New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-11-20
nm ssROOKVILLE TRAGEDY.
FIVE MEN ARRESTED ON SUSPICION.

so POSITIVE PROOF IN ANY CAsE-THE iNVoESl-
FIvE-DoLLAR GOLD PIECE.
Five men were arrested yesterday on susplcloh n Vi
having committed the brutal murder of Mrs. May
bee and her daughter Brookville, j.. i' OH o"'
urday About a. M, man about thirty So"i -,
age in appearance a tramp, was arrested aO 'no
railroad depot at Jamaica by the night Wa'onni"n ~
Philip Remsen. He was locked up III .no -. 49,
Hall. When questioned he made ooNliauIV l,,' ~
stories, finally saying that he was al
Saturday in company with man he dlu hoU KNOW,
- 80 .o a harm shortly after dark and showed
him the bodies of the two dead women. Ills oc-
sri,top of the man tailed with that OF the tramp
Who was seen in tho vicinity of Br0okvlle Ior
several davs before the murder lie was taAoh "
Roslvn last evening by Officer Masterson. tramp
that answers fully the description OF the supposed
,,r5erer and who admits that he slept III the foor
House on Friday night was arrested at hosiyh
obont 9 a. m. lie was found walking on the rali-
road track by coOred man named Bray VINO kopV
in siqbt of him while w. II. Simonson went Tor
Officer Gillespie. When taken 10 hoslyh he gave
his name as James Doyle.
THREE MEN ARRESTED IN BROOKLYN.
Tho man who was suspected of having taken pas
sooe for BROOKLYN upon the milk train on the Long
Island Railroad after committing the murder
and who was lost sight OF as no ran
IN Atlantic-ave., after the train reached Brooh-
lvn was arrested last evening and locked up III 'lo
Bergen Street Police Station He proved 10 oo
John Mccormack, who lives with his mother ~ NO.
300 Troy-ave., Brooklyn. He did not correspond "
the description of the man suspected ol tlo oli'o
nd goye a straightforward account of himself. lie
is a farm labOrer and had been Worhng
at various places on Long Island. On Satnr-
dov afternoon ne was at the Roman Catholic Mil
sion in OYSTER Bay. From there he walked over to
+he railroad and aided the tTanmen In LOADING the
milk Mt n station the name of which he could not
make ont in the darkness. The men on the tram
have stated that it was Westbury. lie begged
massage to Brooklyn and it was given hin for help
lag about the milk. When he got oil the tram lie
was cold and hungry and started to run on his way
home, whittier he went. To tho men on the tram
he said that he lived in TrOyave The police Oh the
Twelfth Preciuct, in which Mccormack lives, say
that he is we'll known there. and is somewhat of
crank There is not particle OF evidence they
saw to connect him with the crime.
Two otler mon were arrested in Brooklyn last
evening from some supposed faint resemblance to
the supposed murderer, and because they were
tramps. Ono was John Miller, who was found in
Grcenpoint. having walked in from Flushing lie
wore an old brown coat and a slOuch hat. lhe
othcrwas David Poore, age thirty-live, painter
bv trade who had no home and was found III a
cheap Iolgpg-house in the Second Precinct.
He went to Brooklyn from Washington last WIN
ter, and worked at his trade until unable to hnd
work. His resemblance to the supposed murderer
was slight.
An three men were held, aad Police Superintcn-
dent Campbell telegTaphed 10 the Sheriff or Dis
tnct-Attorncy of Queens County, at Jamaica, to
send some one to Brooklyn this morning who could
identify the man wanted.
TIE INQUEST CONTINUED.
Coroner DayliS, of Oyster Bay, resumed the IN
oucst on the bodies Of Ly liza and Annie Maybee at
IL o'clock in the morning. 1t was begun at the
house of Garrett Maybec for the purpose Of taking
his testimony. This was almost precisely the same
rs given in TIE TRIBUNE of yesterday, with only
slight verbal differences The old mans health was
noticeably better His voice was stronger and less
varying and ho has Conquered his excitement or
else ceased TO feel any. Although he had lost much
blood il did not according to tho neighbOrs, make
much difference in his appearance, which had for a
long time been cadaverOUS. The only TACT OF Dn-
portance which was new in his evidence was III re-
gard to the amount of money taken from the house.
According TO his recollection of the transactions in
poultry apples etc. narrated to him by his wife
the sum must have been about $93. Among the
moneys constituting this amount was tive-dOllar
gold piece which he received personally from
poultry-,nau named Pearsall, who came 10 the
house for poultry, and to whom he sold chickens
NI.,
a five-dollGr gold piece on account.
After the old gentlcnan had given bis testimony
the Coroner and the jury adjourned to the school
house of the hamlet. w. II. Rensen was the next
witness and told how he had found the bodies in
the leaves in the stable with Mr.. Tappan, who ran
for him after an alarm had been raised. His tes-
timOny was simply repetition of the facts already
narrated. Tie witness who followed him was
Jacob Fitting jr, who came into the barn after
Rensen and Tappan, and then harnessed up and
went to Oyster Bay for the Coroner.
Mrs. Hester Louise Sm0nson the youngest
daughter of Mr. Maybee, testified that there was
only one watch and chain stolen and cameo breast
pin. The watch was a lddy's old-fashioncd gold
one with a white face and with the initials IL. NJ"
on the case. The chain long gold neck chain
with round slide and initials inside "L. NJ"
Miss Phoebe f. Weeks. the school teacher testi-
fed that she had paid visit TO the Maybecs on the
afternoon of the murders. She remained in the
parlor talking with Mr.. and Mrs. Maybee for
nearly an hour, and rose to go at a quarter past
because she knew that it was Mrs.
Maybees practice to milk her cow at half past 4
o'clock. Mrs Maybee followed her to the outside
p0rtico and talked for q few minutes. Miss Weeks
then went across the street to the Smiths and re-
mained there until the alarm Of murder was raised,
when she came over with other people to the May
bee house, but remained outside. This closed the
days proceedings and tho inquest was adjourned
until Thursday at 10 a. IL.
MR.. sIMONsONS STORY.
The married daughter, Mrs. William II. SlOnsOn
has taken charge of the funeral which will take
place tomorrow at l p. Ill. 1t is the wish of the
family that the matter should be private pos.
sible. Mrs. SmonsOn said that she could not bear
the thought of curious people coming to stare at the
bodies of her relations and for that the paor
in which they laid was kept locked. But the
family IS so well known in that part of
Long Island that buggies and other vehicles
were coming and going all day. w. II. Simonson