Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-08-28
SITTING TOwLE's STORY.
Result of Inspector Byrnes' Investiga-
tiOn-A Suspicious Record

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Richard W. TOwle. the stranger who
was found unconscious in West Broad
way. near Reade street. on the morning
of August ID, and who claimed to have
been felled by a blow from a sand club
and robbed of S 800 by his assailant. was
discharged from the New York HOspitaI
on Thursday. The curious features of the
case, and the doubts of the police as to
the genu ineness of the story told in writ.
ing by the man, have already been fully
detailed in the Herdld. Inspector Byrnes,
of the Detective Bureau, now claims to
have entirely cleared up the mystery of
the case, by a thorough investigation
which includes Mr. TOwle's previous re-
cord in its scope.
MIR. TOWle was not robbed bv high
Waymen, l am convinced" said Inspector
Byrnes to "A HerdM reporter Yesterday.
"FrOm the beginning the case presented
very suspicious features. The surgeons
at the hospital first asceTtained that dis
ease for which he said he was about to
seek treatment in Europe was far from
being as bad as he represented. He told
the people in the United States Hotel
where he stopped until the day before the
alleged robbery. that he was to sail for
Europe on the Oder the dav following in
company with German physician.
Neither he nor the German physician en-
gagged passage on that ship. The phvsi-
clan Of whom he spoke could not be found
by the police. The man himself showed
no signs of assault, save that his pockets
We're turned inside out when found. FL
nally once or twice he forgot his story
that he had been deprived of speech and
addressed detectives and hospital atten-
dants."
STRANGE CfSES.
Il believe the Inspector went on.
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as he has done. l have no idea what his
motive was, but few days may show
Strange complications are common to us.
Last winter young man was found tied
and gagged in a store in Canal street. He
said that it had been done by burglars.
so 1t was, but before he was tied up he
let the cracksmen into the store. and after
they had disposed Of the booty, he OBJ
tanned his share of the proceeds. Less
than a fortnight ago a man was found
shot i'm building in Broadway. The
discovery was made in the afternoon. He
told the thrilling story Of an attack which
had been made on him by masked burg
lars. He explained how bravely he had
struggled to defend the safe, and that it
was not until he had been knocked down
and shot IN the arm that he surrendered
In less than two days, however, he forgot
himself and confessed that he had fired
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the safe robbery to conceal his own pilfer-
mgs. There are many such cases, which
require very careful handling.
BAD RECORD.
''When TOwle left the hospital on
Thursday, Detectives Hardy and FOgarty
met him there, and asked him 20 show
them the residence on FOrty-secOnd street
of the German doctor he spoke of. lie re-
fused to do so, and went instead to a bar
ber's shop, where he had his whiskers
taken off. TOwle has bad record Here
Is certified copy of the registry of his
conviction which have received from the
clerk of Steuben county, y. Y. 1t says
on June %, 1868, Richard w. Towle
pleaded guilty in open court to an indict-
ment for forgery, and was sentenced to a
term of two years in the Auburn State