The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1870-04-07
A MYSTERY IN PATERSON.
MIDNIGHT SHOOTING, SECRET IN
CUES r. AND UNKNOWN BURIAL.


Has burglar Been shot, or Has n Ply
| stefan INDUCED in n Feeble Joke t-Pcr.
ri KITES Of sun Reporter.
Information was brought 70 the Sun office
that burglar had been shot In the village Of Passac,
In the act Of attempting orcibe entry into the house
| OF Councilman Fox The informant stated that Mr..
Fox, who had been awakened nom sound slumber
by his wife, met the robber face to face as he was
| coming out Of the sitting room. The man fred on
him. and he returned the fire with fatal aim, for tho
| burglar turned hastily and rereated from the room,
| escaping through the window, but with q mortal
! wound. lie was tracked BY his blood next day to
Paterson, and ho died there soon after The inquest
on his body, which was held on Monday Of
last week, was kept private, as he was tho son Of
| respectable confeetioner. Such wns the story
| riven N THE Sun with the hint that the greatest
| efforts had been used to keep the matter from the
Our reporter went down to Passaic, and inter
| viewed Councilman Fox, with the following result;
| RtpoRTrp-I am come Mr. Fox, TO learn the par
| ticulars cf ttis shooting exploit oil yours.
Rrponrrn"why, this shooting burglar.
| Mr.. F.--What burglar
REponrEn-w6at burglar Why. your burglar, to
Mr.. F.-whnt do you mean, young man, Have
| you come TO the right house, ,,-.-,,-
| REPoRPER-I have. II you arc Councilman FOX.
Didn'ta burglar try 70 break in your house two
weeks agof eidnt he FIRE At you, didn's you
rctrcat mor,aiy wounded 70 Paterson, being
traced next dsv BY his boodf didn't he die
theref wasn't there n GROWERS Guestf wasn't
Il hushed no. because his father was u respectable
confectionery DIDN'T ,,
Mr. foxIsay hold on momen, or Lps sb me SPEAK
never heard about II til this moment AS hr as I'm
Concerned it's all an Internal lie:
Our reporter upon this departed Tor inc residence
Of DIR. O. J Kenworthy, WHO. ne had been informed,
could RivO him every information; He found TIE
| Doctor to be a very sharp-eyed sharp nosed indi'
| vidunl with ragged white beard, frosted by long
years Of trial and rrlva'ion 10 the Australian push
| The interview was az follow:
RrroRrER-I have come. Doctor, TO learn tho par
| tculars Of this burglar shooting. -
| Docron with cunning look)-l nave nothing TO
say, sir, either one way or the other.
| REPoRrFR-Whatf
Docroa tstill more emphaticaily)- Have nothing to
RrroRTER-wby, Understood yeu were to tell
me everything.
| word to any one There have been men here from
Tnr Sun and from the TribHae out would not tell
them word No sir, TN iiieni OF the parties j
REpoHTER Idumbioundcd)--I understood the In
| formation came from you.
Docron very cunuinsly.>-I don't know VINO
could have told YOU Ilero are men going round
now telling strange stories. Do you come from Mr..
REroRrru--Ye., I do: he says is an internal Ito.
DooroE--l don't know how PEOPLE got the names
any Information. couldn't reconcile 1t 10 my con.
scien"e. They say that Judge Simmons went to
Paterson to-day to take steps To- punish those who
helped to bush the matter up. lis fine OF $500 aud
two years Imprisonment In New Jersey, that's what
itis
REroRrEn-If you won't tell me anything, per.
haps vou'll tell me where can tnd the Judsef
ferret, ieTret The Coroner won't tell you anything,
nor the magistrates. I'D ferret, ierret-lbars what
Our reporter then went in search Of judge Sim.
7 mons, but he was awav on city business, and could
not be found lilo Inquired in all Tie hotels 'ayerns.
and groceries Tor Information on the point bat not
q soul knew anything OF the matter watch must
, have been hushed up very close indeed.
, What Is Thought about the Matter In Pat r
r son-Chargcs nuo Counter Charges Blood
In the Road.
| Correspondence OF The sun.
Paterson, N. j., April 6.-Tho village Of Pas
sale, near Paterson, on the Eric Railway Is terribly
worked up on account OF a rumor 10 the effect thai
respectfully connected Young man Of that vicinit,
Q had been shot some days since Ia a private resi-
= dence, which he entered burglariousy. TIE repor
a said that DIR. Kcnworthy, one Of the most aristo
cratic residents OF tho place, and President OF th'
q VILLAGE Council, was, professionally or otherwise
eogniElnt with the facts Of the elae, but account
OF the hsh standing 81 the parties declined to MAXI
Your correspondent interviewed DIR. KenworthJ
The TACT Of hi. having been so annoved with ,h,
AFFAIR had produced shirt OF irriiaby on the par
phaIcaly manifested in the welcome OF the newsps
per man TO tic handsome domiele. Dr. Ken
worthy denies any knowledge whatever OF thu
a NOR, but will not enough foundation tC
- base a statement for the press. Furthermore ID
s what TO have done had he been summoned to attend
h a wounded burglar. Had It been at dis house thu
- doctor would not have let the intruder OF In an
d. shape more whole than mincemeat. The doetoI
O. said he had no doubt implicated in this rumo
g. BY some oil his political enemes-perhaps by judge
| simmons
X Judge simmons Gays he has tile names Of innuen
10 ti1l citizens who re wiling TO verify by andavi
that they heard DR.. Ken orthy assert thar ha,
:, boon shot while 9urgsriously In house in Passaie
that the wounded man was carried of by his &C
Of completes: that he died; that at the solica
- | ton OF the wounded mans rich and inhuentia
:" friends a secret inquest was held and verdict o
In Heath by hnmorrhage rendered, aud that the bod
"a w,s carried TO Paterson by night and buried; tina
the names OF all the parties, both the side OF Oh
burglar and on the side OF the gentleman who's
cr This is also tle current report through the village
mr. and while DR., Kenworthy denies any persons
u knowledge OF the affair, on the other hand Judg
n Simmons says he has the necessary andayits real
err to bring the matter before the Grand Jury mex
s'm.s sSas no Or s aSssG5
IT In state Prison, or both, for withholding
M from the authorities. That somebody WINS shot
m and carried some distance towards the depot, wa
mi proven from the trail blood len on the road, bu
sh any further particulars are "rapt In profound mys
an terry which none OF the Inhabitants appe II able
nd | solve and the Investigation OF the matter by tn
is Grand Jury is an1iously awaited. And on accour
e of tie mystery. tie Passaic people are all the NOR
w. excited and worked no over Toe affair
We About two weeks ago the residence OF Davi
broken into by three burglars, but Mr. Camp5e
he surpr ed them and shot OF the party nltnoug
nd they an succeeded in escanins This may DO POI
nj ton of the transaction which has created suc a
excitement and about which many or the resident
think DIR. Kenworthy knows more than he Is wilin
20 Ackno Nledge On the other hand. the word Of
he | man In the Doctors standins should have sou
*. weight anu lie should be allowed tne full beneht
be his denial but Judge Summons - also man " ho'
"a generally consider his statements as gospel. ~
he affair is certainly mysterious, and there Is doubte
RE some Thing In II.