New-York daily tribune., 1865-11-24
A Theatrical Manager Robbed and
Butehered.
Desperate Struggle with the Assassin
A DEED OF HORROH'

most atrocious murder was perpotrated III
tha CITY Park (which Is bonnded by Flushing ave-.
Psrk.aye.. Canton and Nayy.sts) about 10 O'CLOCK
on Wednesday night. The name OF inc 'o'i"'
is Jose Garcia Otero, a Cuban, the proprietor
of a theater in Havana and the supposed
pcrpetrator IL named jose Gonzales, who IS rep
resented AZ about years Of age, i've feet eight ches
in hight dark complexion, black hair and thin black
mustache Tie body Of deceased was discovered by
some citizens who informed Ocers Carr and Eaton OF
thesForty fourth Precinct Police that man Lad com
mitted suicide and described the place where he was
lying. The officers found the BODY there ana sen.
word to the Station House. Capt Waddy lmmedIa'ey
sent Sergeant Christopher Wright and Roundsmhh
smith TO be Park they took charge OF the remains
Coroner Lynch having been sent for came 10 tAe o'a
tion. House soon after the body arrived there.
On making superficial examination, n at once be'
came apparent that the man had been murdered hit
shirt was torn and bis coat in such state that II was
plain there had been desperate struggle There was
wound tho right eye. Inflicted by some oiuht IN
struuent (probaby siung show may have stunned
hm. There were five or six incised wounds on tue
occpital part OF the head three large wounds on The
back o. the neck e,ch about three inches IN length ana
several abrasions of the skin near tho grotis lnete
were also wounds the sternum bone OF the breast
made with blunt dagger, and numerous cuts maze
On searching bis pockets a receipt found from
which appears that deceased stopped at the Barceonh
| Hotel IN Great Jones st., Neg.i orb. Detective
Won!srly WA az sCnt - tho hotel Ht Nas now
mornng) aud there a-ceTtaned thst Tue deceased
bad boarded there for several days; that be Vas te
propretor Of "A thCnteT IN Havana. and had come 10
New York for iho purpose oi purchasing meehihe,!,
&C. 10 fit up bis place OF amusement thht he naI
| large amount OF money with him. Whrh ne chIIl'u
about his person. The detective was further informed
that the deceased had been called upon TIE evening
previous by an acquaintance hamed jose ''olIi's ahu
that they took tea together about O'Clock. Aier t
| Gonzales proposed 10 take walk. Oiefo h-'ehMu
and having ready change except gold got th' ,eiA
to change 500 bill lie put the change caIciessi! IN
! The clerk told Mr. Oero substantially: - hou are
stranger here and You carry good deaI o. nloh,l
about you yuu had better leave u here ana u WI Ue
| safe" The friend Gonzales spoke up and -iid thei
were only going ont for short walk and "omd th'heI
advise O.ero 10 keep whatever money Do had aDonl
him. il was n safe about h.s person, aud perhaps more
80 than hare t the hottn. Mr Otero took bis friend
advice ana they len. How ard By what device TOE
deceased Wa iuyoigcd 20 come to brooANn on sleh
faiuy dark night is DO apparent ~ al eNfu1 h' N''
conducted about mile from the Fulton f"rf1t throtSh
the darkest streets ~ the city and through PARK:
uhi,h u conscgucuCr of the stppdty. II not criminal
economy exercised by The Nayor and Brookl % 'ltf
Common Council 10, not bcen iiglied Tor months ana
prevou. that onis ahcn the moy1 was suPpo'ed 't
con ulfng the almanac 10 shine. IN u" center "i 'ht
PAX cquidslnt bct@cen the corner oi f"Is ave. hun
Cantons and Nnvy.st. and flushing ave-. The murder
committed. aud although the plrA mere sfuhI.
small lu fNtcut. nearly surrounded by occupied nsch
ings not human being heard the crics or lc sfoans
of the dying man. The body was accidental! H''
soon tho police s.o.rtainci that IL was mur
DER they took lanterns and sear.h.d the neighborhood
where the tragedy took place DIRK seven inches IA
cUgth WIS found. also tao rzofs hat (oi deceased
and pair OF glove belonging. evidently 70 The ns-ns
sin The gloves we're cIt acru.s the hugcrs, and tAc
murderer Doubtless m, wouni. upon his hand. Those
nricles we've found within 80 t. 81 the place whcT"
the body found The hat wss aet Ia thi.e Place
one cut Ia the rim nnd two ia the body. The dagger
bent b, the point which = accounted for by i"
police from the supposton that the fret blows we're
given on The back below the neck. snd the point com
ing IN contact with the shoulder blades turned over
several strokes dealt with the dagger a!tr tlh
but did bot penetrate FAR. The was then doubtless
brought into requstion and the unfortunate man was
{ cut and backed until life was extinct
The rnIor used is q peculiar one. The back II so
formed that the blade is fastened by oi screw
and when blade becomes dull another can be- subst.
tuied with very little trouble Tafor'case Was as
discoveries II OF yeoWi-h leather and II cont aimed
two blades. One blade found in the grass. IL Lad
become detached from tbe handle IN the murderous
, work The other razor bad transparent yellow han.
die and is rather ordinary affair. The deceased as
about feet inches in hight Of powerful lrame'
and II il supposed by some that more than one ah ~
engaged In The bloody work from hs appearance be
= was doubtless able 10 make strong resistance. II ID
supposed that he had about hs person some 5000 or
$1,000 In gold and bills Two hundred dollars IN gold,
wrapped up paper dixie bunch Of - cent peoes)
found in lis yor pocket. and sl6 in bls-al American
money. None ~ the change he received at the hotel
found. anything else discovered beside h'
pocket book containing his hotel receipt aud some other
= papers. His clothing was all new having been pgr
c chased witbina few days, and xs Of good quality
. He bought the hat the previous day At hat store. No
u 5-s broadway, n. y. The remains we're taken IN
charge by Coroner Lynch and taken TO the dead house
e wherv post Tnortem eIapiD.ton will be made.
Eoundsman Smith OF the Forty fourth Precinct, who
had bees detailed at Pier No North River TO watci
the passengers ebaTkng the steamer Eagle. bound
for Havana (other officers bsing detailed at the PIER
where expected 10 lcaye) Mt length raw
d young man whose personal appearance vas total,
unlike the person dose Gonzales OF whom be was II
search. The only noticeable feature abou, him n,
lact that his hands incased in large thick woolen
]. gloves
II lie vas ordered to remove them by tho officer and
On doing several cuts visible the back Of hi
hands corrcspOnding with the cuts Oh the gloves found
I in the Park near the murdered man. and which are
supposed TO have been by Of the muderer.
and NAV have been torn of IN the struggle He Wa, al
once arrested taken 10 Brooklyn and committed to
Of ths cells OF the Forty fourth PfeciDt Staonhou.e
lie proved 20 b. Theodore Martinez Pelcer (or Belle
ticr and al time awaiter, the hotel at Which
the murdered man was stopping.
There is nothing to show that the accused intended
y TO 90 on board the steamship. He had no passage
ticket and bni 81 80 IN hi. possession Since his arrest
he has been ve-y rc.icou On viewing the oorpse he
| exhibited come emotion.
Oncers are In close pursUit Of Gonzales and i, is b.
4. licyed that he cannot escape.
NetcorelegiCal.