Evening journal., 1890-04-24
a MYSTERIOUS SUICIDE.
Is the Dead Man the Paris
Stranger?
HE GREATLY RESEMBLES EYRAUD

$50 sss""-et WI" hlieu HimseH OF
Staten Island Talked Like Foreigner
aud Is Tha,ght to Have Been Deput,
Marshal GouGe's Slayer.
New York, April 2l.-There are strong
reasons for believing that the body now
lying in the dead house in Northheld town
ship, S. J., is that of Michael Eyraud, who
in July last, strangled to death Deputy
Marshal Gouife in PARIS The man who
now lies dead committed suicide on Thurs
day night last by shooting himself in the
mouth, and the body has not yet been
claimed by anybody The picture Of Fly
raud, however, published last month. and
the description Of his personal appearance
published from time to time since the com
mission of the crime, serve 10 leave nc
doubt IN the minds Of those who have seer
the remains that they are those of the
Partisan stranger
story Of the Suicide
The man arrived in Port Richmond, S. /.
last Thursday morning from the Bergen
Point ferry, and strolled up and down the
streets for some tigne ia the evening he
was sitting IN the Turnpike Halfway house
kept by Michael Mulvaney He was then
very nervous. on leaving Mulvaney's the
man walked along the Willowhrook road
and on reaching the farm Of Charles Drever
about mile and a half from Port Rich
mond, he sat down on stone behind a
cedar tree About O'Clock pistol shot
was heard by Michael Hartung MIR. Dreyer's
hired man, who ran across the field from
the barn to the road and found the stranger
lying unconscious against stone fence
with blood streaming from his mouth and
nose.
Shot Ia the Mouth.
In the mans left hand was held leather
pouch, and in his right five chambered
revolver which had been carried in the
pouch A bullet Of thirty-two caliber had
been Erred by the suicide into his mouth.
and imbedded itself in the skull. causing
instant DEATH At the inquest on Monday
night the attention of the coroner was
called by Charles DIeyer to the remarka,
bic resemblance between the dead man and
the picture Of Eyraud, remarking at the
same time that the published description
of the Partisan stranger might have beer
written with perfect accuracy Of the stran.
ger The coroner was also very much i'm.
pressed with the resemblance, and he noti.
fed Inspector Byimes As lie received no
answer from the inspector, he sent the body
to the dead house in Mortified on Tuesday
where it was boxed up FOR burial.
A Description of the BODY.
Yesterday afternoon a reporter drove out
to the county house and saw the remains.
The resemblance between the dead MANS
4 features and those of tile photograph 81
| Eyraud taken in lsIs. was AZ once appar.
| ent. The body was that Of man about
six feet tall weighing about lsOpounds and
over 45 years Of age. There were the same
high and receding forehead, the massive,
square set face, with high cheek bones. the
firm and somewhat sensual lips md large
eyes Of the picture. The nose too, was
large and slightly aquiline, while a pro
tuherance on lis bridge gave il the appear.
ance Of having been bruised or broken
His complexion had been florid, although
white in death, and his rather bushy mus
tache was a grayish black, as was his hair,
which grew somewhat thinly, making him
slightly bald The eyes are hazel.
He Had "A Foreign Accent.
Eyrauds hands lrave been described as
large and muscular, and SO were those Of
the dead man. They were powerful. sinewy
hands, with a skin as white and soft as a
woman's His hat, something like the
style worn by Grand Army men, was mark
ed on the band inside, 'Stockwell, extra
quality, London The revolver was of the
Marquis Of Lorne pattern Superintendent
Mccormack said that the body had not
been seen at the dead house by detectives
or any one else. If nothing was heard from
the police or friends Of the dead man be
would be buried today, or tomorrow at the
latest.
Michael Mulvaney, who was the last man
w4fo spoke to the stranger before he shot
himself, said that he talked with a foreign
accent, and acted and talked like a man
who had always lived we'll and was accus-
toned 70 good society.
Eyraud's Notorious Crime.
The crime for which Eyraud has been
hunted for months by French detectives
was committed in the rooms Of Gabrielle
Bompard, 20 which Deputy Marshal Gouffe
had been invited There was no clue TO the
murderer until few months ago. All that
time the womsn, who had fled 10 San Fran
cisco with Eyraud, resented his cruel treat
ment and deserted him She vent TO Paris
and informed the police that Eyrand had
planned and carried out the murder, and
that she was only an accessory to the crime
The detectives got on the trail OF Eyraud
In February just after he had left the Hotel
America at Fifteenth street and Irving
plaee He had previously been staying at
the Hoffman house and the Hotel Martin
on University place. He went under the
name Of Mr.. Avrard, a merchant from
Guaymas, who was in this city on business
He was a social favorite among the hotel
guests and succeeded in borrowing from
them various sums of money The de-
tectives went to Montreal and San Fran
cisco, but in vain and apparently the search
for him was recently abandoned.
They Look at the Body Again.
Coroner Wood resua7ad .he INQUEST ia
the case last night. The jury drove TO the
county house, where the body lies. and did
not return until after midnight. II is an
extraordinary occurrence for Jury to view
body a second time.
Coroner Wood said that if after the sec
ond examination the jury thought that the
identification was proven, the interment
Of the body would be postponed. and that
he would correspond with the French
authorities.
Inspector Byrnes Is Mum.
Inspector Byrnes would say little about |
the case As his reason for not responding |
TO Coroner Woods request, he said he was |
mot looking for dead men, From the |
published reports he thought it was inn /
probable that the Staten Istand suicide /
was identical with Eyraud. He did not
deny that his men had been looking for the
stranger for several weeks.
Railroad Rumor Denied