The sun., 1873-08-11
SEVEN BULLETS In ACORPSE
WAS TINS TIE BODY AREsIDENT
or BROOKLYNY
The Discovery which was Made In n Rayine
Near West 4 Aibauv-A Murder Without a
Visible Cnutc-Wor for the Detectives.

The Diseovcry which was Made In n Rsvine
Near West ibauy-A Murder without a
Visible Cnusc-Work for the Detectives.
ALBANY, Aug. 9.-last Monday morni ing
the body OF a well dressed unknown man WIS
found In ravine on the farm OF Mr.. Isaac
jones' near West Albany. lie was apparently
about forty years Of age. lie had black heir and
wore moustache. lie had but one arm, the
other having seemingly been amputate1 some
years previous. The body was discovered by
Mr.. Miller, one of MIR. Jones = farm hands ~ he
was walking along the edge Of the ravine on his
waSNo his work. Thinking that the man was
probably some poor tramp who had
lain down there to rest, Mr.. Miller
passed on, But before he had gone fare,
impelled by motives Of curiosity "a he SAYS. he
turned and going down into tho ravinc found
the man dead. lie was lying on his right
side, lace downward, his head and shoulders
being about four inches lower than the rest of
his body; The ground around him was literally
dyed in blood.
Miller, horrined, hastcned acros, the neld to
the farm house aud told Of his discovery,
messenger was sent to this city for Coroner lIar-
rican, aud he went to the place and examined
the body. The face was so covered with clotted
blood and mlre that the features were hardly
distinguishabe, and across the throat was a
deep cash which had severed the wlndppe.
The Coroner examined other parts of the body,
but discovered no other marks of violence.
~ one o, the coat p9ckets werg copy & o, LIE LIE
ness card Of Greonwald's na'r-dressing saloon
In BROOKLYN. ON examining the ground near
found resting aihst the fence, about fifteen
feet from the spot,
An ORES rAzop.
The blade YVES covered Win blood, and on the
handle was engraved the letters l.. V. j j. Fur
ther up the bank were found n gay coat and
vest folded up. In the pockets Of the vest
Although one Of the trous"rs pockets of the
dead man vas torn open and the other was
L .NNH In N.a Na
licyed that the man had committed suicide, and
sent the body 10 the almsnouse Losp.td Ia THIS
citv.
Yesterday post-mortcm examination was
held 10y Drs. Lansing and Haskins. They sad
that the wound in tho throat had severed the
wnduipe, hut that the Juguar vein was un-
| touched. On further examination, however,
evidence u seven pistol shots was discovered.
! one, which must have been fat al, was IN the
! centre Of the forehead, aud penetrated the
brain. Another WIS little to the left, the bull
lot which caused 1t being found considerably
/ battered, beneath tue scalp. Another passed
| below and behiud the left ear down Into the
muscles Of the neck Another battered bullet
| was found behind the iight ear on the back OF
| the bead. A nfth had struck the left side Of the
chcst and lodged III the muscles of the back. y
| sixth had pissed between the fourth and ntth
mos on the left side, passing through the heart
and lodging In the right cavity Of the right lung.
! The seventh had penetrated the back 9l bis
| right and only hand, the ball being found III the
| in the tissue ~ the hand. Five ~ the bullets
were found, two of them utterly tiattcned.
| This morning Coroner II lrrigan, Dr. Has kius,
! and Detectives Brennan and Malone visited the
/ place where the body was found. The di~coy-
/ ery OF the foutprints Of two persons leadl ~
! from the NcwIurk Central Railroad track across
an excavation recently made by tue WorAuen
/ VINO are constfuctint the road bed for tho new
tracks to q grove situated onu Knoll overlook M
/ the raviue, convinced the detectives that the
/ mon had been followed iud murdered. tp,u
/ the TACT thar tlr surIh.ery ON the edge Of tht
. raVlue is torn and blIouY and tae
GUAss rRAMPLUD
he'weeu there and the grove, they base tl"'r,
| tbai the u'd NO. numbered in Tue grove anu h''
/ hudy dfterW4rl thrown into TIE rtNlnr.
ihe murdered man hls not yot been tier't
Gci, although " Is said that ne W.t- seen on hou
dAy last llug asleep 10y ttc tidc Of the ro 4
| watch passes 10y Mr.. Eh,uc Juucss farm
Tfis morning. tN.ef OF Police Mallory tele
! gitphtd to ;ue & Icf OF the Bauoailu Police
! description ol the b'dy and the lart tnlt la On,
! oi the pockets was 'ar card ot Mr.. G. c"uwdld
! the h1irirt,-cr. Tui- afternoon hr received
! telc. a.n tndt Mr. Grccuw.dI rene uhcied hav
| ing seen a man ABOUT zen dty- a-o who ans~ cr
ed the uc. riptilu ia tHc dc-pa', 10, but tudt h'
had never visited h.- ,A.uVh bc.prr pur since.
Up TO tAi- time uo ei-e 10 tue murder ht-s peel
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