. Sud denly Miss Witte saw the boys run out with a large box. Upon her speaking to Mrs. ruse man the latter discovered the loss of a box of glngersnaps.

The little son of Sergt. Solomon also contributes a story to the record of Heinberger. He says that Heinberger was never without two revolvers, and that often the latter would cover him with one of the weapons and shout, "Hands up!" He told his father, the sergeant, and the latter has been watching for Heinberger for a long time. Young Solomon also reported to his father that Heinberger had made this threat: "If your old man tries to arrest me I II pump htm full of lead. The police of the 12th Precinct have received complaints against Heln- Derger and they considered him a "bad oy." The police do not feel any too well toward Dr.

Weinbach. for they allege tnat fie was well aware of the fact that these ruffians were making their ren dezvous in his barn and that he knew. of their bringing coal onto his premises. Manager Roenecker of Jennlngs wood yard in? Walden Avenue near the D. tracks, stated that he passed Balzano's store fifteen minutes before the murder was committed.

He saw these boys loitering on the corner as early as that. He thinks that they have, had it In for Balsa no for long tune and that they were then awaiting a gooa chance to make what they con sidered a "coup." He also spoke of the tougn characters that terrorize the neighborhood and said that these four were members of one of many such gangs. Sirrgularly enough, there was not a witness to the crime. The plot had been so well laid that not, a clue save the scattered glngersnaps was left behind. As soon as Balzano left the store there was not a sign of the deed, not even a.

drop of blood. The bullet had struck him on such a "dead line that the flesh was not even torn save for the entrance hole of the, bullet. The bleeding was entirely Internal. Balzano showed remarkable presence of mind when he realized that he was on the point of death by urging what strength was left to run to Burrows' residence and exelahnlntr: "im shot. In the stomach.

Burglars. of mem. me last two expressions together with thft scattered glngersnaps led to the arrest of the three boys in the barn. Dr. Edward Bodenbender yesterday told a pathetic tale of the nilir1ai Wtan- 1as -M-MAn-.

1 -ATRETIC DEATH. "I saw he could not live." said the aocior, -ana he was already unconscious when I arrived. I Injected strychnine and the poor fellow seemed to make a rally. My first Impulse was to ret an ante-mortem statement. As he regained consciousness I attempted to take his statement which he seemed to be longing to give me.

The expression of his eyes became less distant. and he tried to help me In getting the statement, cut it was like the last flash of fire. He relapsed Into unconsciousness unahle to tell how he had been murdered. It was so pathetic as to bring the tears to the eyes of one who ought to be hardened by heartrending scenes." The case seems to.be similar to that of the notorious Van' Wormer boys, and the more recent case of the youthful highwaymen of Chicago. The police attribute the -crime to the passion so prevalent in misguided youths for be coming great dime novel heroes.

Chief of Detectives said yesterday tnat dime novels- were without doubt at the bottom of this crime. The most probable story of the affair. In the eyes of the police is that Draper went in the store, to buy some glngersnaps. Rousslet, with a stiletto, was on the outside in the capacity of a While Balzano was putting up the enaps Trueman and Helm-berger entered. Trueman pulled his revolver and cried "Hands up!" The startled grocery man turned around and perhaps reached for a cheese knife or else covered his face and cried stop!" The stories of the prisoners conflict on this point.

Heinberger immediately flred two shots, the -second one probably taking effect. V- Trueman. Heinberger and Draper then rushed out and Trueman and Heinberger paired off and Draper Joined Rousslet. The latter two proceeded at once to the barn of Dr. The former pair to the pond where they deposited their revolvers.

Heinbersrer then left Trueman. the latter going to his home and the former going to join his other pais at tne Darn. The purchase, the holdup, the assassination, the flleht and the death all oc curred in a very short space of time. WOUND. Tti ontnniT xe na nerformed yester day by Medical" Examiners Howland and Danser.

They reported that Balzano's death was caused by a gunshot wnimii rnetrated the liver and kidney and that the wound was suf- Continued on Page Twenty-Fcur. Charges of murder in the first degree have been preferred against Herman Heinberger, aged 17; William E. True-man, aged 19; William Draper, aged 16, and John Rousslet, aged 15, the four boys who have confessed to having been parties to the murder, of Bernardo Balzano, the grocery man, whose place of business was at Walden and Wood avenues. Detective Chief Taylor made the charge yesterday. This has proven to be one of the most heartless crimes ever perpetrated in the criminal annals of this country.

A widow with three baby children is now four families, those of the self-confessed murderers, are fairly crazed by grief, and an upright citizen, a thrifty merchant, has been cut off in the midst of the benefits derived from early industry and saving. They have all confessed to having pent the entire day of Friday planning the robbery. They have confessed to having carried either a revolver, a stiletto or a slungshot for the successful completion of the crime or the effecting of; their escape, as developments should require. Heinberger and Trueman were armed with 28 and 32-caliber revolvers, respectively; Draper was armed with the slungshot and Rouaslet with the atllleto. The boys have not yet been informed of the death of Balzano, a fact which makes their confessions all the more valuable.

Trueman and Draper have stated that Heinberger; fired the shots, two In number. Rousslet was on watch outside the store and does not know which of his pals did the firing. Heinberger, in a braggadocio manner, has admitted having flred the shots, but claims that he did so in a state of excitement. The facts of the case as given by the first man to appear on the scene contradict the theory that the shooting was the result of a scuffle, and indirectly the same authority blames the police for this unfortunate occurrence. Dr.

Edward Bodenbender. who was summoned Immediately to the house of Mr. Burrows, just opposite to Balsano's store in Wood -Avenue, where the murdered man fell In his efforts to secure assistance, spoke to a Courier reporter yesterday as follows: NO SIGNS OF SCUFFLH. "There was not a sign that would lead to accidental shooting or even to the theory that Balzano was shot in a scuffle. The crime was downright murder, pure and simple, without any modification.

The coat was not scorched. Had the shot been flred at close range from a 38-caliber revolver the coat would have been scorched. The hole through the garments into the body was a clean-cut one, indicating careful aim. I believe that when the murderer saw that Balzano would not submit to a robbery they shot him down in order to effect a sure escape. A small piece of clothing was carried by the bullet into the wound.

The hole was as perfect as one made by a cookie-cutter in a platter of hardened dough. Had the shot been fired by one who was excited or In a scuffle the wound would not have- been so nicely made.N The shot would have been a slantlng-or a glancing one and it would certainly have torn the clothing- in a different manner and made a different impression in the flesh. These ruffians I believe to be members of the same gang that attempted to break Into my barn a week ago. The police "have been very negligent in this matter. LAXITY OF POLICE.

"They have received complaints time and time again from residents of this district. They have ignored these complaints, even those made against these very ruffians who committed: this crime. It is not safe for a woman to go out here after dark. So bold are the members of the rough gangs out this way that they will insult, hold up and assault men, to say nothing of 'their conduct toward the other sex. These fellows have become a terror to -the community and the police have allowed them to flourish.

It is hig-h time that our citizens in this district received protection and it is too bad that a peace-abiding merchant has to sacrifice his life to bring about a reform that could have easily been made long ago had the police done their duty. Even last night, the police apparently took their time In getting out here. Inspector Martin came along with the patrol wagon nearly three hours after the crime had been committed and had the murderers been) anything but foolhardy boys, they would have made good their escape without leaving a clue behind them." TRUEMAN THE "SQ.UIB AtEB." Trueman appears to have been the main "squealer." After told considerable, no difficulty was found in getting the others to talk. Detective Sergeants Holmlundj. and Burkhardt went to the pond on William Street, where the tys said they had thrown the revolver and they dragged up a 38-caliber weapon.

The 32-caliber has not yet been found. Tb chambers of the revolver found were empty ive for the discharged thells. The wound in Balzano's body was described by Dr. Bodenbender as one from a 38-caliber gun. long before anything at all was known of the case.

But all this evidence cannot Incriminate the boys aa much' as their own confessions have done. TOUGH QUARTETTE. They have admitted having spent an entire day plotting the crime, having gone to the store fully armed and equipped, having attempted the robbery, and having fired the shots. only modification attempted is the one given by Heinberger, and that Us that he "fired during the All four of the boys are described by the police as "looking: the part." Heinberger is very profane and Trueman and he, the oldest members of the quartette. talk as if their plots had been hampered by the youth of their younger accomplices.

-'n, The families of the young desperadoes are all highly respectable and they are completely prostrated with grief, excepting in the case of Rousslet, whose parents have been kept in ignorance of their son's deed and consequently do not know where he is. The father and mother of Heinberger, when eeea fcy a Courier reporter yes-.