New-York tribune., 1885-01-08
WAS Mr.. sAXER MURDERED
WATCHED AND FOLLOWED BY THREE MEN-THEiR
yIILANoUs LOOKS AND SUSPICIOUS ACTIONS


vILLANoUs LOOKS AND SUSPICIOUS ACTIONS.
George A. Saxer, who lived at New-Brghton.
Staten Island, and had n cigar factory at No. Oh
Chatham-st and who mysteriously disappeared on
December 30 has not been found. Ralph Waiimar'
the foreman Of his ore, believes that he was io-
lowed, robbed and murdered by three mer
who had been watching Mr.. saxer
through the store window as be. counted money
amounting to nearly $500 which he put in an in
side coat pocket before leaving the store. When
asked why he beleyed that MI Saxer ,a was robbed
:Why did they stand for about thirty minutes
looking at three boxes Of cigars that were IN the
Gnts T saxaT x%sF' 3fs W6sn cone hs nsSd cOu%s the
money they suddenly disappeared around the cor f
the store they as suddenly reappeared ana went IN
The same direction, toward the South Ferry. My
suspIcons were not awakened at all, because !
theught Mr.. Saxer could take care of himself; lie
was an exceedingly powerful man and If he had
far show could have used up those three fellows
him and knocked him senseless be-
fore he could offer any resistance.
| could recognize The faces of those men among
thousand as they all had villanous-looking conn-
tenances ana bang-dog expressions. think Nlr.
Saxer will be found, but do not believe he VIII
ever be seen alive" 49, =, r,
man rushed into the cIear-store and said that he
had seen man answering TO hlr. Saxers descrip-
tion as publis III yesterdays IRBUNE, III SOUTH
ST. on Monday, wandering about III an alInlcss way
and had seen him 90 INTO liquOr-stoic near bTOad-
All the liouor stores along Soutll-st. in the neigh
borhood of South Ferry, visited and bartend-
ers and proprietors denied seeing any person VINO
looked like Mr.. Saxer. Mr.. Saxer was last seen by
$50 D. M, when friend of his who was in stage
saw him gong down Broadway toward the staten
Island Ferry.
A CHARGE OF FORGERY NOT PROVEN.
Samuel b. Ellis a slightly built young man with
refined features and handsomely dressed, was trieI
l..l. L.l1 ln.l Ian n
forgery. His mother, also handsomely dressed. sat
behind him and watched the progress OF the case
anxousy The defendant frequently made sug.
gestions to his counsel, ex-Assistant District
Attorney William c. Beechcr. According to the
testimony which the charge vas based, the young young
man had been clerk fSr zee nahsnaT' % Oeen sODh
lated on his own account, using his employers
name in some Of the transactions. He was success
full In his dealings in coffee but met with losses on
the Cotton Exchange. He was charged with hav-
ing committed forgery in inserting the words " or
bearer after the name of the drawee IN checks on
which he obtained the money; The charge IN the
indictment concerned check for $4o 80 on the
Bank of New York, drawn in favor OF >. }. Fleet
and signed with the hIm's name The words or
bearer" appeared on the check in Elllss handwrit-
ing Mr. Lee, who signed the check, testified that
the inserted words conld not have been on the
check when he signed it, as he never made cheeks
of that kind payable to bearer. The defendant
however. testified that he had written the words
before the check was signed, and with the pernis-
sion of the person in'whose favor 1t was drawn
The Jury acquitted the defendant, and his mother
threw her arms around his neck and wept. Judge
Cowing called the young man to the bar ana SAID:
The Jury have given you the benefit Of the doubt In
Scotland there three verdcts, guilty" not guilty,
and proven" The Jury really find the third OF
these verdics In this II you out into the world
again continue in the in which you have be-
gun you will some tme before jury less lenient
am informed that your employers have lost $1,000
through your transactions
The young man turned to thanle3he jury. but the
Judge told HIM not to make any speech to them,
but if he wished to say anything to them, to do 1t
ately He left the room WITH MS
POISONOUS SAUSAGE SAND HEAD-CHEESE
Large quantities of sausage and head-cheese,
colOred with poisonous aniline red have been sold
| In Brooklyn and Williamsburg recently, lnior-
nation was given TO DR.. Cyrus Edison on tuesday
| that most of the poisonous head-cheese was
manufactured in this city. AT factory In East
Forty-seventh-st. he seized 500 pounds OF the
stuff and Obtained samples of the coloring matter.
which proved to be arsenical fuchsine, lie also
| found quantities of head-cheese artihcially col
ored. in two Westinghouse factories The propre-
tors denied that they were using poisonous colors.
They furnished samples Of head-cheese and OF the