New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-11-12
THE MYSTEkIOUS DEATH At TITOLL

STATEMENT OF CAPTAIN RUrAN. OF THE ESCORT
AMAN RELIEVED To HAVE BEEN KILLED BY
IHE CARS.
Much excitement was caused at Ilvoll-on-
the Hudson, Tuesday, By an occurrence, tn details OF
Which the detectives have yct beea unable 10 learn
July or explain TUESDAY evening the steamer Escort
of the Newly ork CatskI and Athens Steamboat Com
many left Pier No. 3s North Bver, on lis
usual tip up the Hudson. Ils stopping places
IN This up-tnp are highland Falls, West Point,
Cold spriug Barrytown, rvoli, Malien SMITHS Dock
Germantown. Catskil, stuyvesant and Atnens' Inc
seamer had about 100 inciudng nine cattle
drovers Most of these persons were regua travellers
on the line and known 10 the capiain'
Charles Rutan. According to some accounts j.
Starr Cole night watchman. and Lewis
Powers telegraph operator near DE registers
ID rex at Tvol bad heard cries OF man In the water
calling for help. The man, II Ia alleged shouted; -
am being murdered They threw Ine overheard"
general alarm was sounded and some persons rushed to
the small at the wharf but no oars could be iound'
and the man sank
Tnonries were made about the matter on board the
Escort Yesterday which lying at its pier at the loot
of Harrison-st "Wuen l telegTaphed that no
man had been murdered" SAID Captain kuah,
=. I alluded solely the Passengers aud crew OF
nv vessel My reasons for declaring this are as fol-
lows: Whenever passengers come on board, be 0le
crossing the gangpank they are uae to state tne des
tiuatlOns which then noted down Oh IDy talS-s'
nv v.er or an officer III authority Once on board, the
Messengers are immediately takn To the OH and there
their tickets sold To them Now let us assume that 50
many persons are bound for Barryto Half AL hour
before reaching that point call ls made, and II
,ba men indicated on the tally 40 not turn
Nd the missing are immedlatey searcHed
for Thus no possible error can OCCUR anu
no person can disappear without the fact coming
to my ears far the drovers are concerned none
ot them could nave come grief There were ony nine
Chraa left q H.
,,vo NJ Catskill and four at 5tlyvesau winch three
places are all above TvOl"
Then you know OF 10 accident or murder wnateVer'
81 do not say thar only claim that the victim was
NOT a passebger or Il deck-hand on ihs vessel ABOUT
four minutes after the Escort steamed from the peF a'
Tvoi 5eri d ck-hauds on ms steamer heaiu cries III
The disanc One of these WIS Van 5yke nremai,
Daced in oiliug some OF ae machinery. The other two
were Charles Ham ami George Forsyth OotL S"Ios' ~
was pretty dark at the tne ana hen! ~ sn'SS 80 &
rnuudad us but did not redcn down 10 lne VIE!
we we're not prevented from seeing the qicK water anu
woves close bV No sign o. drowning HaD was vlsiDe
"a s ana indeed those board wno heard e sHlcAs'
~ see,ned rather someone had fallen victim 20
~ acc,drnt one of tne dee nands heard the crying
man say something about hl- l2g. ana tna' oniy
Strengthens thls supposton You mus hnow 'nt' ,,
IVrp'' ,hree or iour feet from the edge OF
the quay runs piralei wi VIII a .ue nj, ~ Ne pe1
men that some poor fellow who happened TO stray on
tue track consequence OF the ml,t ahI ur S @
caush by the c0w-cdtcner OF "a pas'!hE oe"no'o r @
go hur ed into the Accidents OF ths nature dre
~ freouent occurrence similarly constructor PusyH'
Inc sDus on shore probably heard the Splash OI tAe
20 Iip man and not being able TO detei IN ne the eau &c
- mo hastily concluded maj somebody had perh
throUn overpoard from vessel. Among thOse per
sons Vas one FerO-a rather imaginative person ana N
emninye of the Hudson River Railroad lie sent an
exaecerated OF the matter 10 ts Guy anu asO
snread embe Ills bed accounts there j III IlVO'i -
'Iuc me sons VINO raised The aL,ru ON sLOre cIah
that tbe drowning cInEO possibly nave peeu hloIo
tuau 900 feet away the TivOn quay. NOW w 'cs
scl on leaving rivon bound Tor haIdeu ~neh i
shonI Two miles quarter away, on ihe other sluc
of Ibe river The Escort consequently steering ol
ana as IL already III motion over
four minutes when the hrs, cry was uehru IL Sas tl
deuty at eighth OF mile away from the liN O
quay Calculation pretty cofree. ~heu ov ~
sders that Escort ruas at ne rag y, HItc'
mIIrs an hour win the Hood tlde' c'a'n
ut If the fell on my ftrs'I "c
conln eyer have neared the shore NItLm "a
sIance OF 200 ieet, anu nave then only DeguE 10 cry
for ne p." ,..,, g. oil corrohorafe the
t,ua relation 10 the cries oi Tue urO"h
,f nm They agree thai man vas ei'her Inlo"n Oh
rntaiIy ieli Into wafer, but they do not lhihA
he ii,d beeA the Escort
RUMoRs FROM TlvoLL
urnsoS n Y Noy.lI.-Ihe HYol correspondent oi
r R,oister gives detailed particulars OF the alleged
murder ON the steamer Escort: droVer himeu oro'a'
,I,n, Al Iiyoli, says One-egged droVer 'ooA tHe
at stuy yesaat Tuesday night ana LAS no' peeH