New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-01-22
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MISSING SINCE NEW-YEAR'S
NO TRACE OF JOHN BAKEFELp FOUND

WAS HE MURDERED IN A BLEEcKER-sT ENf-rHn
POLICE QUIEsCEYT.
Henry Bakefeld a grocer, of Hudson-ave. and
HIgh-st. Brooklyn, has been looking since jan
uary for his brother John. The latter worked
for Henry Eggers & Co., groceIs, in Green
wich-st., and boarded at No. III First
ave. On the evening of December
80 the missing man, in company with friend,
visited q great many drinking places. They found
themselves at 3 o'clock in the morning in the grog-
shop of Charles Russell on the southeast Of
Bleecker- st. and South Fifth-ave. The neighbor-
hood is considered among the worst III the city.
The liquor store is in basement
and is directly beneath the stairs of the Elevated
Railroad station. While in the place drinking,
Bakefeld indIscreetly exhibited a roll of money.
He drank freely and exhibited signs of being
dugged. HIS friend, after trying to get him to GO
home, left him and went back TO their boarding.
house.
1t was nearly daybreak when Bakefed came
home He said to his friend that he had
been robbed while in the place Of $50. He dc.
clared, however that he intended to return to Rus
SELLS place the next plight and get satisfaction"
He went TO his work usual on the day before
New-Year's. To fellow-clerk in the store he
related his adventure of tho night before.
and reiterated his determination TO go back
to the basement gin-mill and get even." Bake
field a strong, vigorous man of twenty-seven,
able to hold his own in q scufle aud not afraid of
the personal risk attending possible difficulty in
returning to Bleecker-st. When he left the down.
town store he wore blue ulster, with shoulder
cape attached, and his working clothes, with his
trousers tucked in his boots he did not reach his
home that night and has been seen by none of his
friends since.
His brother Henry came over from Brooklyn and
placed the matter in the hands of the police but up
to last night they had accomplished nothing. Cap
tain Brogan, in whose precinct the entire dis
reputable part of Bleecker-st. belongs.
had not, as far as could be lie learned, given
the case his personal attention. Ills
two ward detectives would yOuclsafe no other IN
formation than that there was nothing In tho
case" 49,
When Henry Bakefeld, with Louis Virgins OF
No. l IL Firs-ave., began to trace the movements
of he missing man. they went first to the Becker
st. quor-store to find on. if John Bakefeld had
gone back OH New-Year's eve. They found tho
place closed From the agent OF the house, Mr.
Temple, OF No. 13 Varck place, they learned that
Russell had closed up on New-fears day. O1 tne
first Monday In January, when Mr.. Temple went
to get his months rent he found the premises va.
cant, the gas and water-pipes cut and carried on
two months rent. People living in the house SAID
that on New Years morning hight took place IN
the bar-rOom, and woman ran out INTO the streets
with blood on her hands She erred out, VIII
get square for this" Just at that moment the
barkeeper. who went by the name Of
Whitley, came into the. street, and catch
into the liquor shop. Henry Bakefed b,red two
men and put them az work IN the celiar,where they
dug over the ground thoroughly. lnere was plle
of sawdust in the cellar and lot OF old clothes ana
rags some of which wore marks resembling Dioou
stains but the clothing did not belong to the MISS
ing man, aud there was no eyldenceot Dody nav
ing been buried in the cellar 9,
Russell rented the place from me year ago.
said Mr. Temple last night, " but he kept such an
evil place that would not let hlm have 1t another
he gsS to who
quently etit 1t was bad place. Cries of Watchl'
! Murder y Eoice!' could be heard coming from
| there at all hours of the night
Russells night barkeepers name is Henry Nc
Naily lie was almost like an Albino In complexion
and for this he was called "Wnitey" He Is to DO
found generally at McDonalts hqu0r-store, at
Beecker aud Wooster SITS. lie was not there last
night, but William Scotland, who kept the bar
room for Russell in the daytime, SAID To TRIBUNE
denly was because he was only waiting enahce 20
get in arrears for his rent aud " stick OLD Temple
for it," lie denied that any man answering Jonu
Bakeled's description had ever been robbed IN the
place or had trouble there. lie volunteered TO
produce "Whlteyp to prove that Bakefeld was
not III the place on New-i ears eve bus ai'er long
at Thompson and Spring sts., and has liquor store
in Thlrl-ave., near Iwenty-fourth-st. tie denies
all huOw ledge OF anybody ever meeting win ioui
play in his place Ii was reported IN the nelghDor.
hood az the time he went away that the reason or
his sudden exit was that a police captains brother
had been robbed, and on % that account the place
was pulled by Captain Brogan. .
Henry Bakefeld said last evening that his
brothers disappearance was reported to tue poilco
January II and ard ne eaEpes te mSb aG5s
have met with foul play Ill this city. lie thousnl
it extremely strange if he had left the city Just AZ
ter losing his money and wearing MI worhihs
clothes leaving his best suit at his Doardlng-piac
While unwilling to believe that anything had nap,
pencd to his brother, he thought the tacts seemed