The sun., 1870-06-11
THE CITY ISLAND MYSTERY
THE MAN VINO WAS FLUNG OYER
board IN LON0 ISLAND SOUND.


Through the perseverance Of TIE Sus, light is
gradually breaking on the Long Island Sound myste
ries, and It is now definitely settled that horrible
murder has been committed, though By whom or
| precisely whom IL still undetermined. The body
found floating at Pelham Neck last week has been
resurrectcd and recognized a. that OF German ma
| chinist named Gottieb Richards, formerly Of this
city, but more recently employed at the Howe sew
Ing machine factory at Bridgeport, Conn. Tbis. Of
course, leaves the wereabouts fate Of Mr. Ezold.
Of Union Hill, more
rscLouDED WITH nrsrsRr
than ever before, as the Identification Of this body
as that OF another persons leaves Etzods absence
without . single clue upon which to base an e1pla.
| nation.
Is a singular circumstance that Etzold and Rich
ards almost exactly resembled each other In figure
aud countenance "a well ss general style Of dress.
| reporter OF The Sun yesterday exhibited photo
| graph OF Mr.. Ezoid TO the former fellow workmen
Of Richards in the Howe Factory, and they at once
claimed II as q picture Of
THEIR MISSING COMPANION,
so striking was the resemblance.
| Richards was a young man Of 80 or 80 years, and
unmarried. Some time ago he worked In
the Singer Factory, but len that
| ployment to take job In tho Howe Factory,
some months ago. Properly, lie was tool maker
shu uihVHlnlst Dut mas Dttn NOfhlng OF LOT
| Mr.. VIM. W. Hendricks, contractor in the Howe
shops. filing and finishing brass hinges. lie was
| steady, sober, and industrious workman and earned
good wages. lie worked regularly until Saturday,
| the 2lil OF May, hf,or which time hc disappeared
tention TO do so. lie bod made some comploi"t. of
not feeling well, and his employ or thought that was
the cause OF his absence, and gave II no more atten
ton.
ON Wednesday or Thursday of the following
week Ger nan appeared at 'he shop and wanted ~:
DRAW GorLIEB RcnARDs's PAY.
He, represented himself as a brother OF Ricbar..
aud that he had come to see him previous to sailing
| tor Europe. lie said he had writ en- to Richards
announcing bis purpose to sail, ard asking him to
| coiVed no answer, and Gotleb had not come to
SEQ him, lc ielt uneasy and visited Briiee2ort
find trace OF the man, aud feared he had wandered
on 10 ht OF TEMPORARY insanity He found tina, his
wanted TO dtaw what pay was due him 10 ,e,,s THESE
| bills. Mr.. Hendricks, of course, hesitatcd about
making nj, Payment TO a stranger, ba! finally. on
he paid him the amount due ts missing man, S47 D.
fli, s the last that WIS heard OF him in the shop
account OF lhe discovery Of the body a, Pelham
Neck. one Of Rlchardss friends, II. II. wuischoger,
scrbed TO that OF Richards. lie was so Impressed "V
with tho idea that 1t must te the remains OF Goeb
Richards, tnat be canfe al ouce to New YORK and
hunted up John Richards, the brother, ana on
| Thursday evening tae TWO visited City Island and
DUO Up THE DoDr,
which was then identified as that OF the missing ma
session OF The clothes and effects found on tie Pes
son, and then tho parties returned to New York to
place the case In the hands OF detectives to fert out
| Yesterday a Sun reporter visited bridgeport to
gather such Information as he could regarding the
| unfortunate man. aud confirmed all the above iacs
lnI, beside gathering some otner useful inlorma:
ioD for waish he Is arsey Indebted to tae Chel Of
detailed to aid him In working the case up. The
tnorities had no intinaton OF the affair whatever,
| discovered to worS upon.
Richards had room at a German IodEing.house
kept by one Lein. but took his meas al boarding.
house in another part OF the city kept by AIRS. lie
bold. For hi. room lie ppid 50 per month rent, aud
the expenses lie had as his most intimate friends
sert that he did not spend any for other pGr.
his evenings usually at t1e house OF fellow
| workman named Eishel, who was married. occasion-
January last he raid to his brother 200. money he
| had saved from his earnings which be said was to
tie purchase Of lot in this city. lie anewsrd
boosted OF this investment as good thins securing
him against want iu the future.
WHEN rs QUIT WORK
| at the shop on the 21st OF May there was due him
$3.50, which he cid not even ask tor On the fnI.
| lowing week his wages 10 have been increased
quarter OF dollar day. lie remained at his
| lodgings sGlday and Monday, and WAS last seer
On that day he vas also at dinner at his
ing T;G unasua Nv" was noticed in Lis manner, Tua nor
| did he moltion anything OF his nten ion to 20
his room and about ten days board. in all hardly $40
| From that tine until the finding OF the body on
Pelham Neck on the O. inst, nothing is known OF
his movements. How he len Bridgeport is un.
known or whether @ he. GS met met hi' death IN coming to
| event occurred, 1t was certainly most
SUDDEN AND SHOCKING.
| There is no room for doubt that he was murdered
| by a most accomplished assassin. The body bcars
ito marks of this occurrence and told the tale most
/ mainly. Evidently he sitting down the mn
anC his assaillnt, armed with sharp weapon crepl
Se CAUGHT hs Victim h.S Ssnns
back with his hand over the mouth to prevent out
cries The y9lOr,gns'e mans hrst impulse was %
so received several ugly cuts on the wrists aud fore
| arms. but
THE ASSASSIN HAD uIH
ut an advantage and forced his keen blade into the
mans neck, Ia front, the knife passing downwarls,
| when by an expert twist tue windI pe ana Jurgler
vein were severed. thus preventing noise aud aus
| ing certain snd speedy death. The exterior wound
was small aud smooth, showing the skilliul manner
| In which the deed was done.
Whether the object oil the murder was robbery or
revenge cannot now be escertained. richards wore
a watch secured bYa hair chain, which is mis- ing
IRON Ills body; but what else ofyalue he might have
| had about him Is unknown. IT
ROBBERY PROMPTED TuH DEED,
the murderer was frightened from the completion OF
the job, about four dollars in small currency Was
| left In tho victims pockets.
The only reasonable solution OF this mysterious
affair is that the man had money and was coming to
this city TO place in the bands OF his brother. The
fact was known TO some eoyctous villain, who iol.
lowed HIM, and by some aurins art got him to seat
| himself the deck OF the steamboat at late hour
| in the night, when all the other passengers were
asleep and the few orlcers on duty were at their
posts in other parts Of the vessel Alter Iobbng the
body 1t was
THROWN OVERHEARD.
| II this occurred about 2 or 3 O'Clock in the morn
ing the vessel would have been in the vicinity where
| the body was found. ConHrmatOry OF this theory Is
| tie reported fact that Alexander Buuntcr and a
| partner, two Hell Gate pilots, about two wee6s ago
| "a ttW ing "A llppDDTt steamer - lO-p
| pilots are accustomed to do, when they observe
| blood stains on tue stern Of tie vessel.
our reporter has not been able TO ind these pilots
to get confirmation OF this report wuch he received
from rCspnneible gentleman to whom BOuutcr told
the story. nor mas lie been ale 70 learn what par
tiCular day II was, This report, however, II true,
will shed much light on the case
John Richards, the rel uod brother OF the mur.
dered man, las tai en- possession OF ali lis effects.
The body was reinerrod at CITY Island, II IL Ger.
tainy to be hoped that some energetic steps VIII DO
taken clear up this Affair." and bring tie murder
ers To punishment. go .
The strange condolences Of this case with the
| Etzold affair will strike every reader. The two men
, 81 closely resenbled each other that German in
eDoIl TO whom EtZOld's picture shown Nes.