New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-11-20
hotel. Ho was ooal-black with high cheek bones

hotel. He was coal-black with high cheek bones
and heavy black mustache, ready in speech and
manly in bearing He told his story in quiet, dig;
nfed way to the reporter greatly to the delght Oh
and swore it was better than a dime novel about
detectives lie said: 81 was coming IN
wagon maDe fTG% eISR Ri0 WffG Wam to seaGsn GlSn
On the road noticed q man that answered IN every
point to the tramp as was suspected of the Maybee
murders He, was coming from the direction OF
to Mr.. Seaman that wa going to follow that man
and followed him 3, walked up alongside GfI Of hip
itS He gro%led s out, no; from there, jerking his
thumb back in the direction of Wheatley. Then l
said to him And where may yoq be a golngf says
to walk along it, We were then passing the
gate of William Simonson's place: work for him
off and on. He is the father of the gentleman that
married Mr.. Maybees daughter. He was standing
at the gate. whispered to him, That mans the
murderer, think; Pm going to follow him
wherever he Can yS n4 1T to Rosyn s aGG g5
track He said, All right Tom; follow him or
keep your eye on him. Then walked after the
man and when l caught up with him we walked
SSo0 we got to the cemetery, which is
about mile before we got to the Roslyn
lice constable of Rosiyn; He came up smartly, and
says to the man, which way may you be golnRgI
To Roslyn says the man - All right, says say , Mri
guess you're the man I'm looking for. IN an ofic
cer.' The man said nothing, bat his jaw sort of
dropped and his face changed, and he looked
troubled generally. However, he came right along
between the officer and me, one on each side, for
thought l might as well come along az ne
WE came to the hotel at the DEPOT, aud there was
another constable, Charles Seaman. They took the
man before Justice Lacy, where he gave his name
James Doyle. But he wouldn't answer any other
questions His clothes were searched and on him
was found $21 81 in greenbacks and silver change
and a tve-dollar gold-piece. He was asked to ac-
fg,Vth tha and ha ha hnI
working for farmer at Wheatley They fonnd on
him under his long overcOat slOuch hat. lie was
wearing a stiff Derby hat when recognized him.
They locked him up and came away"
Later in the day the reporter saw Mr.. Simonson
again, driving his team of black horses. lie had
been to ROslyn and had identified thoroughly and
past question the man who turned upon him IN the
BrOokvie lane and who he thought was going to
seize his horses heads. He said that he had been
told that n man arrested at Jamaica had made
confession declaring that he had nothing to do with
the murder of the two women, but that another
man, whom he described in terms that applied per
fecty to the prisoner at RDsyn, had taken HIM INTO
a barn at BrOOkville and had shown him two dead
women hid in leaves and had given him some money.
lie had become frightened and had run away Ihis
story is absolutely discrediled.
THEORIES AT BEoORvILLr.
There are two theories in and around BroOkville
aud the neighborng villages. One is that the
tramp lingering about the place had watched the
ways of the people and in that way could give a
shrewd guess where their money was deposited.
The other is that he extorted from Annie Maybce
confession of where the money and watches were
kCpt and then killed her. The medical testimony
seems however, opposed to the latter theory, for it
is clear that his fingers had not upon the yonng
wOlnan's throat the same unreslste1 grip when
Stranged her mother She struggled, for the thumb
had abTadei the skin which had evidently
not maintained its first position Had his fingers
ever relaxed their deadly clutch upon her throat
she would certainly have screamed and probably
have been heard. third theory has been mooiGd
that the crimes were committed by man VINO
came into the barn to steal whatever he could hnd,
and on detection committed murder. But the oc-
cuTrenees in the house seem 10 prove c0nciuslVely
that the whole business carefully planned.
The man knew that the family had no hired man
and had 10 dog. He knew that the family was
composed Of blind paralytic old man, OF an old
woman and her daughter. He knew, as everybody
in tho village knew, that the old woman MIXED the
cow every evening at haf-past o'clock. lie laid
his plans accordingly concealed himself in the
barn and pounced like human tiger upon the old
woman when her apron and arms were hlled
with leaves. When she was dead her body
was abandoned where il was dT Opped and covered
with leaves, and the man concealed himself for
another spring which was a. successful. Then hc
considered the house at bis mercy aud he proceeded
to enter it for the purpose of piundcr The watch
ful ears OF the blind old man detected his presence
and he proceeded to dispatch him, as he thought
for on receiving the blow the head the old mans
jaw dropped, and he became nscnsibc. But fear
full that attention might have been paid to the
old mans blows with his cane upon the ioor, and
his Tdppngs on the pane he cOntcntcd LIns"lf with
the money, watches and such articles Of jcwclIy as
were with the watches in the drawer.
The mans delay in leaving spot dangerous is
capable of easy explanation. He was evidently
wien captured heading for Ncw-IOrll and intended
t. tramp along the Flushing road after leaving
ROslyn. The question why he had not done 20
already is answered by the hypothesis that lac hid
his booty where he would be able to get it at some
future time
An additional reward Of $500 for the arrcst of the
murderer Of the Maybecs has been offered by Austin
COrbin president of the Long Island Railroad Com
pany. "