The sun., 1888-03-20
MURDERED FOR HIS MONEY.
A COLD-BLO0DED CRIME IN A LONE
SOME EARN IN NEW JERSEY.
A Duel with Fitchferhs IN which Ola Mr..
Race Defended Himself as Lsnz ne he
Ceuid-The Frirhtsul Wounds he Received

| 6OME bAhN IN NEW JERSE1.
A Duel with Pitchfsrks IN which Ola Mr..
| Race Defended Himself as Lsns as he
| Cenid-The Frirhtsui Wounds he Received
BOUND BROOK, March ia man in
weather-stained garments and rubber boots
met Coroner G. r. p. Fisher and Prosecutor w.
| v. Steele as they toiled across the deep mud
covered fields from Hnrlingen station yester-
day, to the rusty looking farm house where the
body OF old William Race was carried after he
was found murdered In his barn on Sunday
He was John Pumyea.
Coroner" said he the murderer's picture
is in the old mans eyes. Can't you get pho
tographer here right away and have tho pic
ture takenp 1t has been done before. and per-
haps 1t is not too late now"
| He led the way for nearly mile to the farm
house. and urged his plan as he went The
body lay on q plank in the hallway. Rough
! looking but kind-hearted men turned 1t to the
light while the Coroner made his examination.
II any picture fingered on the gray-bearded old
mans retina. 1t must have been one OF fend-
ish face, for seldom has body shown signs of
u more brutal murder.
The barn in which the struggle for life took
place was In plain sight mile away. 1t
stands on little knoll directly back OF Sena-
tor McPherson's big barn at Belle Mead sta
tion, half milo from the railroad. About
the same distance beyond II is the little ham
let 81 Plainyille. under the shadow of the Sour
and William schamp. An unpainted house.
stands ssr q Mr. ana farm
path leads across lots from IT. to the
Senator's big barn. and passes near the sceno
The old man kept horse and several cows
tn as aRd It has hs Wb to ant
W. Suydsm in Plainville. Mr.. Suydam keeps a
morning about O'clock to to feed I his 81 animaIs.
Il may 90 down to SEQ my son." he said on
fey nss sSs?s WEI r. ia sa ses
n hsd
until SUNDAY ID Then Mr.
ali rieht;" they said. and able to take care Of
hhimsell:s T. was not the first time he had
m s snf he rRsS rRRs5ty s%aa
suydam went to Morris Nolan and induced him
to help him n. Nolan stayed back as they az
body Ttlay in front Of the south door Of tho tho
,o%srs SSs% n ), s IhS arms were W stSut tSs
tered blood on its heavy end. Within tho barn.
the, old mans ovsrcoat and hat were found.
and beside the coat was Il hay fork. The hay
the north side of the barn, which led to the
COW COW yard ard was was open l and the tines Of the six
and near by was the ferulo which had come ONE
Off the broken handle There was no blood on
the ns bosI G ;ha hf Ssnd e. fork
fork were used for the murder.
The struggle seemed to have begun near tho
must have been attacked at first m with h the the
handled six-insd FORK to defend % % Himself a
with. If this Is true blow after blow WAS struck
hay The opS
one o. the outside ones had previously been bro
onss he ma4
derer an advantaxe. and he used the weapon
nte pte Se oa tS snd s h be Gy .s the
scalp torn and furrowed in nearly dozen
Places: The old mans hat had Slipped from
IIlsze coat eapgh. around his meek like a eape:
soSps wSs @ on s'sPsa sPsa ~ . ashs
began. for blood covers @ the top of Il: Though
faaE. snS oS hsy 1r6 sEi qfy SGo @
;lid not disable him Finally it lis Is probEnible,
used the fork as club. He beat down the old
mans guard. and u wound on the side of tho
Of the broken tine was driven to the bone. 1t
went in until the middle tine cut the ear.
not have been made with the he lisht hay ehiS tork:
The skull WAS was fractured on the right side Of
Sn the e SIDE Il ana
splintsrsd for a space as big rs hand. There
seems to DO but one way to account for this.
Tho murderer must have abandoned the hay
the heavier handle Of the six tined fork; rained
die OF the six-tined fork was tho only weapon
that was heavy enough to have caused the
fractures; But there Is n mystery about how
this fork became broken and how It's tines got
into the eow tan yard It was vas freshly spintersd
tho sy on
Of the open door are the glancing marks of its
tines dug deeply into the wood. Perhaps It
fallen. and tho murderer seized the shorter
X.apon to finish his work The tnes Sss struck
derer then finished his work.
That he robbed his victim seems certain.
mortgages on neighboring farms and always
carried q large sum OF money, with which to
an to his As so
censidsration. Every body knew that he car
ehsnzcS cinH he could always DO It. it, He carried
money in two ways: Silver he carried snIs 4 in shot
Gus pocketbook or wallet made OF 2 boot log.
The latter he carried in y breast pocket. This
ieft Sticking halt out OF tie pock where this
was. there was found .pap9er Of tobacco with
nsfa er bbg s vo@
have gone back Into Tho barn IN raking
between the, two open doors y filled.
bloody shirt and half Of q seersucker coat were
found last niGht; The shirt was ripped up the
back as If l. hud been torn of un In hurry 1T i
man Is habits. lay In wait for him, and when his
cealed It and the piece Of old coat and loft the
place by the north door, Here 10 could have
Who the murderer was is still unknown. So
| far as Is known no one was seen going toward
| the barn that day, but T. D. Striker is reported
to have seen some one leaving there about 10
| ever, whom some Of the neghhors suspect.
Morris Nolan. the man who went to the barn
| with Mr. SUI uydam. came to Plainyile about II
year ago and moved ato house Belonging III & to
| Rlone, and no ono seems to know what
he does fora living although no always pays
| cash for what lie buys, lie keeps two horses,
and goes of Oh trips through the country for
several days at u time. Tho only business,
! they say, that he has ever been known to do is
the buying Of chickens s OCCASIONALLY u He be, be,
| Is said to have bsen In the habit of visiting his