The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-05-16
N0SAFETY FOR MURDERERS.
4 TERRIBLE cRTNE THAT MS BEEN
1EN YEARS UNfyENGED.
Words Dropped In Drunken Quarrel Fur
nishing ~ clue to the Murderers One Hang
ting Himself brooklyn People Interested.

nishing " clue to the Murderers One Hang
ing Himself brooklyn People Interested
NEW City, Rockland County, May i5.-In
lhc town Of Orangetown, this county. between
eearl river and Blnuvctvile. in the fall OF 1867
a f,ul murder was committed. The locality ia
isolated and marked by the huts and cabins Of a
lawloss class Of people One morning IN tho fall
Df The above year. William IIofYneycr and his
wife were found in their bed covered with blood
md frightfully mutilatcd HoImeycr's body
lay ACROSS that OF his wife. and from the blood
That was spattcrcd about on the walls 1t was
evident there had been n struggle. An axe
1tanod with blood and with locks OF gray hair
btill clinging to il was found near the bod
William Hof1mcycr was 80 years old. His wife
WIS rs. They had lived many years in the
house where they were murdered, and had
Bccumuatod fortune. They had habit
Of keeping bowls and sauccrs full of gold
pnd silver standing about in their closets. while
between the leaves of books that lay ON tables
md were piled in corners they kept bank notes
They were simple people. and the eccentric dis
position Of their money was known 10 all the
)ari characters about them. The bowls and
faurcrs " coin wcr" stolen. Tho bank bills
1nd been left IN the BOOKS.
Old Mr.. and Mrs lloifmcycr had rphcw.
who t,"n liNci in Blooklyn. HIS name was
1ct"r Ed~all. soon after the murder he carne
upon the sccne Ho had u will which he said
li- uncle had made amt given to him. by witch
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offered ia" viii for proNat. Sus,icioi f.li ut'1n
him NJ the murd rHr. SoNie OF the noighlpis
of The murdered couple said they bud seen Ed-
Eau hqugi,g about thoir honsH iusi before the
tragedy. But il"r' Wa not enough cNil"u'r
and Elsnll WAS not molestcd. The will WIS adj
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whi'n ~" nu'd was r'n,il.,ii"'i WIS -'ourrd
t Deputy - tiit Nppi. AMI william ('' was
tIkyn INTO custody L. tlNe li.i rant tiiAliy.
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ian went away rom nome ii. toId hi, wifeai,i
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