New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-06-02
HANDS MURDER A MYSTERY
GEORGE ANGERMEIER PUT UNDER ARREST.

CrawIOrds store at ana NOrtn Moore stSS
who was murdered early on Sunday morning, was
removed yesterday to undertaker's in Eghth-aye.
near Twenty -third-st After autopsy had been
made by Deputy Coroner jenkins. the body placed
in handsome cofin and during the day many persons
| who had known the unfortunate man came to take
last look at his face The rghiul cash in his throat
was hidden by linen cloths. Four distinct wounds
were found the hack of his head. The skull had
been crushed in like an eggsbell. Either blow would
have rendered the victim incapable OF knowing
| anything after he struck.
Detectives Fogerty and Handy arrested George o.
Angerm eier in Benger's barber-sbop under the Hof-
man House at a. IN. yesterday and took him to tho
Leonard-st police station suspicion OF being the
murderer OF Hands, Angermeer had been formerly in
Crawior as employment and, it said had been un
friendly to Hands He seated in a chair IN the
shop when Fogerty to whom he was kwnon' walked IN
and said: .,
doc, | want you-I suppose you know what for.n
Yes" replied Angermeer, II read about u IN the
| newspapers this morning.
From the police station he was taken the Coroners
| office and arIagned before Coroner Martin, VINO
questioned him as his movements Saturday night
| The prisoner exhibited some nervousness, Dut MS
account Of his movements was straightforward hes
twenty four years old, small with weaklookng face,
destitute of beard except whtlsh d0wny mussache.
lie does not seem to DC possessed OF strength oi Pur
pose enough 10 commit an atrocious murder;
is untrue" he said, -" that bore grudge againss
| Mr. Hands We had few growls over some small
matters, such washing off the slab IN the store put
they all over in minute l had intended gong
| out to Port Jervis Saturday where my iather ls
buried aud decorate his grave, and tor that purpose
went down to the neghborhood OF Crawtords store Oh
Wednesday afternoon to see friend whom wauIed 70
| 90 along with me. That the last time was IN
| that neighbOrhOOd. l went back To NO. ava bass
Twenty -fourtb-st, the house OF my broherin-iaw -
| G. Winker, who is a barber at the Hoffman honse.
and with whom am living at present. wa7 suderaS
from neuralgia aud by the advice oi my sister anu
mother gave up the trip to Port Jervs anu wen. "
| bed. | was in bed except Tor a lew hOurs iront
Wednesday night until Monday morning. On saturday
afternoon went out 10 watch the parade Tor short
| time went to bed early Saturday afternoon. My
brOther-nlaw WInkler slept with Inc. dld not leaVe
the bed until Sunday at III O'Clock when went OUT
| side and bought some newspapers ana answered an
advertisement Tor work This morning william Steh.
| binrer a gold leaf maker who lives at No. 4Oo East
Fifth st. and is also a brotherin-law OF mlne came
up to the house and showed my sister soiae OF tne
newspapers with the story OF the murder OF hanas.
Then they showed the story to me READ niue way
| and put The paper down. My sister said Kead on
YOUR name is mentioned there read on and was
| thunderstruck when | saw that was suspected 1
dressed and said that would go straight down 10 hr
CrawfOrds but stenbinger and my sister told me hoe
nv brother-in-la Wnkler at the HOLMAN and asked
him what should do He told me to do othlng but
| wait While was there was arrested ,
The relatives of Angermeier all corroborated his
| statement that be at home IN bed on SATURDAY
night Wnkler said that he was in bed when no
| WinklerD lett him at clock Sunday morning. -,
| Angermeer was arragned at the Tombs in tho
afternoon before Justice ORelly, who remanded him
for further examination lie was taken DcH " % ,ao
he was closeed for hour with Inspector byrnes o
is the general impression that the police are holding
Anperneler not because they believe m to be the man
who actually did the murder but they hope tO prove
| that he knows who did do 1t. The manner IN "hlcn
the till broken open led TO the Deiei that
did il knew beforehand the entire arrangement Oh IL
Coroner Martin said hat the detectives had informed
him that Angermeier had beea seen IN tue neshoor,
hood OF Crawords store recently rourishlng pis,o,
! and declaring wildly that somebody would be dead
| within a week. The detectives SAID aiter"ard luae
thew had heard such story. but unab to verify
'ba friau ubo vas 4 "a
| having been visited by him on "Wednesday Is MISS
| Annie Fields. school teacher, of No. Is Beaeh-st
She is engaged to be married 70 Angermeier In order
| to marry her he gave up his employ yment IN drue
store in Greenpont where he worked for three months
after leaving Crawfords. He wanted work IN this city
h- could be her. Miss Fields SAID that anger
meier called her Wednesday, but lac SAID nothing
OF wanting her to 20 to Port Jeryls.
Theory and speculation to the murder were pienti
trllv inlulqed by the crowds who visited the brick
drug store and purchased glass OF soda water or
pennyworth of salts excuse to enter the store ana
stare al the little back office where Hands was found
II is estimated that nearly every resident OF the
Ward bought something at the store. and Mr. Craw-
ford did a rushing business; Over across me Say
where IIandss widow and children live the binds OF
their room were drawn Mrs Hands was said TO be
completely prostrated by the shock. Much sympathy
was ex Dre ssed tor her Hands salary had only Deen
III week ana what little they had saved from that
had been spent in buryng child that they 'st short
time ago. Not tar from the drug store on sunday
morning two boys found whlte-handled kniie with
blade three inches long The boys sold the knife TO
pa by who after the story OF tic murder WAS puD
lished took it to Captain akins u has the stamp OF
the Bridgeport Knife Co." on the blade ana looks as
though it was table-knife worn short IL had. no
blood-stans it and was not sharp but as 1t might
have been the weapon with which HandSs throat was
cut the police Ike pt il. IL is an oddloOking knife
There was a story that when Mrs Hands first heard
that her husband had ntted suicide she excl aimed
IL was not suicide; it downright murder and
II was done by George-the bysanders failed To eaten
the surname but it vas not Angermeler.
In the absence of positive proof against Anger
meier the police have to the conclusion that the
murderer of Hands member OF gang OF thieves
who after efecting an entry through the cear hoor
found safest TO kill the sleeping clerk oeiore ne
obbed the till. " - ,,-
Martin Jennings watchman employed ey trahk am.
Tousey, publisher In North Mooe-st, snor' us
tance from the drugstore that at o'clock on sun
day morning he looked out from Lhe doorwy oI e
fishing house and saw man waking up anu noMn sOren @
Moorest. in a casual ltstess way he "atcheet ne maa
until he saw him climb in one OF Tousey covered
wagons that stood on the sidewalk IL was raining lie
waited awhile and went out u the wagon nc saw tio
his hands jennings spoke him and asked him what
he doing there Tue man replied @ III ,n, s",ns he
would disturb the fellow and turaed away ls amw
minutes loud snoring came ,nhsn from e1e .!Eow
soon that fellow goes 70 sleep" ,,SiI.hs. Jennngs
Occupied about an hour when he reached
the street again t was just O'Clock He went 10 the
wagon waso empty eG The description the given by
Jennings answers to that OF Angermeier exactly -.
Ansermeer's relatives at the Leonard street Police
Station last night and questioned them c1oseS; o, ~
wanted to the prisoner but were not W w
The funeral service over the murdered man VIII ,sho
mace al o'clock this morning The Rev. stephen Mer-
ritt will ociae and the body will he buried IN maple
Grove Cemetery The Tiaow wrsi'eI nst 'aS voTay
man who introduced himself as brother
Of the dead man. The meeting was the
means of exchanging family history. Mrs Hands did
not know that she had broher-in-law living lie Is
clerk in a goods store uptown Inc father ni tuo
murdered drug clerk is inmate Of tue soldiers Home
in Bath. Seuben County this state. lie had Deeh at
bis life sailor who was Over-fond of the bottle His
second wife lives In this city IN Third St The brother
who turned up yesterday and the dragcers were hat
brothers only. n..
II said TO be the belief Of the police that kcnara
Hands first struck on the head and ieiIed 70 % tn9