New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-01-04
TIE LONG BRANCH MURDER
TRYING TO PEYETKATE TIE MYSTERY or TUE
DEATH or ROBERT HAMILTON.

TRYING TO PxvETmATH TIE MYSTERY OF TUE
DEATH or ROBERT HAMILTON.
LONG BRANCH, jan 8 (Speclal).-Every man, woman
and child Of reasonable age has starting Glow In
tho case Of Robert Hamilton, who was murdered hero
Saturday night. Chief Of Police lloyd has worked
night and day upon tho He has picked up facts
going to show that Hamilton was assaulted in some
house between Broadway and Morrs-ave. He has
traced his movcemnts to tho notorious dive" kept by
"Ikes Bowlos, in Limo Rock, In tho OF the old
Mansion House property. That night Bowles gave
ball which attended by all the degraded whites
and bscks in this part of the county. Coroner Van
Derveer thoroughly satisfied that Bowles and
his associates assaulted Hamilton, or knew who did,
that no went before Squire Pitcher, and making
formal complaint against them no secured warrants
for tho arrest of four persons. Bowles and William
Cook wore arrested and locked up Maggie Wright and
Jack Brown will DO arrested when found squire
Pitcher will hold examination In the case at IL
O'Clock tomorrow morning. All four OF these VIII
nesscs arc coored Coroner Van Dervcer swore In
fury of twelve for this inquest. This jury s COM
posed Of Postmaster william H. Bennett, foreman
G. Van N. Wilson, Charles ii. Woolley, James L.
Towney, John b. Morris, Jerome NJ Davis, George H.
slocum, James NJ Hopper, John T. Britton; Harris r
oner and his fury viewed the body and also visited tho
places where tho murdered man spent bis last hours
Tho inquest will begin next Tuesday
Hamilton was q communicate OF ST. Jamess Prot-
estant Episcopal Church. on Broadway, where the
funeral will be held at o'clock tomorrow. -,a..
leading to the arrest and conviction OF tho murderer
STILL CLIyGING TO THE DYNAMITE THEORY
The onestien "what caused tho explosion at the
EouItable Gas Works on Saturday night1' seems as
far as ever from being satisfactorily answered. Tho
officers OF the company adhere to tho BELIEF that dyna
mite was tho agent employed. The presidents ana
engineers OF nearly all tho gas companies In New
York havo visited tho works and given their assist
ance In tho endeavOr TO solve tho problem Their
decided and so far, unanimous opinion is that the
explosion not caused by gas.
Colonel Robert M. C. Graham, president OF tho
Equitable, said yesterday: Everything connected
with accident II you please to call 1t such points
to dynamite instead Of gas. An Important crcum-
stance was this: The whewashed walls and beams
OF tho meter-house do not show trace OF fire or
smoke. II tho explosion had been caused by gas
every knows that these white surfaces would have
been more or less backcned and scorched with dyna
mite the result would have been to leave them I'm
touched by smoke Just they are. The action OF
the explosive whatever 1t was, exactly the same
in every respect II fourpound can Of nitro
glycerine had been set off,
Colonel Graham said that tho statement published
yesterday to the effec that committee appointed by
the company had decided after an examination that
the explosion not caused by dynamite but the
result OF carrlcssncss.' ualified faSehu0d.
Tho Equif able Company, although denying any legal
responsibility In the matter, ye 'terday Ordcpel tho
glacier to replace all the glass broken In the wind
of he houses In the vicinity of the works the night
of tho explosion.