New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-08-23
TPOrBLrs OF TWO HOTEL BEATS"

Charles Iedwith. Of the Fifth Avenue Hotel. had
10 make quick time YESTERDAY morning Tor ne hau
no sooner stepped into the wItueSs-boX at Jefferson
Market Police Court. to testify against one prisoner
than it occurred to HIM thai ne ought 10 be AT
there. The latter was Henry Crawford, the Penn
sylvanian clerk. who "victuaiIed free as
Mr. Gilbert n wog@ say oi '4 Ss f %TSef
was Walter "Chre.' WHO, reading 81 r'"l"iuS
deeds, undertook TO emulate them ana was rus
trated. According TO Ledwlth. Give managed to
get a dinner for nothing bat when lac turned up
for breakfast all the alters were busy aga oihcei
Phillips, of the Broadway squad. was called IA ana
asked to attend 10 the wants OF Mr.. Give. Hence
his appearance before Justice Patterson thye
admitted his oncnc". but sad vaguely
that lie Intended rayas for va his ,b6 @Sa,i
advisable by Justice Patterson tina ne should
wait for the money IN the lomhN aud there
~ default ol $500 bail he was cent, ana thcle he
subsequently told the truth about himself as fol-
lows: IIis real name - Brown. lie came rom
Toledo Ohio about a wee a-o. expecting - find
work rs jewel.cr. lie didut lind II but he found
n newspaper with the account OF Crawford niue
game and thought he would 90 ana 90 HkcWl~'.
ms brother, j. A. Brown, No. w Grand hlN'I-aNe''
Detroit:
BIO. ions:
Fftn Avenue Hoe flr not ing board you en- send
mo <I5 / can settle. Imust have o." money At One"
o. s B t LET Send c 9 az onc '"S or VII
have 20 the prison; send by telegraph II yon can
h A&Sty daE. T i San get off, Your Io,h r.
As TO Nj Crawford, lac calmly pleaded guilty,
and was rclca ed on payment of - fine which, ac-
cording to I.edWlth Is about Ouc-tweutleth OF the
value of tie meals that he consumed.
TRYING TO FIND WHO KILLED MR.. LAWYER.
Tho inquest was begun yesterday az Little Falls,
n. y. in the case of the Hebrew. Samuel IaNncr,
who was found dead on Thursday. The testimony
raiSed strong presumption of murder. john Young
and Elias Nauuc~, testified to finding the body
under the bridge. The hands were cienched, aud
raised before his face. n defence. On the
road above the place whore the body was found
were two fuItovs iu dust as n tho l'dy had been
dragged from the road down under the bridge, and
footprints led from the road under the bridge.
Mr.. Juo. Spade testified to- seeing LAYER IN her
fathers tavern ~ I q. in. "Wednesday. lie was
alone. and had money. and drank two glasses of
beer. DI. EdpaI kccIoI, who made an autopsy,
ell a. f both legs had truck some object at once.
4 uc course Of the bullet was downward and II
would hc difficult tu shoot ones self that way.
Death from such a wound must have been very
speed, aud Nuuld not allow Time for the wounded
man to throw the pistol mn the trcc or drag himself
far. William Icattir. leading manuiacturcr of
tho village testified that ho heard q shot on We'd
nes1ay night aud nosttios dog immediately ram
along the itnrc as II chasing some ono. he dog
wat accustomed tu run toward people If lac heard
them IoICating
n \ NJ Vs. Goducy who assisted at the autopsy
Testified ~ Hudiug bunch of gtass VlcuVhod IN the
hand 81 tha man %. -aW IaVuet uu "Wednesday NJ
f. iui ~ company With man ia his shut eorvrH
Tho lhttsi kept he face TUNED away Hun laNnpf
aud was not speaking Go him tutenrt Nrwtomhc
adiouinfd the inquest until nrst lhutHdaNt lhN-
peis body Ia held ht q iruurat hy telegraph from
hia sweetheart Fanny LsphoWiioh. al Chicago,
until htI AIIlVal,