The New York herald., 1878-10-13
"HE WAS MURDERED r.

L MURDERED MAN DIES AT IELLEvUE Hos
PrrAL-Two STORIES OF HIS DEATH.
A tall. sanron-colorcd man with bandagsd head and
bruised face nmpsd into the examination Office as
Bellevue Hospital on Monday last and sank upon q
bench He was pale and haggard and It was pain
hat he Was Suffering Intensely. Dr. Hemingway ex.
ned him and found that his Jaw fractured and
his limbs cut and thore various other evidences
OF severe treatment upon bis person. His injuries
had been neglected, too, ana what little efforts
been made lessen his sunerlngs were un.cientinc
and OF avail HIS name. he said, was Carlo Ma
raseo. an Italian, forty years OF age Ho lived at No.
10 YORK street That ali information he fur
uished pleading his poor knowledge OF the English
langu u reason tor not explaining hts
fully. or how ho came by his injuries he said moth
ing, but hay In ward 80 Tor several days With
out In any way referring 10 the subject lie
sank quickly though and when he realized that his
chances OF surviving we're very slim lost much OF his
reserve, aud said that 1t not accident that
prostrated hun, but The volcncs Of an unknown
enemy. He had been ielied in his own yara he said
and kicked and beaten Til he became ensiblo He
could not tell assaulted him, but spoke vague,
dssse wOy about the big came behind him.
RAPrbLY SINKING.
Wien the physician IN charge visited him FRI
aay he that his case was hopeless. Erysipslas
mad set 10 and 1t was possible to save him. He
900 weak aud great agony to speak nationally OF
what had beiaen him, so he was allowed 10 remain
questioned tIIl yesterda morning, when he expired
Word Was seat TO his place oi abode; tho Coroner
viewed the body and an Italian, who yaid that he was
n relative OF Marasco, persuaded ONsII, the we'll
known undertaken, TO convey tho body York street.
VISIT TO MARAscos HOUSE.
Thithsr HERALD reporter went last night to In
Quire how NarascO had como by the Injuries that
caused ms death. No ~ York street unpreposcs
sing house as is anywbere to be found about elbow
lane. ricketY structure OF brck, wih dark hall
dlnRy mite vi yard behind, with another and
snl more unstable iooking building in II
tnnt was what tue reporter iouna at Ma
rasco's address. There did not seem to
be soul In any OF the rooms, except
one on the second naor, whore a hght gIln,.
msred through the bare panes and the hum Of voices
stole out by nts and starts The reporter gropsd
way to a displdatsd stairway.
"wno's thersS" bavls a voice IN the darkness and
anna zon n Dafti-colored raimcnt appeared on the
land ne aud Listened 10 tue inruder's Inquiries she
then nuug open door and pointng TO plain cotnn
yIng On the trsstes said:--"fiars Morasco thorop
TRAGEDY
IL was curious spectacle. me ca1dleltght fcIl
upon the white. wsxeD lace OF the corpse, aud east
hifu glare on seofe OF strange, fantastic figure,
cropped around H. Dark skibs, black eyes, shaggy
locks aud ragged apparel we're tue cbaract.ristos
most Of tue gathering-puts types OF the lower
tug, not Italians. but poOr creatures ev dentIy
had led sorry hyss. 1ncse we're veaturing scraps
0 information about Marsseo. when the latter broke
~ VITO, - can tell you ~ ABOUT It. hs man was
drunk. lie was over 10 his rooms IN the rear driuk
ing with couple OF other men. HIS wiir, the
soman he lived wnh. rather. vas 10 bed there wan
rheumatism lie came down stars, and nsd some
Soon alter ! saw him ieanna the
hre escape He seemed very drunk aud
thought ne was going 70 Ito down there, as bad
seen otner Italians 90. paId no more attention
him tiIl heard crash, followed Uy a souna IKE tbe
tall OF pni oi water. and when ! looked out
Marssco was lying on the Rrousd. Then hrs brother
tb-law Samm found him there, ana when he carried
aim M stairs saw that hts lace wss covered witn
blood"
IRIS A LIE HE WAS MURDERED Z"
The rest ~ the astheriug looked httle scepticaI
during this narration and pered among tbstn-
selves. just as the Amazon ondea story wi,b the
declaration, cit was the iau killed htm.u a pale,
sickly little woman, who had been hidden ~ cor ner
hsoke through the circle, staggered up to the coffin