Daily Republican., 1888-07-14

A ROokawAy Tragedy rhRs Furnishes
Amusornont for . hAuaio HhlI-A
DrunkSn Juror,


Amusement for . n1uaio Hhu-A
Drunken JaFoF.
NEW YORK. July 13.-rha Ooumo-
politAn Casino is . place ct RockAWAy
Beach wherein singing and dancing are
done gratis for purchasers OF beer. II
is not essentially different from q hun
dred other gardens there and along the
Ooney Island shore. At the time Of
your correspondents visit, in the after
noon, two AotoFs and three actresses
were following one another in the reRn-
lar entertainment. Bella Murray was
the principal She sang . sentimental
cong Of unoounted verse;, with the re-
frain az believe IL for my mother told
me sO," and she emphaEiasd It's points
not only With her voice, but also with
gestures Of her barred srms, Aud -FOUR
iAhes of her blAck -stoskInGed feet, which
ware like silhousttss against the white
background Of her skirts. Bella Wss
young, and handsome In . brazen way
She had pl5nty Of voice. and the roof
rang with 1t. So did ths beer glasses,
by way Of applause, when she was
through. An encore should have en-
suei, bat = man called out interrupt
inRly from the sudience OF twenty six
persons.
81 guess veil try to go on with the
inquest now" he said.
Mhereupon Bella came down from
the stage. Bhe was ostensibly prisoner
In connection With o murder. Two
accused men, the c1ronsr, some oobGta-
bles and . part Of the jnry had been
drinking bser together and eDjogiDg z
the show. Now they gathered around
one Of the besr.slopped tables and the
roll OF jurors was called. Olly ave out
Of the six responded.
SIT doesn't make much difference II
We can't do anything thIs afternoon"
the coroner remarked, "beosuse Mart
Collins ain't been oaueht yet"
"Well," aAid Bella chesIlly, "dFlnk
with me, gentlemen"
"OounI me in," guraled an inebriAted
fellow, % he staggered 10 the table aud
slumpRd into q chair.
This was the missing juror, but
neither he nor the oAse itself WAS In q
condition OF progress, and 90 an al :
iournment was ordered. The party
drank with Bella AMI theR she returned
to The stage, where she sAug with extra
loudness and vivaclty, Johnny, get
get your gur-zet your gun-xet your
Runi"
Rxaotly In tho blithesems mAnneF de.
scribed ia one Of the most foul murders
OF the summer being dealt with Rt
RookAWRy, . suburban resort with O
government As oomical as any conosp.
sion Of opera bouffs. Nearly y month
ago John BAuRh went there. He looked
like An Englishm man Of so, be wore good
clothes, he talked as though well edu.
oHtsd and he had q pOcketful OF money.
Re hiIe1 room At . hotel, and seemed
TO know veil enough that he Was fool.
ing with danger, for the house was q
resort OF Iecklessly wicked people.
They judged that he waB intent on Bee-
ing phnBes Of life to which he Was un
accustomed, but his cool self.possesslon
kent them from pFeying upon him.
Hs c'rsleasly showed that some Of
the bank notss IN his roll were Of the
denomination Of 800, but he spent only
as much "a he pleased and kept sober
enough to defend hlmtelS against any
ordinary attempts At theft. Bella Muir
ray was one Of the women who tried
abd failed 70 cljole him. George WAah-
inRton Smith, Joseph Bngle aud Paul
Kelber were among the men who played
tricks on him in vain. For Ave days
he dwelt iu the hotel and freQuented
the beer gardens day and night without
loainR his money or his life. But on
the sixth morning bis dead body
tioated on the surf and not . dollar was
In his wallet. BslIA Murray and the
others endeAVored 10 make 1t appear
that he had been drowned.
Their ingenuity and the ofii oiAls'
oArelossness combined to almost pre-,
vent the discovery that o murder h I'd
been committed. Three stAbs 10 BAuRh's
breast had been neatly covered with
flesh. oolorsd oouTtplAster and they es
capped discovery until tho remAins were
about TO be oofined for inteTment. Then
1t was deemed worth while to Barch
the room In WhioL he bad slept Under
the bed Was bloodstRined knife. He
bad been killed as he slept and his
money taken away and his body oon.
veyed to the ocean.