New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1873-08-16
TRACKING DOWN ALBANY MURDERERs.


IA the ToInDs Police Court to-day
rp .cvING DOWN ALBANY MURDERERs.
AZ INTERESTING SERIES or CLUES WORKED UP IN
neooKtYN-A ONE-ARMED SOLDIER PROBABLY
SLAIN FOR HIS PENSION.
The mysterious circumstances surrounding
the horrible murder OF a onearmed man IN the vicinity
Of Albany, on Thursday. Aug. S, has been paruaiV
unraveled by Detectives Folk and Ccrwin of the Brook
l,n Police Dcpartmcn The body of the murdered man
was first discovered by citizen Of Albany lying In
ravine on the farm OF Isaac Jones The face was down
ward the head anl shoulders being about four inches
lower than the of the body. The ground around
was dyed in blood. which had flowed from numerous
wounds the face hands, and body The throat OF inc
man had been from to ear, and there were no
less than u bullet wounds the body One wound was
in tho head and another through heart In one OF
the coat pockets was copy OF New-YOrk newspaper
of Aug g. small looking glass and business caro- OF
Theodore Grunewald barber and hardresser vi NJ %
Atlantic-st. Brooklyn. Near the body was found an
open razor covered with blood upon which asenera'eu
the letters L. " j. ]. Further was found gray eoa
aud neatly folded together In one pocket OF
was g. TO- One Of the pants pockets OF the dead man was
torn OPEN and the other partially turned insiuc
ont showing that the murderer had pundered the body
The remains were removed 10 the Albany Alnshouse
Hospital TO await coroners inquest ana DeVec.'es
Brennan and Malone at once placed on the iran vi
the murderers. The footprints OF two dersons ieauns
from the NewYork Central Railroadtrvek across an e1
cayation recently made by workmen who are construct
ing the roadbed for the tracks, to grove 'ua'eu
on erou overlooking the ravine, convinced the detec-
tves the man whose body had found had peeh Io
lowed and murdered. This belief was strengheneu Ny
the fact that shrubbery the edge OF the raVine was
torn and bloody and the uampled between 'hee
and the grove They believed that the man was muir
dered in the grove and his body afterward thrown into
the ravine
The post-mortem examination Uade by Drs Lansing
and Haskns showed that the murder had been one OF
the coolest and most deliberate on record rive Oh inc
bnlets were extracted two Of them have been hatened
against the bones in the body The wound that must
have proved fatal itself in the center OF the lore
head penetrating the brain. Another had penetrated
behind the left passed down TO the muscues OF
the back The sixth bullet had passed through Tue
heart and lodged in the left lung.
Chief of Police Maery Of Albany was led 20 the bene1
that the murdered man was resident OF brooklyn from
the fact Of the business card found in his pocket ana
telegram was sent the Saturday following TO Chiei
Campbell relating the tragedy and requesting informa
ton as 10 the identity Of the body. The diSpatch was
handed to Detective Folk and he instructed to visit
Grunewads barber shop in Atlantcst Inquiries there
elected the information that onearmed man answer
ing the description given Of the murdered man had been
shaved in the saloon about four weeks previous ana hsd
carried one Of the BARRIERS cards away with him. Inc
barber himself did not remember the circumstance but
the information given by one OF his journeymen
named Charles Landerman who had shaved the stranger
Before departing from the saloon. however DETECTIVE
Folk obtained clue which no has followed carefully up
IN the present time The detectives learned that on the
Monday preceding the murder journeyman barber en-
ployed by Grunewald had suddenly left his employ and
his wife who was IN the habit Of bringing him his noon
days lunch appeared to be utterly unable to account
for his disappearance. This mans name is Emil Living
-. So a ,,xYI,rv ana
armed man called and inquired for him. EmPs wife
stated At the time that her husband had abundance
of money and he had been given $50 by woman to
take her husband out of town. she did not state who
the latter man was but the detectives concluded that
was the onearmed man. The journeyman Laudermsn
was taken into Of the detectives and through
him they found that Ems wife resided at No. 116 Pal
ettost in the Eighteenth Ward, in the house OF John
Weston,
Mrs Livingston and Mrs. Weston were both home
when the detectives called, but neither Emil nor Mr.
Weston were present. Here the additional clew was
obtained that Mr.. Weston a one-armed man. and
4bat he had left town with Emil Mrs Livingston ex-
pected her husband back that night "wednesday but
he did and the detectives convinced That
he was rho murderer and that the one-armed was
none other than John Weston The detectives did not
express any disappointment at the nOnapperrance OF
Emil. but carefully concealed the ooleet o. teh st
however, that EmPs wife suspected their business, ana
nrde good the interval between the visits OF the
detectives communicate with her husband and inform
him of his danger II appears that he had purchased
harbers shop In Eighteenthst New York. Saturday
last for 1850 about 10 business there.
but TUESDAY his place quietly sold out Tor one
half the amount he mad paid for IT, On Thursday the
detectives reported to Commissioner Jourdan and as 1t
concluded that Emil had fed II |as determined TO
arrest his wife and Mrs Weston. Accordingly this was
done. and the two women were taken 10 the Central
Office al about p II. Later another woman whose
name withheld, boarder IN the Palmettost. House,
was also taken into custody. The detectives were very
careful to conceal all the facts from the New. York
reporters but despite their ehor.s the arrests made
were gwen THE TRIBUNE yesterday.
The detectives then searched the house OF Emil and
in OF the trunks found two revoyers
with twelve chambers empty. These weapons are be-
heved 10 be the ones with which the murder was com
mitted. A good portrait OF Emil was also obtained ana
copios Of this have been sent to Police Departments
thToughout the countoy The wife ana widow was Kept
in the house until last evening, when, in
accordance with requislton from tho Dlstrct-Ator
place by the detectives who have worked up the
Mr.. Weston the supposed victim, was we'll known IN
Brooklyn. He was p6nsoner having served three
years during the in the l4th Regiment ana lost his
arm IN battle. He made quite respectable living by
selling prize packages containing pens, paper, etc,
the horsO care He had saved enough money to pur-
chase the small twostoTy frame mouse in Palmeto-st
drawn ms pension money and another SUN from
savings bank. Weston occupied the lower part OF his
II the victim Ire without doubt slain for money
Emil Livingston is described as being medium sized
man, OF German nativity. From the Photograph which
police have IN their Possession il believed that ne
easily be Identified, and his arrest is regarded
being only the matter OF few days AT the latest.
CLOSE OF THE SING SING CAMP-MEETING.
The Sing Sing camp meeting closed yester-
day morning with a general prayer-meeting In the
Duane-st tent and preparations for removal began
BY afternoon the village which for ten days had
resounded with prayer and praise and shouts of tr
umph was nearly deserted The formal services Of the
camp-meeting had been brought to close the pre-
vious night, when there was preaching
in the Duanest. tent by the Rev. George
Lansing Taylor, and in the Bedfofd-st. tent by
the Rev. Vim. McAlister, followed by prayer
meetings which were continued until midnight, instead
OF closing AT 10 D. all other nights of the meet
ing The usual closing ceremony Of marchng around