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VASE. w. ADAMSM MURDERED!
RETURNING TO ms SONS STORE WITB
A FIIIL UOUND IN MS HEAD.
An Old Man Starting Ont In the a rernoor.
Returns In n Little While so BADLY Hurt
that He Could Not Tell what IIrppenea-


that lie Could Not Tell what Happened
+. Wall Adams OF 353 East Fifticth street
died in his residence before daylight yesterday
morning. His death resulted from fracturs
OF the skull.
Mr.. Adams on the afternoon before his DEATH
was ut his sons place OF business. 361 Canal
street. near South Fifth avenue. His son Emil
says that his father proposed. Mt about o'clock.
to 20 out and get glass OF beer and smoke
| cigar. Nearly IN hour aftcrward he came back.
briskly mounting the stairs to his sons place OF
business In tho second story, but with the back
Of his head cut and bleeding copiously. His
| Derby hat WIS rent, his collar ripped, and his
| cont torn at tho shoulder and dusty He was
partly inscnsibc. His son Emil started at once
for physician In the Leonard street police
| station. whittier he went. there was no police
| surgeon. and he was directed by the Sergeant
to physician at IFS Hudson street In his cx-
element Emil passed the number. and found
at No. 100 Physician 10 Boulle who returned
with him to the store and dressed the old mans
| wounds.
| In Emil's absence n workman asked Mr..
| Adams how he came to DO hurt. The reply was
that he didn't want to be bothered and that no
| wanted TO go sleep. The physician said that
the injuries were not serious. A prescription
made by him was prepared, and Mr.. Adams
and Emil went home to Fiftieth street in q
| coach.
|
yesterday. and says that although he cannot Ms
yet connect murder with the old mans death,
yet II was surrounded with suspicious and
| mysterious circumstances
DR. CnshmSn THdg 'pd exam ina;
eyes. a l9cerated wound Of the scalp two inches
long anu triangular in shape oyer the LETT pari.
etal bono. another triangular lncerated wound
| over the right TEN poral bono. q confused wound
| in the occipitnl region, small liberated wound
in nj the frontal bone. large CONFUSION over the
| leit shoulder and upper arm. another confusion
| OF the loft hand, and abrasions on the outer
surface Of tho right leg Under the, scalp he
found large extravasation of blood, The pari-
| ctal bone was foundto be fractured. tho fracture
extending TO the base Of the skull, and a large
| on the left side anteriorly death was caused
by compression OF the brain from fracture Of
DR.. Cushman adds that the wounds wero In
hlcted by blunt instrumepts. and from tho
character OF the wounds. they were evidently
Capt. Mcdonnell q the Prince street police
the police station OF the occurrence was shortly
heiorg midnight on Tuesday niaht. when Po-
the wire whether he had any account Of a man
Whose skull was fractured IN the vielnity, Of
imp pW hnr M3oster r streeis between ana D
question was No' fheni Capt. Mcbonnoii
says. at about AN. Yesterday he received
despatch that Mr. Adams was dead He imme-
diately sent out force Of detectives to inquire
in the vicinity Of Canal and Wooster streets and
the occurrence or had seen man answering to
Mr. Adams ; description. Nothing WAS learned.
X,
OF age who makes his hoadquarters II front OF
Sullyans liquor store. at South Fifth avenue
nd G IAN STREET S SAD hSi he knew Mar ASs% na
man had passed him. The bootblack asked TO
shine his boots. but the old man crossed South
ruin avenue and went toward the North River.
In a little moro than half nm hour afterward tho
bo9lblack continued. Mr.. Adams came back.
walk INK rapidly. and holding handkerchief to
The back of his head. There was blood upon
HIS face.
Mary Dondro. employed In n hat store ut 219
South Firth avenue. and Mary Canlan. the same
number. in a furniture store. both said that they
had seon an aged man answering to Mr.. Adams
IN appearance. walking hurriedly down South
fHth avenue on tuesday afternoon, He was
was holding handkerchief to his head. and
his clothes were dirty on the shoulder.
Capt. Mcdonnell, ascertaining these facts.
sent for Emil Adams to learn what his father
had snid on enterin. the store when he was
wounded. Emil's account differed from that OF
his brother. ;. W. Adams. who sal d that his
intner only HuteFed = igw NV, woTds IDS about
hcrcnt
Emil said that his father told him in the Ger
man language that lac slipped while crossing
the street. and tried to Jump back. but fell UNI
der some horses feet. He got up and fell hack
under, tho wagon; Late at night only short
whether he had been struck by any person. no
replied Yes Emu added that ms fathers
, was whltcwnsh rubbed on II.
In the ncighhorhood where tho old man was
women. and the suspicious Of the police when
they Hsccrtainrd that whltewash WIS ON his
coat. were That he had gone into some low lnger
beer hnrroom INTO which strangers are dccoyed
ut night and had been attacked. The boot
black. however, and the two women in South
| Fiitn avenue. do not remember seeing any
| whtcwash on Mr.. Adams = coat when he passed
e them. Tho sons say that they do not know
| whore their father went to get his heer. Capt.
Mcdonnell says that II is strange that a man
| should have been run over in broad daylight in
such n populous district and TINT no one can be
| found who saw the accident. II there was ono.
Usually at such = tlmc. he adds. u crowd
gathers that blocks the street.