New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-05-21
THE GUTENBERG MURDER


murderer of Nina Muller, which took place ,a'e
rh,r.d.v evepino WAS the cause Of 6 great deal OF
excitement in the Twentieth Precinct oil day yester
aar and much WAS said In praise Of Gustavus a.
seide who. A. stated in yesterdays TRIBUNE traced
IN. suspected man to his hiding place without any
aid whatever from the police At An early hour Oh
the morning, despite the rain and wind, large
crowd of working people and street urchins ASSEM-
bled before the door of the police station hoping "
catch glimpse of the prisoner who hal pasSeo ',o
night in the lookup. Their patience was not
taxed for at 8 o'clock Cher Donovan y, ",
" Roboken police and Coroner Virgins arrived anu
.fter a brief consultation with Captain Washourn
decided 70 take Kankowsky before Justice Morgan
at the Jefferson Market Police Court.
when the prisoner appeared on the stoop he was
Greeted by chorus of yels, boots and Kisses which
seemed to brighten him, for the officers had the
greatest difficulty in making him enter the carriage
waiting to carry him away. He was pihiul, slgh'
In every respect with his dress soed ana disoruee9,
his hair tossed and unconbcd and with blood o.
sbot ewes and n scared, haegard look MOST 4i ono
ragged boys followed cro rn Of curious persons filled
fhe entrance The courtroom was also crowded.
and as the prisoner passed down tne aisle anu sT
the sea Of faces encompasslng MN ne ihulhuiet
a %sF III Oe''"'"' ""'' ~ why ,,'..., ~,
When brought to the stand he was addressed by
you are required to go to New-Jersey to answer
n charge against you" ,.
The words being repeated in German py an lh'er-
prefer. the prisoner began shedding tears: ~ .,o
"Are you willing to go without requisiuon INC
Justice then asked , oe.,o.;yol,.
tn SIGN the necessary papers was now the matter OF
few minutes and kankowsky was then escor'cu
rSo1 however a Jersey City officer drew nth
pair of handouts and was about 10 ADJUST tlieul,
when the prisoner, who had vislbly weakened AZ
their sight besOught his captors to- spare MN that'
His wish was gratifed and the whole party, con,
vsting of the Coroner, Chief Donovan ana sp%eclai
Officers Stanton and Fitzgerald ana NAN
Street Ferry. On landing in Hoboken they
proceeded to Police Headquarters. The news e OF
their arrival seemed to have preceded them LOT
their route was crowded with people of all classes,
who manifested very strong feeling aglnSy tnf az
legged murderer Cries OF Lynch MN :to on pcpe
disnlaved. When the $ alton had been reached the
prisoner who after leaving Jefferson Market nae
NOT nnconcern. was we'll searched TO make certain
That no weapons were concealed about him. After
this he was locked up for awhile and gwen break
Ast of fried eggs and black conee'
THE INQUEST.
The inquest was resumed about three o'clock.
District-Attorney McGll appeared upon the part OF
the State and at his request Counsellor Abel L.
Smith agreed to represent the prisoner. The large
hall in which the inquest was held was crowded.
Kankowsky was led IN by Chief of Police Dono-
van and Patrolman Charles A. Pless, of this city.
The Rev Dr. Mabon, who married the woman, Ars.
sarah Jane Rigcr and John f. Schurnann, the wit
ness Of the marriage, identified kanko"skE as TIE
man who was with MIS- Muller III Cuon Hli' anu
was married TO her 80 >,,
young German girl who has claimed that Sne was
assaulted by man i'll house IN Charles-st, ldetl-
fed Kankowsky as her assailant; lie visited her
twice at her house in jersey CITY, she SAID anu gave
her gold watch with chain and hngcr Tlng, oIt
she refused TO keep them because OF her brothers
objection When She went to the Charles-st. house,
ideStjhed as the property of Mrs. Muller She last
saw Kankowsly at her house "Wednesday evening,
May Is, the night before his arrest; re talked a IN
account of the murder and the efforts being made
TO arrest the murderer. While she was relating the
particulars of the assault kankOwsky Laughed IN
nervous manner. The girl identified Mrs. MuIlers
watch as the one the prisoner gave her.
As this young woman was leaving the witness ness
stand Mrs. Kankowsky entered the hall. She
screamed at the sight Of the prisoner and tainted.
She was carried out and kankowsky began sobblng.
John Suthy, of No. 315 West Thirty -hfth-St., thus
city. testified that tho prisoner brought the gold
watch of Mrs Muller TO his store for repairs May TO-
where i was recoyGreG Sy Of ts rtv
testified that he watched Kankowsky from the
time of his arrest until m. Yesterday. The pris-
oner acknowledged the marriage, but declared that
Mrs. Muller met two men at Guttenberg ana went
of with them and then he came to tins city lie
also told Mr. PcSs that he took the trunks because
man who moved the trunks from stevenss house IN
Christopher-st TO the house in CharIeS-st.
and subsequently, took them to the house
of Kanskowsky, identified the prisoner and
related the circumstances connected with
the removal of the trunks. Augustus Becker, one Of
tbe proprietors of the Regatta House at No. 1872
Christopher-st. was sworn, and was shown the reg
ister Os the hotel May 2, he said, man who gave
his name az name rs Louis ketter of this city Occu-
pTISih The inquest was then adjourned until Monday
evening. Ex-Police Commissioner Strier OF Jersey
i,ifv became security iii the sum of $500 for the
appearance of Regina hertfelder as witness. Kan;
spwsG was eG taken The Ou Street an0e was dns
crowded for two blocks and the prisoner was
greeted with cries Of kill him" and lynch him"
lie was subsequently, taken out OF the station by
rear door and sent to the Hudson County Jail in a
coach He was committed, however only as a wit
reporter called at No. lao Charles-st. last even
ing and saw Mrs. Clifford the landlady who said
that her knowledge the suspected man had neither
been visited by friend nor had brought anybody
70 her house during his entire stay there.
TALK WITH TIE PRISONERS WIFE.
Catrina Kankowsky, the wife Of the prisoner. be-
took herself shortly after o'clock to the Twentieth
Precinct Police Station for the purpose OF seeing her
husband. Finding that he had already been taken
away she fell in q faint from which she did not
uuickly recover. About three hours later TRIBUNE
reporter visited the woman at her home at No 30
West Thirty -sixth-st. She was crying bitterly with
her two little children, boy of nine and girl of
eight. The room was neatly furnished and
scrupulously clean on the mante shelf
stood small cruciiix while the walls adorned
with two saints pictures; When asked for details
i swarthy dark-haired and rather handsome, re-
piled in Alsatian patOis wringing her hands
Oh my God Who fonlg crme 'a o ny u mus iS
possible utterly impossible. we nave been mar,
ried fourteen years and he has always been good
husband and q good father. He never came home
without bringing his children some little present,
End he always embraced them tenderly before going
10 hls work. .ooo, ...,
when she had mastered her emotion, and We hved
lfterward IN Mulhauscn lAlsacel. our native place
worked in factory while he followed his trade as
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