New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-06-29
THRUST FROM A CAB TO DIE.
A SCENE IN THE STREET AT DAYBREAK.
ABRAHAM r. WARMERS MYSTERIOUS DEATH
BRIGHrs DISEASE sUGGEsTED.

ABRAHAM r. WARMERS MYSTERIOUS DrATH-
BRIGHTs DISEASE SUGGESTED.
A cab turned from the Boulevard into Sixty
fOurth-st at 4:30 a. m. yesterday and proceeded
RAPIDLY to the middle Of the block between Ninth
and Tenth aves. There are no houses at that point
and the presence of coach there so early In tho
morning was a most unusual occurrence. lho
driver of the cab brought the horse to sudden stop
and turned about in his seat 10 speak TO some per-
son inside Immediately the door OF the vehicle
was thrown open and man sprang cut. The only
person who saw the men was George Voight, an old
German who lives in Sixty-ffth-st, west Of Tenth
ave. Voight had got up early and had started cut
with handc art to get some lprovender for his
cow He was pushing his cart through sixty
fOurth-st and was still near 1entb-aye.
when his attention was attracted to the CAP.
He could not see the men distinctly enough to de-
scribe them afterward, but their movements were
easily discernible. The man who had emerged
from the cab dragged from it a dark object, wncn
lie laid upon the ground. Then he re-entered tho
hack and shut the door. The horse was turned
about quickly and the cab soon disappeared, gong
down Nnth-ave.
Voight pushed his cart toward the object which
the man had placed on the ground AS he neared
it he was overtaken by lamplighter, and slmul'
taneousy they saw that Ethe object was o
man. A glance was sufficient to show that he was
ipsensible His upturned face was pale and his
eyes were closed He was breathing conyulsively.
The lamplighter proposed to help the man to his
feet but Voight said that he would cail
a policeman. He found Policeman Curran, OK
the Twenty second Precinct, who said that the
man was in the Thirty-irst Precinct. rap from
Curran's club, however, called Policeman flahine,
on whose post the nsensbe man had been dropped.
He found the man already dead. Voght helped to
L -l..Is Nha
lift the body his cart and it was pushed 10 the
police station in One-hundredth-st.
THOUGHT TO BE THE WORK or THIEVES.
The body was that of well-built
man of forty, with dark brown hair
and whiskers slightly streaked with gray.
His clothing was well-made and Of good quality
In the pockets of his coat were found papers when
showed that he was Abraham r. Warner treasurer
| of the A. b. Warner 81 Son Company, iron mer-
| chants at No. 2S West-st. 1t was noticed by the
| police that there was no money ~ his pockets.
There was no watch either but gSid seariph d wa
| on one of his fingers was a gold ring.
The first impression of the police was that ML, ar
ner had fallen into the hands of thieves, who had
robbed hun and had left him in lonely place to dle
PAPERS FOUND IN THE POCKETS.
| Among the papers Dote signed by II. T..
Hart. II was written on June 13, and requested
prompt settlement of some money transaction.
| Another note, written on June 10, and re-
| ferring to the same matter, was as follows:
] A II check
for $780, order of H. F. Hart s in our bands Tor col
lection The circumstances under which the money Tor
to resort OF the most summary character -
ie'' 'H' @''"H' 10 p'''N' MARSH, WILSON & WALLIS
There was note addressed by w. Lombard Sec
! retary of the A. B. Warner IL Son Company, 10 tho
| cashier of the National Bank OF the Republic,
stating that A. r. Warner had been elected .rSas, as
a deed transferring some property III Bayonne,
| n j., TO Mary Jane Warner.
| NO MARKS OF VIOLENCE DISCOVERED.
An examination of the body failed TO disclose any
mark OF violence. 1t was learned later in the day
that Mr.. Warner was a bachelor. and had occupied
furnished rooms in the fat-hOuse at NO933 Eighth.
ave. He was member of the Manhattan Club and
Bayonne Ills father and brother went
for the removal of his body to No. 033 Eighth-aye.
| They thought that he had died from Brghts
| disease a complaint from which he had anticipated
trouble for some time. 1t had not been unusual for
| him to drink to excess and to be taken home IN Q
coach late at night He seldom carried much
money, and he did not carry watch.
| The police then caue to the conclusion that there
| was nothing remarkable about Mr. Warmers death.
| They thought that he had been drinking ~ some
! place downtown until after midnight and hid en-
| gagged cab to take him home The cabmsn after,
| ward discover d that Mr.. Warner was dying, and
took him 10 olxty-fourth-st to avoid trouble ior
himself
LAST HEARD FROM on FRIDAY.
II was not learned where Mr.. Warner was NJ the
time that he got into the cab. Mr.. Lombard said
that at D. III. on Friday Mr.. Warner telegraphed
to him from some unknown place that he would not
return to the Office in West-st. that af ernoon.
Where Mr. Warner went afterward his friends did
| not know Dr. j. c, Morton, of No. 223 West
Twenty second-st., who was Dir. NaTEers physi-
| cian said last evening:
have been expecting for time that Mr.. Warner
would die from Brghts disease, and warned him often
to be more careful IN his mode Of living. made super
fetal examination OF bis body to-day, and am satisfied
that his death was caused by sudden conVusoa Inch
dent to the disease.
The autopsy will be held to-day.
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