, 1877-04-08
CRIMINAL NEWS.
The BombsheIl Tragedy as Much
Mystery as Ever.
Theories Still Plenty, but None o!
: Them Sustained by Facts.
Another Bogus Turkish. Contractor Run
Down in New York.
Suspected Murder Of q Ships Officers
by Mutineers. .>

50 TEE ELL~TRAGEDY..
NEW YoRK, April 7.-Char1es H. Jewctt called
last night at the residence Of Joseph 4. Dean,
and informed Nicholas L. Roosevelt, relative
Of the latter, that OrVille D. Jewctt had u1l-
doubtedly committed suicide. The fact was i1n-
parted to Charles II. Jewett by Charles Taintor,
managing clerk, who told him Tuesday after
noon that the moment the explosion. occurred
he Taintor) Was in the middle office, iu full
view Of the private office. He heard George n.
Jcwctt call him, and he Immediately entered
the room, and, when the smoke had partially
cleared, saw Orville D. Jewett lying on the
body OF George ". Jewctt. Orville held a
Sharpe's pistol to his breast, and fired four
shots III rapid succession. He then rolled from
OIL the body OF his uncle, and lay yrithfng on
the floor, near 1t. Taintor then ran down stairs
and raised cry of alarm, and subsequently
went to Staten Island to acquaint the elder
Jewett's family. .~>t-'.>>'''''
At a conference at the Coroner's Office to con-
slider the manner in which Orville D. Jewctt
came to his death, the Coroners aud their Depu-
ties decided that the wounds received by, Or
vile D. Jewett were inflicted by some Que else,
and said that the report circulated that he him
SELF fired the weapon which caused the wounds
was impossible The course of the bullets and
the position in which the person must have
stood to o''rcceive them precludes the possibility
OF his int1icting them with his own hands:
"There is no doubt, !" said Coroner Woltrnan,'
that Mr.. Dean knows more than he will te1l.n
The Coroner also said: tsA1r. Dean is good
man to watch, and he should not be permitted
to leave his house." As soon US he is able to
leave the house, be will, in all probability, be
1nHR In r,r31{o al
the same thcory,-tha the wounds received bY
Oryflle could not have been inflicted BY himself,
and In their opinion the "mystery" will soon
ba unraycled.
Nr. Dean is not able to sit up, but is making
favorable progress toward recovery. In regard
to the theory that Mr.. Dean himself fired some
Of the shots which proved fatal Ia. Orvillc D.
JeWett, the formers son said that in his lathers
present condition it had been deemed advisable
to Keep him in ignorance OF the fact that such
theory had ever been lroached.: he said he
never knew his fathor to have 4 pistol Of any
kind In his possession, and that he was man
very unlikely ever to carry one, as he was not
only unfamiliar With firearms, but had a posi-
Robert Brown, sk1pping.clerk, said to the
tost reporter, that at the time Of the explosion
he was on the first flour Of the establishment.
He ran into the street, saw the office window
broken, and smoke issuing from it, and
then ran back to go upstairs. He met
other clerks coming down, and also Mr. Dean,
whom some stopped to assist. He continued
On On :; his. his way upstairs, and WIS joined
stairs he heard a second report, which is be-
lieyed to have been from the discharge Of
large revolver. This makes him certain this
weapon could not have been fired by Mr., Dean,
who was then at the bottom OF the stairs.
v hen MIR. Brown reached the back Office he saw
George W. Jewett lying OIL his back, with his
feet. toward the crate, and Orrille i. Jcrctt
also. on his back, with his shoulder resting on
his uncle's breast. Both men were writing |
with pain. Brown also says that ten or twelve
days before the explosion Orrille Jcwett called !
him one side and said privately, in an impres- |
ot his desk. aud see 1t Was not moved, US there |
was something i'll it which might break. In |
consequence, Brown warned all The porters not |
to touch Jewctts desk
Young Mr. Dean also said be did not think it |
was singular Mr. Taintor's account had not |
been made public sooner, inasrnuch MS the lat
ter had not left Staten Island, where lie had !
lived with his fether-u-law afncc the dav Of tho
fatal event. He said, however, his fathers |
memory OF the terrible affair was no clearer
remember even the relative positions occupied
BY the persons in the office at the time Of the
The offices Of the firm Of John Jewett & Co.,
Front street and Burling Slip, closed to-day.
The extensive factory Mt Port Richmond is
silent, ana over the entire town hangs Sap
bath stiffness, Enthusiastically, funereal III char
acter. ALI the hags LII town and on the ferry
boats are at half-mast, aud the houses at Port
Richmond are drapcd in black and white.
Inc funeral services OF the late George W, |
Jewett, one OF the victims of the Burling Slip
:ragedy, took place to-day at the family resi-
lcnce on Staten Island The body will be iu- |
erred tomorrow at Greenwood Cemetery, |
~ JcTett at the same time.