New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-07-09
NEWS FROM THE SUBURBS.
PROBABLE SUICIDE OF A GERMAN PEDLER.
FOUND IN THE wooDs NEAR JAMAICA WITH THREE
pIrIrFT WOUNDS.

| Lee. of the Ellsworth Comedy aud Concert ltunpe.
| Dr Philip Wood examined the body aud found that
de- tth was caused bv internal hemorIhagc there IA
! little doubt that the man had committed snlclu';
| The fact that no weapon "ns tonhd - ac,olill,'n
was upCosarily fatal aud the police THINK that INC
| man threw the pistol away aud walked To the
! place where the body was found. IN ma pocket
! was small memorandum book, m when were
| anvrtnl nddirason IN Notmnn hh envelope hnnlinR
| tho name We'll, EE( u ANcnuc u. CITY, post
! marked Now.Notl, May H." n receipt 10 Snomup
! f,om the Prudential nautnn,o Company oi Ancti-
coroner smith lclceraphsd To !nc esco. and re-
| celved the following toplyt "Nuomnu Won,
| divorced from his WIFE, did honrd az No go wal.
| ubout-sl,, brooklyn, superintendent wll CON" up
| la the morning George Jones, milkman UVlnH
| On lillHide-nyc., informed the Coroner lhht he
saw We'll ON sunday, about 10 a. M, walking IN
n. n"sJ 'I iEc na M" ast nsh james
Scott testified that ho talked with the dead man ~
| the railroad depot on Monday at O3O .. M that
| he inquired he way to the Jamaica woods aud was
| intoxicated Tho inquest was adjourned until ftl-
day evening
We'll was last seen Mt his boarding houac, In
Brooklyn. On Monday, about n. ~. llo was al
u grug shop later, aud about $50 lac called
on custom ar The was pedIcr OF tailorS sup
pllc-) to collect bill Mr. llaxamcr requested him
to call the next day, and hc promised to do ~. lIe
had boarded in Wallabout-st about four months
lilo apparently mrdc htlo by pcddling, ~ he
seemed only slightly removed from dostlintlon. 1t
had been noticed that ho was melancholy last
week. lie said on sunday that he was suNcrnga
great deal, but that II woul not he Tor long IN
consumption, with which ho beloved h'nsel
afflicted. lie was born in GERMANY. aud had II wife
and children. but was sopnratcd from them.
DENYING THE STORY or AN OUTRAGE.
81 have lived forty years IN or near Spring
Valley and nothing has occurred during that time
10 give rlso to any Tich statement As that" SAID
Rockland County farmer yesterday, in referring to
an article IN The UOrid of June u, that purportcd
TO be an account Of recent outragcs by
tramps in the vicinity OF spring valley, N
inent citizens met III the Office OF C0un-
sellor Garrett Z. Snder to protest against
the publication of such sensational STORES Inc
article stated that Mrs. >nlder was assaulted and
beaten almost into uncOnsciousness, mnutely de-
scrIblng the tramps action and asserting that ne
was pursued and knocked down by william Old
field Mr. Snider said Yesterday that since the IN
i1e,,s caiied nj the The UorH Office and were told
that the special was sent by Mulllgan. OF liar
lem The Spring Valley Committee, however, deem
MIR. Mu,hgan mythical beng. The sensation was
based the visit of trrmp To MIR. Snlder's house
in Easter week. Food gwen him with the re-
quest that he would move on" A small spaniel
Joined IN the request by barking and swapping at
the beggar Mr. Oldheld, who was passing, also
urged more rapid retreat on the part OF the
tramp.
EX-CONFEDERATE SOLDIERS AT NEWARK.
The reception in Newark Yesterday Of the Rich
mond Light Infantry Blues, Robert +. Lee Camp Of
Confederate Veterans and Phil Keaney Post, q. A.
r. OF Richmond, most extraordinary IN the
warmth and enthusiasm with which the visitors
were greeted The city was profusely decorated
with flags and bunting. SAID an ex-Cohiederate
soldier to q TRIBUNE reporter looking, with tears
III his eyes, at a large flag suspended across the
street:
To think that fought the stars ont Of that
nag. express the sentiments my comrades mere,
know, well IS my own. when say here that n ever
that ma Is as-ailed again my arm and my comrades
vii Dee the first 10 be raised In its defence.
The visitors were met at Trenton in the morning
by a committee of the Grand Army Posts of New
ark The tram conveying the party-about 2JO in
III a..
o'clock After marching to the City Hall, Mayor
Haynes welcomed them to the city and Judge
Fournay, of Richmond. responded in a pleasing adj
dress The visitors were entertained az dinner In
the Academy of Music. aud IN the afternoon
parade took place. closing with II Grand Army pic
mic and campfire.
The PAULLIN MURDER MYSTERY SOLVED.
Chief 90 Police Bell. Of Newark. left that city Ou
Saturday and returned there at noon yesterday.
lie had IA with reporter ana soon the story
was Published that the chief had solycd homy stcy
rrgardlpghc murder of Phpbe Paul'ln ON the Orange
Mountain lat November As The story ran, the
chief learned that two men named Davis and Pear
sail had been arrested m another state for high
way robbery. and that Davis answered. cfa'ty to
the description given of tho " man with long
cont before the Corcnors Jury. steps were taken
to secure hH idontlhcatl d., INK pil'r INK 81
the chain of cyidonco 10y which ma ''nvlctlon wv
undoubtedly bo SECURED Naa ob ancd. aud chief
He'll nov ONLY awaits the expiration Of hR 'ctn iu
prison 10 roartpst him II ~ s4il tina the ulstcr
aud the anlfo Win which the glrlD throat was cut
Chic Iic sni lat night that lho foregoing
atory Ia true, aud tlpi Il e. prisoner Ia IN NoMlWh
good ienaouH tho ohict said 40 moro lactH can be
made public vi present Mayor Haynes also eaAa
tho published stup IL ttn"'
FOUND DEAD WITH ms HEAD CUT OPEN,
Robert Nahm Nas found unconscious and bleed.
ing on the railroad tia,h ucal hmcoln, l.. IT, about
= y. m. ycFlorddv having latg" eat IN the back of
he head e.dsutly caused by u very hcnyy mHtrl.
ueut. llo WAS taken 10 Mincola. vhefo ho died,
he aqihot,t'ca think tha, no w@ murdered and
lead to the detection Of the muidotcr.
NEWARK.
Tho CITY Attorney instituted mt yesterday
AGAINST tho Mulberry street llorao Car Company,
Tor refusing 10 comply with tho oty ordinances
prohibiting the use of thu bob-ta ear
Nathan Brcnuon, n igarmgkor, living 10 No ri
Canal-s. who took II dose OF poison on Monday,
died yesterday. lie had become dlsheartoned with
remufbe.
wBSTCHESTER COUNTY.
NFw-ROCnrILE-Coroner TIyler was called yes
tArday 20 hold an inquest upon the body of an IN
known man fonnd upon the railroad track, with one
arm one isg, just below tho knee, and foot cut
of also with deep cat on the face from the top of
tho head 10 the chm.
YosKERs.-Wi William Devere q comic singer, was
held In 81 800 bail charged with abductng Nora
Hogan, age fourteen
PrEKsxIiI.-W. ID. Southland president of tho
village and also OF the highland Ferry aud Trans
poTtaton Company, yesterday caused the arrest OF
William pyokman, Hamilton Bagley, Edward
Whalen and Charles GARRISON charging them with
running Illegal ferry by Carrying passengers In
II Y boats FROM the Peekskill dock to the State
c. up grounds.
RAISING Il CINCINNATI HOUSE.
From The Merchant rrareuer
"Chcago il a great city remarked one trav-
ching TO another a. they got OF the train In that
Yas ,s a biy nlaee Did Won ever see them raising