New-York tribune., 1885-02-23
CHARLES COTTRELLS STRANGE DEATH.
MARKS OF HEAVY BLOWS on HIS HEAD-NO ON
v,,Us WHO CATGFD THEM.

CHARLES COTTRELLS STRANGE DEAlH'
MARKS OF HEAVY BLOWS on HIS HEAD-No ONE
Knows WHO CAUSED THEM.
John Nally, salesman for Hines IL Mansfield, at
Produce Row aud Ntsey Pier, west Washhgtoh
Market, was standing in the doorway OF the buIid-
ing about O'Clock last Monday Afternoon when
Charles C0tirell came out into the pouring Ialh
from the liquor store of big frm rad ro3'b
doer poo cf water on Produce Row, ana lneJi
turning upon Nesey PIER went IuIching (Il tGWIIrd
Nesi-ct. When he GOT As 1ar as NharIes
CollIass stand. which adjolns the liquor store
he fel. and at once tried 10 Ise. Nally ran TO INN
and helping him 70 his feet took nm li,o I%iis Iiiitr
sand aNd seated hum on a pigeon craze. C"s'l"i
sad 10 hlil Hello, johnny waIt lihI,c diu
Ill give you five cents to ge, dllnk; bul ne
almost ina aiiatciy seemed 10 forget what ne had
sal and f.l INTO a stupOr. which lasted some tIns
VIXEN he ieD back dead. He was lolty-tWo ytdS
cd, was erploScd as salesman 10y ne hezTSinn s
and was breiher-n-aw of NJ. Wooley who has I;l q
fruit stand in CentIe Row near pyi w. boin h"dn
WAS a1eA to an undoriaker's in CaimlAe-st. lhcIe
il was viewed oy Deputy Coroner Jeak'ns. VINO nr-
care3 tas cause Of death to be apopieAy' anu eaNe
a per nil for the removal Oi the bodN' Wnich We
taken t. Matawan, y. j., to the home 0t CotlTc'l
fatAer, Oh Thursday. Ca Friday a post-n9fteh
examination was held By Dr. Cyrus knecht, OF Mat-
avn. lie found one eve badly bruised and black
ened and the marks of heavy blows behind the ltIt
ear and the side OF Cotrcils mead ana ncheT{n d
the skull thore was much etI-on OF blood Inc
doctor gave il as lis opinion thar death Was caused
Iy homorlhsge of the brain, produ ced 10y blows;
his head by falling" sad Mr. sally to kIB' ~
reportero saturday, for when helped MN TO ms
feet LIS hat was still upon his head and there was
no dent IL it. We thought that ne ded from hcart
disease. There is no orc know of hat wouiG h9I'
Charlie because he was well liked Dy every o9hy,
and always minded bis oVB business lie acicd as
II he had been drinking good deal wheh hc came
out of FntZs'
Fritz Bauer,ne or is large red faced, big
bodied German. lie sa d: "Cottrel came II berc
about noon on Monday aud ate some ldnch. After;
ward he tniew dice for the drinks viii me, DAVID
Eyer and Bob Cornish for an hour or more.
when lie got into some kind or a GiSPu,e P he
with Bob He was some what lntoxica'ed. but ne
wasn't hit in nay place lie called Boo ayelV ,ra 1arn
name. Bob drew back 10 lit hlm, wnen 't'n Dave
grabbed hold of Bob aud grabbed hold OF charlie.
Then Charlie went out and staggered dead: lnat
all | know about il, only that 10 one hit him.
liver is the trncknan for the Keyport 0oats, VIM
ME Cornell and IIolmdell and Cornish n DIVES fna
team for him. Neither Of them could be found
Nil Wooiey is investigating the affair.
GALES AND ICEBERGs MET AT SEA.
The schooner Wyer G. Sargent. which arrived
from Laguna yesterday, was thirteen DAYS north
Of latteras with strong northwest and northeast
gales in which she lost and split sails and carried
away headgear The vessel was badly used up.
The schooner Charles A. COulOmb from Gibara,
encountered heavy gale OF Cape CanaycTal. The
wind blew with terrific violence and heavy sea
wa running. On February 90 when twelve miles
= north of BaIncgat, she encountered another ter
rife gale When the storm over the vessel
looked like an iceberg. so badly was she iced all
The steamship Canada, OF the National Line.
from London. reports having passed two large ice
bergs and large field of floating Ice on February
10 and 16.
The outlook from City Island light to the east
ward yesterday was more favorable than it has
been for some DAYS past, and vessels able to
tow TO this station without much difficulty. Cap
talns of steamers and tugs state that the ice be-
tween 1hrogg'S Neck and Slipping stones is very
compact making ii difficult for them to get
through. Tic bark Conductor was ta~en in tow at
10 a. III. by the tug Young America. and Is now
stuck ia the ice near 1hrOggs Neck, and
unable 10 proceed. he schooner Joe Carleton was
taken IN tow five miles east of Sands Point by the
tug Henry A. Peek. and mauagcd to turn Thr93gg's
Neck after a hard struggle The schoOners Erie,
Anita and d. w. Is. are stiI lce.bOund at Captains
Island The steamers John II. Starin and City OF
Lawrence, for New-YoIk, and the Capital City and
Metrop1itan, bound East, experienced consider;
able difficulty in working their way through, and
were delayed several hours
THE LIQUOR TRADE GOES MERRlLY on.
There was free trade in liquor in this city ycs'er
day as usual Policemen patrOlled their beats un-
mindful Of the frequent opening aud closing of the
eide-doors by which countless customers were ad.
mitted u the liquor shops. Some OF the members
OF the force bore about with them besides the gilt
OF their service stripes the added guilt of q
neglect of their duties. Not only did the pan
derers TO depraved appe,Itcs at the cheap corner
stores rejoice in business equal To that of any
week day but the more pretentious bar rooms, like
those of the Fifth Avenue Hotel. the Holman the st
James, theVictorIa, the Brunswick, DelmOnIcOs, The
Coleman, the StuTtevant the Gilsey, the Grand, the
Windsor aud the Buckingham, found, when they
retired from business for the night that they had
extracted lucre from stimulating liquids to thslI
hearts content.
TEMPERANCE FOR A CENT AND A HALF.
Crowds of people hocked into Masonic Hall yes
terday afternoon expecting to see and hear the var
d. la fatuna anps