New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-06-20

onch excited and nervous over the AFFAIR anu Sas
She at first could not give me very ISr up Seventh
s%d %Ss tSG% SnS 60 ea forth Mr.
mnth spoke the man, VINO STU an came from
"ss the street and struck him with q snon'
Hack weapon She described the men s,out with
= naio fare and she thought, black mous .ne
other taller simmer ana Iau t over To- Roose.
sa It uo"nita right away. / found Gutermnth Ylng
upon his bed with only his pndereotnn Oh said ans INV
Od Lou am sorry to-, TO- se nor yG1 no He looked
Surprised ss5 hear Of ts sS' goS Doc nsn
bP turned over apparently in stupor IL Is my op'" a
una, nc Gus said 10 the nurse That man badly in,
;nred The nurse replied that he was only drunk, anu
defective Riley came up and asked me l knew any, any,
thing concerning the affair, replied l fSe
information aud said to him This man Gpt cs,,
muth resembles me SO mHch r u hrocr, on several
occasions" | knew OF certain nau gn IL TWO
IhTcaenedt to lick me aud had ateP.Su a. that it
was a case of mistaken Identity IAe uSt'0' bi1 nat
me whom s dslpcTialiSus given to an
swered that Of my br9ther, hoDoi iooobC and nae
lace Tesem6ed Inc lmey let the n M r SnT
but returned soon aIterwaT1 anu rrari Ar the hos
o"acn tod Mr. Gntermuh that II better for nun 10
yemlIn where he than TO 60 10 pIlE1
boarding hOuSo. and wheh We Wcnt 1"' ", zee Mira
10 think So also. | then went back 10 sec Gat 20,
Hawkes. an found her imposed ana better aoic ~
Give minute description OF tAe men, After listening 10
Ter became convinced that 1t was not case W ns
saEe, ilenu.y for Mr.. tfutermuth did not wear any
OVercOat that night and he had tan haI CA. an
overcOat aud mad not had tan Nat IN year nc,
Quenty II have been my brother VINO was tne
assailAn as az nrsL SUPPOSED An It was that
stance which led me 10 think was .staAon vas
in the evening of the day the assault was eomiten
met my brother in the Office Of exhecorder SnIn, ue
fore wnom We had reference, Salio npo vinad he
kuddenly aud caught h.s eye. lie never oNlucou the
slightest emotion 1t Is natural 10 suppose man
would have dOne under the circumstances T1 1 .
evening 10 the Twenty Precinct AM tod captain
hllea that was mistaken III throwing suspiclO uPon
M brother.
This finished the testimony of Dr. Clapp and
lie took scat beside Mr.. Russell DR.. Weed was
recalled and being furnished by Dr. Shine with
white and glistenng skull, pointed out the location
OF the injuries to Mr.. Guterinuth
CHARLES NJ. RUSSELL QUESTIONED.
Charles NJ Russell was then called by the Coroner
and asked TO give account Of the sobrety OF the
party at Ahrcn's Beer Garden 1--WE were perfectly
sober said the witness " The women had been
eating sandwiches and Mr.. Guternuth and myself
had drunk three or four glasses of beer"
The Coronerwhat business are you engaged IN ana
The Wjt1cs,-I live at No. $40 West Twenty-secoudst.
nnl / am agent for Boston cracker house.
The witness, continuing, said that he had called
on Mis-. Hawkes. at $50 p. III. on May %. lie found
Miss Clapp there and at o'clock they were joined
by Mr.. Gutermuth They then went to the beer
garden When they left the beer garden
A car, but it decided that
Mr. Gutermuth and Mrs. Hawkes. should walk, and
that Miss Clapp and himself should ride back IN the
car to Mrs. HAWKES. fiat at No. 81 Seve4th-aVe.
lie and Miss Clapp, when informed by Mrs hawkes.
that Gutermuth was assaulted, immediately re-
paired 10 the spot. ~,
AT this point the inquest adjourned by the
Coroner indefinitely. Inc jury were tod that ihey
would he summoned when wanted again, and Ilr.
Russell was informed that he was not TO consider
ms testimony closed, as he would DC calieu upon
again when the inquest was continued. me CROWD
In IItla t
stated that the fear of beng locked up as witness
was all that kept him IN retirement u am NOT
that black character which have ben Psaintc ,5
he s8iu and as lOr beng driven away from Inc
Fifth Avenue Hotel, 1t Is really not So.
AT the demand OF the counsel OF Robert
&. Ciapp aud Imey Coroner MerkIe adj
united each OF the suspected men to BAN as wit
nes,es. Cldpp's bail was fixed a Sl,5OO
and lmley's at 81 900 DR.. Mortimer Clapp went
on the bond of each of them. Two or three young
men with Bowery AIR grasped lmleys hand when
lie was gwen bis freedom, and The private detective
looked as though load bad rolled oil his mind.
Robert Z. Clapp disappeared al once. Presently,
down the narrow steps leading from the Corouers
Office into Chathaln-st. came Ars hawAes leShlng
tie arm of her father. hey went Iolth mo Tue
rain, and taxing an elevated tram departed uptown
Next came Mss Nellie Clapp and the Doctor, wAile
the pOTtly form oil Mrs. Laura ID. Sherwood was The
last 10 emerge from The building.
A noteworthy discrepancy III the testimony De-
fore tbe Coroner was pointed out. Detective Riley
stated that the time OF the second interview VITA
DT. Clapp, when he came to the station ana IN
formed Riley and Captain klilhea that
fion that his GrUthor and lmey were the sSalants
was three four days after the hrst interview at
the hospital when DR.. Ciapp had volunteered the
information that his brother was one oil the guilty
persons. Dr. Clapp testified that the second inter
view took place the same day that the nrst inter
view was held. lie was SO particular as
40 details that lie said he went
from Roosevelt Hospital 10 Mrs Hawkes. flat,
where he found her composed and calm. Alter
hearing her give a more minute description OF the
snen, he stated he directly To tne station and
leldthe second talk with the captain and the de-
iectiVe. A TRIBUNE reporter saw Dr.
Ilapp and Captain killIlea together after
the adjournment of the inquest and asked
three four daysiu the dates given OF the second
interview. The captain insisted that the detective
had gwen ii cOITectly-that II was four live
days after the hospital talk. g thought was
right" sand Dr. Ciapp, " but my memory Is bad, and
ii Is quite possible Jhat am mistaken"
inspector Byrnes sad yesterday that the
speedy solution OF the mystery was not
probable but II would in time be
known who the mysterious asSallant
OF assailants OF Mr. Gutermuth were. The small
amount OF bail demanded of Clapp and lmiey, the
Inspector SAID, was virtually equivalent to their
discharge and an abandonment OF the theory tnat
the CIappS are connected with the murder At the
next meeting oil the COr0ners jury, which
will probably be about the end OF this week,
Miss Nellie Capp viii be placed upon the
stand, and also the persons to whom Mr..
Gutermnth told the story of tue
OUTDOOR SPORTS.