The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-07-17
AN NINEXpLAINED MYSTERY.
~,r sTORY or 1HE CORPSE FOUND
III" WEIR TIE ROADSIDE

arr STORY or THE t'hf ~ fO""D
III" vIiR THE ROADSIDE
., ,,se with "a Dead Body-Did
.ro inward Live Nine DAYS with
,,,,r, In ht. urninf "A Poor wife wh"w"s
a., "A wiz why Hownrd's nody was
.,,,,,., How was lac kiilcdt-his BURIAL
AR Patrick kccgan is wiry lrishman,
.-ai,,a a rcai little farm in Central avenue.
w.,,ch,a,er county. His house is about nino
n,s fr,m Maromb's Dam. nearly two miles
,4an, Br,nNyillc. and fully flvc from Getty
-, y,nkcr. For a mile beyond tho farm
,so r,,d runs through nthick wood. There arc
sob,uses. anil the way IA lonely. Cnfrcqucntcd
...so,,ads covered with grass and rotton
,o.,o- inlcracct tho avenue. and thore ara
.loccs whore n black. mucky ssh. oversprcad
iii gloomy alicrs bordcrs the road for many
ra,Js The city line OF Yonkers is found in
,h,s tore4,. and a lonely road. known as Pal
r,or avenue. shortcns the distance between tho
uorsm Railroad and the North river. This
,vcnu. r,ush and hilly. is seldom used by
,a.r,s Travellers prefer The longer route, be-
cans the road IS level and in magnificent con-
s,I,p Theseation Of country is considered SO
dangerous that ladies' in search OF ferns and
,u,uun leaves arc warned of by tho mounted
norr,,. who murdered Hebrew pcddler and
vere hanged in the Tombs three years ago.
,endezyouaod I'm these woods. and a young man
dry.nsnroush narrowly cscapedtheir clutches
,day before the murder.
Toward th, close Of Inst May stout. burly
man with a red complexion. drove past Mr..
Keogan's house. lie worc n closely cropped
bearl an ! was worry rough in appearance. Mr..
Keeann said tuat Ac looked Ike a German. \
dsy or two aftcrwarl he passed the farmers
rosi lense on foot 4 small. rognl-iaced man
accompanied him. On May - Mr.. kccgan
saw ,ho bury German a third timr. He was
sfot IL rounded tho turn Of Central avenue
Ma heavy pace. ami Gept on toward lonkers.
The farmer says hc scemed % ho mcas uring the
roai and turned and looked around three times
before lost 70 sight Within an hour the follow
returned. Keosnn met him face % face, and
civily acrosted him. bu. received no answer
The man gave him sury look, and went on
Turning TO q neighbo.. keegan said: " don't
know what that man is doing around hero
This is tho third time I've seen him. and can
make him out"
On MAY 80. DECORATE N Day. tho farmer nros'
st an early hour. At about 5 o'clock \. VI
he stood against tho fence opposite his house
and two men passed him in a common long
boiled hurkster's wagon. Ono WAS the bur.i
and sury tramp OF the previous day. and th'
othar the short. rounl.faced fellow seen in hit
company once before. There was but one sea-
In tho wagon, and it Was close 70 tho dash
board A pair OF OLD blankets and u picc,
Of oiled cloth covered something N the wagon
Touse Nh Keegan's words. The men wer'
driving a common old plux o. sorrcl horse
and think his feet were white. The man
Ia II, ha at
red-complexioned man; for had seen him th'
day before. and would know him again II
saw him. An hour after going W my girl saw
The men coming back with the samo horse an,
wagon. and they went 10y at a fair Iog.
The men were also seen by Mr.. Sherwood.
aeighboring farmer; and on the return the sea
Wa further back ia the wagon. Mr.. Sherwoo,
lays the wagon was a licensed ycnler' wagon
IL.
Palmer avenue is the name 81 tho hilly an
Unused road running from Central avenue owe
b what is known rs tho Saw Mill road, lcadin
IN Ashburton and Nepperhan avenues, ionk
ers Palmer avenue was laid out hy the polit
clans in the flush times ten years ago. Thcr
was no demand for the route. II passes Il
farm houses. and its hiliness nul.itles the die
tance saved in driving between Control avenu
and tho North river. Il is shaded by a iore'
covering plots owned 10y Dr. Alexander D. Mo
and Mr. James Gordon bennett The dea
Boston and Montreal Railroad, cneUmbered VIC
rusty rails and blackberry bushes. crosses III
road. adding to It's loneliness. Tho avenue is !
straight that it cNn be seen fully half a mile iro
The highest hill. AT this point square roc
about the height OF a table was thrown into IL
woods hya blast while the road was being mad
81, tral. ht4l.a hA
from view. This rock with its cool shade is
hyorite resort for tramps. 1t serves as bac
stone for rude fireplace. where tramps nal
coffee or cook their meals. large hole file
with leayos ia shaded by the young trees. tn
earth was undoubtedly taken from the hole yeal
AgO % grade the road. wel-worh path lraI
Into the forest thirty teet 10 the right Of III
rock. and the path Is entered over an Oh an
roit.n bar cutting Of the hole from the road.
ON rrJoseph +. Johnston" patrols this lone
district. He lives a mile away. On the morl
ing q DECORATION Day he says he heard pst
shot IA ihe direction @: the tramps rock, an
shooting. At about ia \. VI. i was ralnln
lnri. ON l'er Johnstnnr rode through Palm'
avenue lie saw 4 handful oi clean yello
straw on the left oi the road, and m occasions
wisp callng through the grass toward the ro
ton bar. The road showed fresh wag
traok and tbs uiilccr had obsaryed that q yrhic
hal brcn turned around some dstnnce helo
whcrr the road wa- wider. The double tracl
were the only ones, upop the avenue. J.
wondered how II came in TINT solitary spot; b
as tn horse was rrstiye and the rain wa pOu
Ing be- rode on, following the tracks Of 4
wagon. They turned into Central avenue at u
lot oi illa hi.l. and went back past kc'san
iarm, toward Mount Vernon. tho direction
which th-y had come. In going up the hill tf
wagon had turned suunre with the intersectie
ol thn road. lut in returning II had crossed
grassy triangle pUitng ont from the fence,
mall mile down Central avenue the "iil 'cr ate
ward -aw ir'sh handful o. straw. Il sacm,
10 have gut wound around somebody's foC
Ani to have hrcu kickrd ont 81 wagon.
ON saturday. Sunday, and Monday Onim
Johastone rodo over the Isolated road; III
siraw hcAr tho bar recalled the INCIDENT
May 80 lie determined. when he had time.
look round and try To- Mud out why the wis
q straw appeared on that spot alone. Up
ynnr the weather WIS rainy aud disagrecabl
Ihe uficer was cithor in n hurrytp catch q ira
Al BrpnNvlll", or wU~ On the way 20 White Plail
bar.
III.