The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1870-03-05
THE BAY RIDGE MURDER.
TEE RESULT OF A DISPUTE ABOUT
FIFTEEN CENTS.
The Victim Thrown offa Bridge and Drowned
A Watchmnn who Anew his Duty aud
MD It-Pron'pt Arrest OF the Murderer

The Victim Thrown ofa Hridpe nd Drowned
A watchmnn who Knew his Duty and
MD It-Pron,pt Arrest of the Murdcrcr-
tour,..,op /, nd PIeo of seIf-Dcfcnce
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On lhursuay morhlng NJ hpout o U cioch, Tut-
rick Clark. night watcbman on the long bridge Of
,he con,,o, R,,,road q, New .Ie,sev across Newark
sneNeh""i ""p'"u VI A'e" oo''o'' ".iO'' ~
Bav, observed two men approaching from tho west
end of tic bridge gesticulatinR violently. lie saw
one OF them jump from Tue track on one Oh 'ne
"eribs," when about 200 feet distant from him, and
shake his hand at the other in a menncipg manner
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ouppoeinE 'pa' IL was si"PS "p'Nii'' no "oA' ','O
the shanty on the draw to warm himself Coming
out of the sbanty few minutes aitorward lie could
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see nothing OF either OF the men, but presently no
saw one Of the men draw himself up from between
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"hnt = 'ne matter Win your anu was an-
swered in a muttering tone something which he
cor,d mn, r,dor.,ard Ue tben ,sked him vhere
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was back on the bridge sick. Further inquiry was
rso,oss M tho man prof.ssaa IN ha pn.ba IN sneak
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Enshsh'
Mr. Clark noticed that the mans flce was bruieed
and that no vos bIoediny procn.eiv .Just t,,en
u"u Nu' he was OIeeuins proiueev 'u'' "'oh
James Grant, the dock builder, came along, whom
he and Clark arrested the man. VINO made no at
,.r, =, ,os,s,o,o All ,oo, Iir ,D, ,ho a, .r,v on
'em' ~ ress'ahoe' anu 'ook him in'o 'ue slanS on
the bridge, where he was kept some twenty minutes
when he was handed over To on,eer Copnollv and
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taken 10 Bayonne' where he was locked up' Ihe
prisoner who gave his name as George Rochaeg, is
German by oirth, about 81 years OF age dark com
pie 1ion, wears light whiskers aud hair, and is not
bud looking man, but bears the undeniaolc appear
sDoe of tue Characteristic tramp
Ailer he had been secured, George whitney, fore
man OF the bridge, thinking that the missing man
might be overheard yet clngi ng the bridge made
an examination, and could 1nd no trace Of him but
discovered spots OF blood on the ties for some forty
ieet. At fret the prisoner denied having any
knowledge Of the missing man, said that lie aid not
see him, anj that he was travelling alone, titus
stultifying himself several times. But wnen con-
| frouted by the night watchman, who told him he
had seen him In company with another man on the
brid but n short time before, he changed his story,
snn InSe statement 0' "Dic' 'ne 'oi0"'nS Is tue
ueis a snrnenter bnt Ind fonpd Httle work since
| no csme 10 t,ts conntTv ahont nine montbs since
| ne was on bis way from phinJelnhIa in New YORK
| whe'e he oned 10 AMI empI' yment. thnt on We'd
rcss,cy nj mi no s,,rnoi at tLc Lnr,h Ward polico
station Fiirahetb tn s,sk Iodginv, that tnere he
| hssana ston,inied win ,l,e nisslng man Whose
nsma no - noi Lrr,y. that lie missing man vas
| a German ahon, oi ,esrs Of ace siont bnIt and
wore a dark overcolL oants, ami cap; that on
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