The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-04-27

would say luStice-Oi Congress.
A mans body brought to the surface OF
the water. one hundred and nifty pounds OF iron
tod to the feet. a gag firmly fixed in tho mouth.
tho skull crushed. 1t was the corpse Of Der
NARD FKRRoN. river Spectator whose business
took him along tho wharves and to the Atlantic
BASIN in which the ghasty discovery was made.
He was in the habit OF carrying considerable
sums OF money with him. and when ten days
ngo he disappeared the suspicion WINS aroused
that he had been murdered. He was last seen
in his rowboat in which he visited vessels. but
the empty craft was aiterward found tied to a
pier. Persons saw three strange sailors loave
II there This is the only clue
Brooklyn is notorious for series OF almost
unparalleled murders Seven years ago tho
music teacher PANoHMo was struck down with
n slung shot Just after dusk, by persons rs yet
Undecided. He died without being able To give
clue to tho assassins, yet. curiously enough.
the watch he carried. and which was taken from
him after he was feed to the pavement was
found among the ruins Of the Brooklyn Theatre
after the fatal fire.
Mr. CHARLES GOoDR1cH, a wcll-known and
influential resident. was found dead in the
basement Of his dwelling. in the spring Of 1873.
with bullet in his brain. His body WIS neatly
arranged. A cloth that had been used to wipe
blood from his forehead was in the next room
Ivory door was locked. The police grGppled
with the mystery for months before the clue
that led 10 the arrest and Incarceration In an
asylum Of the woman KATE SroDDARD was dis
covered. Tho evidence in her case was purely
crcumstantal. yet convincing OF her com
plicity.
Firemen who burst into an upper room In u
Brooklyn tenement found the crspcd body Of
MAGGIE HAMMILL. n wealthy spinster. Tightly
drawn about her neck was rope She had
been strangled and thrown upon bed and the
bed had been set on 1re. The apartment was
that OF her former convent friend MARY MER-
RIGAN. who was promptly arrested. The trial
developed one OF the strangest of dcfenccs-
that Miss HAMAuLL. Ia showing how to tell for
tunes by measurement Of the body. had thrown
the rope over the top of n door. and then stand
ing in a chair to facilitate the measurement. had
accidentally hanged herself. her friend through
terror being unable to help her. Tho fire was
started to avert suspicion. Over this defence
three jurcs disagreed.
\ later tragedy was that Of W. W. SIMMONS.
whose head was found wrapped in paper be-
tween two lumber piles. whose bones wore FISH
cd from Newtown crce';. and whose flesh was
taken from pals and tubs in the house Of AN
DREAs Fuchs The latter had struck him down
with an axe. and then had cut his body into six .
inch strips. fuCH- is in prison for life
SARA ALExANDERs murder in cornncld in
the outskirts OF the city attracted much a,tcn-
ton. She WAS stabbed. and the knife was found
near the body This clue led TO the arrest and
conviction Of PEsACH y. RuBENsTEIN. through
circumstantial evidence. lie died in Raymond
street Iail-sonle say Of poison. others Of nat
ural causes.
OF other murders there have been within
seven years a score or more. but in one in
stance only has the murderer met punishment
on the scanoid. ana lac wis member Of the
famous Battle Row gang and his victim a police
man.