The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-08-03
THE JERSEY CITY MYSTERY.
,grKrSG THE MTRDERER or POLICE
OIIICEE EfCH.iRD H. SMITH


Al what Hour WINS the Murder Done'
MI, ,,,trAnr e Policeman Richard II.
- ,v..,o. undated interest In Jersey City.
49,. .,,s,.. ~, pnoies avenue whore the murder
.,,i,,,i was lce,rtaI Yesterday Tho
N 49,, ,,.,r.t,,.l MN ,r,s rcn,ove1 To the
,o -, tnr ,ro,hnr.in.law. Alderman
-, ao.,rni,,, al an on,,.r ras de-,
sun, hor under surveillance Under
-, -, NJ. ,,,.r,o, N.cn tho
'nv -, -,.t,t,.,os Lo,iooi.s ,,i,cl
- - al ,i,, u..o,,s ,,,f,b which
,.r',,,i,,e,i,, po,l,e
v .''"r,rs
,n'.,,,,'I' O., ..o ,,,-,,i,.. v.ilod woman
WI. lei into the Moreucny Detective M'llorncy.
and confronted wiki tho corpse. She looked
srollv N, II for n f.,v minutes. and retired
HWH, I" .'' 80, ,.,,r,,i,.
with the detc tive. II wi- soon nerertaIh-
"A mat shc va- woman named Powell.
residing on DrisWi street VIII" whom
Oficer Smith had boon intimate IL had
Dvon AnoWn w. -. c., .s,,',h 80,
MICS win heI "' h'iS' "'o'v. "'ou-" ~
sor ana Haa , ,r vr o ro ina, o bens n
~ - - >, 81. - t'.,,,
mat WIN her smith m'sh' nave unVosonicu
n sa, ,'r ~ ccn ~ '' nisi, sbo acnled onv
kep' iet III CO." d" H'H"'' '"v u''''Vu WY
hsr than any other man.
Alderman john smith says tina, the muir.
dsrel mans wife has sept her own counsel
thus far. denying any knowledge Of the murder
beyohl Whal sue AAs hlfeauy tNp'a'nei' no
has employed detectives from Philadelrhia. and
ia,tinc under thei- a lyiee both with regard 10
-. - - - - L., ,,, .,o,,h TO-
the way she IS FsNsi' ana III INC se"ivh iol
Bennett whom he still suspects Il the murder
Uis reasons mr.. substantially these; Those
/, - ,,,1,,, l.,
,Ss morning oC So saw lint i, was cold enl clammy
Il requires several hours for dead body to be-
come So and in his POSITION the murder must
have occurred about Midnight Tho sash
weight with which the skull was crushed was
- -. .. 49, -, - H.
once usei On Ihe Ehle NJ inc s,Ie ~ Vlc
tousr, WIN q ro.,' 10 sW,ns J. W.
~ hnu na"h mH'h ~ " S"Yrf "uiv iV oe H.
man wl.o did iAe de"l wns ~ The lous" when
hls brother .ain' j. m rom 70. m''tns ,ti,er
Iolies C,mmi--l r. which va "''At 10 10
2G9ik tn.t "a .'i.7' i III ~ u heai ing
ihe man Wa notified. 'tn" u W. onlsll.3 ah.i
ia the temple. Wien The skull was completely
which seems q have been q lighter one. only
snoush 10 ptosr"i' MN. when IT, pillow was
aietSi over his bead and the ''"'7 were H.
Come ga w.. '.s IN Try Az rnan Sanh
points T. tns my1' s9s ,na,hgFsf G@unri WIN III,
Johnson avenue at about 3 o'clock. H.
learns from = 'vt.. WLlcn u" WIZ
noi reSsai, ~ .or f,ra an M u,"s
whlSiles heard near u .25ner q JoAnson, az,
nue., wlich crosses iyytnf lusl norm pi IN
ssene OF we murief. IL we ,vup, i ma i DsTh
hking -omepodN 10 his rrsiueh =, IN tue Nl,lu-
towsrg Ty ,bs ,trry in.ad Of Tp Jonscn ave-
nue, which Is toward Wark. ,,,,
Tn police aver ~ ~ have 'scoyared mat
ten who had miss .i tie ,ast ear and was not ~
condition to ."a'S h.mi' a Ii, ,,i ,.rS 81
Rvor miie. ~ ,A0 SON. hvi' td'e d ivtI1
u Is denied ttl. u4i ~, I'm ~ Jus
ao ,, t52F K, % "",,it, nv nrS', H.
so aao 1GSye ri 'S j sSn s' draukn oc
suPsnl Of aesup win sray 4 ,, %,, ny, was
SCR " a u. ai,er IN the morning IN qie;.
Ron T. gai, nan III ruf ~ I co AZ 't ,.
n1y ha a. b iSa2s ' VII ''A Oh '9 COUP |
PET ar tod He wa always ,. WIZ ana2n l
Ne publ s,to2 IN as neish99TIhoGd I3rSse d
hs ~ hat bis tenter was uneoyefnsbie. and
that at times de- Ss1mfd 30 2dd as 10
wonIJ strite n S.-nraui6n with wEsteyer
Weapon was nfnf r, il, i a mi, sdr
- vin,ter ba b. ''''1,'i ,..-v M Nnn-r',ls
inst1ntns ~ ~ N t1u,tsr toward b,r
ara narrated IN enc 81 which he Is
Az Az t. Peyie EH2 Asd na XgF Gown 10
30 brN,Lcr!s in tirn.s HIS behavior
,ransccnd.i bar .r,,5, at lest M / shortly
tetn1s b.r dsnth IN. tbrHat anaI ~ iislnh-rt
MN WHeteGp2 =. ~; he er'H, ,o WI c
tx Tm .i"' 'o'-eH VIA N""''N ana wa 00'
htisn .,,,o~-.iso,,. disrosi,ior continued altar
his mothers DEAN. AMI seems 10 hayo es,ransed
Ionged to literary -otlely INTO wtlen NJ ar
r,ed the same Dominating spirit that had az H..
NJ, I'm az ttHnaiMt riii..s
ntohq up w 80 10y, ATs--s"p- :" K,'i't 80,
xeakeS iar g and wss e g i9o 1t ''''' ''
smith ana bebneu had ssYeraI fparIe.s
hrIsihg 1u' 81 brhArI !h',harE WIZ III
sHith, On on. .S.o ~ aptI ~. ~, 1lliiic ~
VINO hal recently 9etn aItYtAleI "a w " lYl!te
trtIthsu lIOb ~ .,"' ~ ~ '' 80 '"9' ~.
Iisl w, penn y .viI4Hs |"N" s."it .
;a,sr' c9iihp."'nel "a, ~ ~ tH9' M ,,nj
lug ptV ~, vs. o.nin,, ~ ,n,, Ben.
iovgh tnat ns Wa9 7e"li,.hE l. H." H. t
net replied that ne nAl a IlEtt u lalk s. ~ re
STn mousse, Sir.tn Tx, su ne ~ was ~
H. 1 , pau couij" 20 'cis.,yhcTo
a dh2 G1s ssr B s9 cone the room 'T H.
oni{ V,Sau9o i i9nTV' sboLin, ~ a., p.
Jy esi,ths VIZ vol, .nn sotb,r Tim.
Smith moyed next Jay 10 the Lous., Where he
- a.t iilGg'eu LIZA N"' ~ '''0 A0-'- 40
fn YIN o. "a ,bs SnSitb h inro ia
once INJURED SMITHS dispeas1re by Inter
t3'.nE ni,ih oLI4tH sIY4ASt mp VIZ ~ ""9