The sun., 1884-01-27
RUGG'S MURDEROUS BLOWS.
HIS VICTIMS SKULL FOUND TO BE
BROKEN IN TfrO PLACES.


| on FRIDAY morning hc nastenou 10 tno NOuso
| for help. The-o learning tho necessity Of i'm
mcdintcly following tho nssailant. ho told Will
| liam srrague and George Tatom where tho In
| jurod man was and hurried away. Whom they
| got to tho. barn they woro surprised to SEQ
| Srraguo staggering toward thOu. They caught
| hold OF his arms and cndcayorcd to holp Him
| along He Ia n mpn of strong physique and is
| rcputod to be the bcst boxer in tho town Of
| iicmpstend. lio seemed TO think he was about
to ho attacked again and. not recognizing his
| frieuds, ho struck them Violently using both
| Of his hands. and Knocked them down. He
| then roeled toward tho house. striking blind!y
in tho air. He fell IN tho kitchen, and was lift
| cd into bod. Ho was unconscious all day yes
| terday. His skull is fractured in two places
| over tho loft eyo and on tho left side, three
inchos above tho ear. Tho physicians think
there is very small chance OF his recovery.
| Charles II. Rugg. Sprngue's negro assailant.
| is likencd TO Chnstinc Cox. who murdered Mrs.
Hull 1Io Is exceedingly vain. and likes ilne
eiIed md conlbcd. and teyotes much time % to IOt a
little curly. black meustache. lilo wore pair
ssSSd his he tie at Farmes sprassS's @ houss %hsn
tho man, lie looked Mt hor calmly and said: .
IAepSc mo, madam, but you 70. are mistaken" l. 4,
| ccncc fthey would allow him time. His good
looks and hi, his doror,mcnt made many Of the
Butler ,successfulIy urged upon those who
oSyoSsGg Spfhh lay that they might
Tha an aHfS. % ranss Gs sas armars su aamber
about 100 men. Ono Of them. GnorEe stacom.
fiji Msksyvs @ n b bsoFs Mss co
yer on Tuesday next there would be at least
100 farmers from Hempstend riains on hand.
| Serious talk about organizing vigilance COM
mittee was he ard in Hempstsad yesterday.
Bqnor and rra WENT vent t.
which they got from Rugg and obtained a suit
1925. The clothing is supposed to belong to
Tailor Gitto oi Oyster Day. Mr., ,Gitto's place
as m he sVSHSe was searchnf Mr. it,os Clothing that
lay on chair MI Giso got up and ran after ter
burglar, whom ho beloved to be Rugg when
the pursued man turned and fired two shots
He know Rugg hy sight,
Rngg is suspected of having assaulted a girl
The possibility of Sprasue's assailant Icing
the murderer M OF the Ma MMayhSees and the man an who
sorbins topic in al tho villages Of the towns Of
Hampstead and Oyster Bay. belief is often
s" sM hn nons aS5 nPSe s nsybae ay bis
or tho assault on tho Townsonds. District
At,orncy Fleming is reported to have said on
srrasuq % key Sy 10 ho @ mystery s
Isaac IS Sn@Geekcsr @ c propriGtor Of ,ho snHdncksr
was aways we'll dressed nnd! well manered;
mSn .as and Mr. 'H sSedecRsr decker e tse that
sources ia5S from the manner in which ho dressed.
He carried a gold watch. which. however ho
7 dnally discharged the man" Mr.; snedecker
) said. because became convinced there was
speas sp deal OF NS timo be"Te S tho i look Ing M sss @
Detective Ayres went to Glen, Cove on Friday
, which c took 10 Mrs. Rugg for Identification.
, She had not heard OF the Spraguo affair. and
at sts nrs As eT
; llicksvil.e and Oliver llendrckspn Of Oyster
Bay arrived at midhht , ana awGke IKE, Mrs. + kuT
they found nothing of value as evdence. Cen
staple rr2t vino arrested HHHE ana DeteGtys I'll
. Mrs Rug: for q long time Yesterday afternoon.
=, On Wednesday, afternoon party, Of ladies'
walking toward Hen Cove, He recognized one
j: of,,hem. and sne ne spoke to him; +. ,o..o
On On ihe south shore Sf Long, Island qst, sum
% M nho e is sc a On onasy ds assfa MTs
r Wednesday. and saw her husband there
: Sim Simon Rappeiyea in Oyster Bay. RnnpeIyea
N said last evening" that he thought " Rugg was an
= eral persons. solomon S. Townsend, who en-,
y ployed him knows % nothing aSainst III him Gro,
@5nhs earansr on the eGr
d OF physician in Bridgehampton. Finally
ns and he hS 81 Of nj Mr IaGam
! he promised 70 work out afterward. He wen
clothes Which his wife wi was wishing for them m
It This was before Rappelyea washed for them.,
. who IS at tho house said last evening that Mrs
Y Townsend was falling rapidly. and was likol
y to live only few days. Mr.. Townsend vii
While Rugs resided in Oyster Bay he worke,
Rsf9Set or % s a lis msa
IS mother Is now Mrs Jarvis Prince Of New York M
at rf ieT MuEs sa easy sho
s recovering from an attack OF pneumonia an
% Ts hoaso H sesS
""5 "55 His vito is Mrs. Nugg's aunt and hor nurse
hrst knsW Mr. wife sSis ts
lie, in sag Iinrb3r ,Wo were married on, Aug; 9,
in s Sag MaSSf s tho sr @ A na
WORKING on farm We lived (, fer TI;a %Thi
&C. nnhp'oMa nntil May, lssi and and next % moved dow
sagE and kept hoqse Fss, Il H.SIsS sSpssmR b
1 apGt9or wGtE In bab2 Mrch asa
% my mother. NV who lived then at oyster lay Sci
raj raj for us, to come up there. We went there an
his selves all winter Ny baby here was born II
Of 9etoeer last M S, We m"ySa to N
they live now. We lived at 1876 West Twent
sixth street; During the winter in Oyster Bi
' -" and did washing =
'hs Il had Mrs. Townsend's Washing. She is q
Ex. York my husband got a position as waiter {
nm some Of the big boats. ae was on the City
'its Springfield good while. ana ho was on u
Is Massachusetts In -Noyomber he got q jC
ing here eut Snedeckers Hotel. and aitor ho had boz
hal two q /
Cd nights all thdtlme. He worked at Snedeckel
till Jan. @. Since that time he has been avn
from home II good deal looking for n Job.
saw him last on Thursday morning, Ho we
IN away to look for work. 1 never heard hi
Gro spenk pl me Mhypee ,ihihi'y OF say ahylnii
m i,h Rugg was visited yesterday in his cell In L
the LonH Island City jail. only by detectives eI
pre- ployed on tho case: District Attorney Flemi
aye aye having forbade his being seen by other pe