New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-09-11
JEALOUSY THAT MAY END IN MURDER
rx,oS HILL MANUFACTURER SERIOUSLY WOUND
ON'N nn-cnNr11crING srArrMENrs.

rp-CoNFIIcTING STATEMENTS.
Policeman John Feeney, of Union HILL n. d.
was informed about q. IN. yesselu az RaroenIne
ave The policeman fastened 10 the mouse AN ano a iou
a vonnp woman in the front room on lhe nrst hyoi
Who was deeply agitated and soDDed co9Nulsi,eiH.
ST. oo,nted TO the back room and exclaimed, lie
has been murderedW Without waiting 70 near
mora the policeman went into the roOm WHERE
startling sight met his view. Inc luihlture Nas
covered with blood and small pools Oi 9loOd
were on the floor man was suelcneu vi.
the floor with blood gnshlng from Two pis.oi fon
wounds IN his head. The wsusded man was jean
r. Durand the senior member OF the hrm OF
Durand 81 Michel, manufacturers OF eiestlc goods
at Hudson ave. and Lewis-st, Union hill stand
mo near Durand was Claude Stoval an aged Ger
man who with his wife occupies the apartments
HIS clothing was disaraHged ana sprlnhued WIN
hood md lie was evidently laborlng under great
excitement Mrs. Stoval was standing near ner
husband wrlngiug her hands and crying bitterly.
The Young woman IN the 'front.' IooIh m N;ri
who "a employed in one of the silk factories and
boards with the Stovals. Durand who was weak
from loss OF Gi4 tS a stoya had shot him stova
was arrested and Durand was removed 10 otn MAY
Hospital in Hoboken, where he SOW lies In crln-
cal condition. the physicians entertaining no cope
nj his recovery One of the bullets entered MS
face under the eye and the other struck him IN the
forehead. No effort was made yesterday TO PROBE
IL was ascertaned that jealousy was at the
bottom of the tragedy. Durand llves II
a handsome house. No. "a Lewis-st, Union HILL
and Is considered a wealthy man. About three
anu - AGO Victorine Moquet applied 10 him for
work fer pretty face aud engaging manners Gro
ated al impression OH Durand, and he not only EN-
Moved her but took her to bis house 10 1--we ana IN
Stated her as one of the family She remained
there for some time and some som od mOains
her of being unduly intimate with Stovai. She
fed from the house and took refuge with the
stovals. The next day she preferred charge OF
assault and battery against Durand before Re-
corder Schleicher but nothing ever came OF III. Inc
Young woman continued TO board with the Sioyals
4 ant in a
and made frequent overtures for a reconciliation
and tired 70 persuade Victorlne TO return TO his
house. but she firmly declined. Then Durana tried
threats but they had no more effect on her than
his entreaties.
Yesterday, while the stoval family, were
preparing for breakfast a noise was heard at the
trent door and a moment later Durant broke into
the room where Stoval. his wife and Miss Moquet
were sitting. He had lsCk of frenzy in his face
and as he entered he exclaimed. "Pll kill you
air at the same time fOurishng revolver in the
AR. stcyal Uappledr with him and desperate Ste
struggle fOOMsd The statements I as to waS
that Stoval wrenched the pistol from
him and shot him. Stoval declares that
and shot while MISS s'S "
sion of it is that the weapon was accidently dis
shsSSd IN n. the rs s a:s SDSne sfh
rand has been watching the house for the last three
nights from neighboring beer shop, and that he
threatened TO shoot her signt. Before Durand
was removed is the Hospital he .ade an affidavit
before Recorder Schlecher, charging stoval with
having shot him. DufanO Is an clucIly man, ana
has wife and one child.
DEAD BEFORE A WARRANT WAS SERVED.
CHARGES AGAINST THE TAx-REcEIvER or HEMP
sTEAD-MANY RUMoRs AFLoAT.
Charles s. De Mott. age forty-fye the tax receiver
consumption, from which he had suffered for years
On the previous day a warrant against his property
for S45ls 81 was placed IN the hands Of sheriff
Hegeman who had discovered that DE Mott was a
defaulter in his accounts to that amount. The
sheriff did not go 10 serve the writ until Monday,
when he found that he TOO late. The law PRO-
vides that warrant of this kind can only he OK
ecuted on mans property while he is alive. con-
for his deficiency. The report of De Motifs defalca-
ton created sensation in and about Hampstead
and when it was added that certain trust funds
placed in his charge were also missing the commo-
ton became still greater. DE Mott was just COM
hs dssnr III , ana bs a nad
The tax-roll OF Hampstead each year is about
$4,000. The smallness OF this amount IS due to
the large income which the town recei es FROM the
Stewart estate and the leases of Rockaway Beach,
which together amount to nearly 100000 All
collectors in Queens County are compelled by law to
taxes collected. IL also demands that similar re-
port shall be made to the county treasurer Of all
State aud bounty taxes received. Mr. DE Mott al
ways observed this law carefully and so far as
known his town tax returns all right. The
shortage is IN the State ard county tax. which ID
about oDe-teDth of his entire collections How
long the stealing has been going on cannot bt
ascertained until further investigation Of his &C
counts is made to-day. In making his monthly re-
port 1t was only required of him TO state the amount
Of money collected and this with his slip was turned
over 10 the county treasurer. At the end of each
fiscal year the tax receiver is obliged TO make out
recapitulation showing the total amount of tax Q:
received and the amount of all unpaid taxes. Mr.
De Motifs last yearly report was handed In or
August 10, and was not checked Oft with hi
monthly statements and the list of taxable property
IN the town until some time aftsrward. When thii
was done 1t was found that the amount which hi
had collected and the sum that he stated as uncol
lected showed the above deficiency when balanced
with the detailed items Of tho books showing th,
amount to be raised Immediately on discoverin,
this Mr.. Hegeman procured the warrant that wa
never served.
Mr. De Mott gave bonds in the sum Of $780, 900
twenty three men being his bondsmen, the twenty