New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-03-16
TT IS STILL A MYSTERY.
NO CLEw TO THE MURDERER OF RUIILN'
GER
STATEN ISLAND OFFICIALS FAIL TO cLf'"" %
THE CAsE-MoRE FACTS ABOUT
THE DEAD MAN.

THE CAsE-MoRE FACTS ABOUT
THE DEAD MAN.
II any clew to the murderer Of C. f. kuuinser ,n'
obtained by the police OF this city yesterday o'o' %
pains to keep it from the knowledge OF ire p,ono
1t was said that fresh information had f'1cheu .'
home OF Gustav :. Neu, at No. 12I East fh's eiem
st. in which Rutunger boarded before he went 10 io@
tcnvil!c, $ L. to meet his fate on February :. III
spector Byrnes was Headquarters only snort u"'o
Yesterday morning and then left the city on DusieS'
the nature Of which was kept secret Dy thc o'i'
officials. IL was said that nothing had been Harnea
about the recent movements of william Wright huo
fingers brother-in-law, who was with him III tin
Fifty cighth-s house several weeks ana was oehe'0
TO have gone TO Boston on February l.
The staten Island authorities cleared up one poihs
yesterday, and that the identity OF the I"o hoh
who Mr.. and Mrs snyder, of Amboy Road Iotleh-
ville say passed their house a week ago yesterday
ard whom they believed to be Ruttinger and Wrlst.
II was proved, however that the two men referred
TO were carpenters employed at the Mount Lorctta
Home at Pleasant Plains.
DR.. William c. Walser, Bcdell, the undertaker'
Coroner Hervey and DR.. c. ID. Lyon still entertain
the belief that the body had not been in the water
more than days. They all say that If the body
had been in the water for weeks and II 1t had been
taken out in good state Of preservation decomposi-
ton would surely have set in soon as 1t was ex-
posed to the air The body which Is still at Bedelrs
Morgue IS in good condition Notwithstanding the
fact that two autOpses have been performed
Officer John Journey yesterday discovered ie"
hat living i'm the mud at point below water MARI
near where the body was found The hat was new
ono. The lining had been torn out and the makers
naIne had also been removed. Journey took the hat
TO Tie police station at Iottenvlllc Gustav Ncu, the
boarding house keeper of this city, with whom Rut-
finger and Wright boarded, will be asked 10 look at
the hat for the purpose Of learning whether it be-
onged 10 Rutingcr Wright. 80 far as can DO
learned Ruttlngcr a derby hat when he left tho
boarding house.
DistrictAttorney Fitzgerald had interview yester
day with Ncu when lie learned some facts which
might have an important bearing in The Mr.
Fitzgerald had in his Possession Of the murdered
mans property lie showed Neu several photographs,
two of which Neu recognized as Rutinger ard Wright
lie said he believed the Others, which were The
pictures iof a woman and two Children were Rutin-
gers wife and family lie said, however, that Rut
finger had Told him that lie a married
man. Neu also tod the Distrct-Attorney that Rut-
finger informed him that he hal advanced Wright
800 February /, the day Wright left the boeriins
house to 20 to Boston to accept place u diamond
setter. Wright tod Rutngcr that he would have TO
place this money security with his employer.
huttinscr went away with Wright on that day and
When he came Dach 10 the boarding house he tJid
Neu that lie had seen Wright get board OF the IS
O'Clock train the Grand Central station for Boston,
On the following day Ruttlnger lett the boarding
house ana did not return.
The District Attorney learned from New that Ruttn-
ger mad box - patent matches in his possession
when he lett the boarding house. \ similar box was
round on the body and the box contained only a few
matches. Ruttinger inveteratc smoker and
it /, believed that the box Of matches could not hayo
lasted him more than day or TWO. This would lead
to the impression that he did not live longer than that
tim. after he left News place. 49,,
DistrlctAttorney Fitzgerald yesterday found addi-
tiOnal insurance papers among the murdered mans
property, showing that the total insurance hi, If,
"ae Scoop There j. policy IN the Victoria Accl-
dental % Berlin for 1000 marks, paid up TO March l.
There IS another POLICY on the kolni,che accidental
This policy i, numbered 3j,1lo and IS for 10000
marks and paid up to May l.: 1891. Both Of these
benefit /, stated. There i also a receipt and book
OF bye-laws OF the Equitable Life Insurance Company
Dresden. Germany. The receipt shows that Euttnger
paid hi, last premium on this poicy which amounts
The receipt is signed by J. Wledemann, ir.
among the dead mans property are also two Italian
letters written letter heads Of Banca p. Papo
lare A: Agrin Commo di pavia and dated in the early
IN German and dated stnttgart February y. and ad,
dressed 10 Dear Carl Tie writer informs Rut-
ali right from stuttgart and that he had also him
REGISTERED letter which he hoped he would receive at
signed Grosscr" Thi, letter was typewriter on the
leteThcad Of German banking house rr 10 n.
Board of supervisors of Richmond County for sui-
Gent appropriation to enable him to carry on The in.
vcSticatOn Many prominent citizens of staten Island
have requested the DistrctAtorncy 70 every effort
10 secure the arrest of the murderer or murderers
preparation will place himself in communication with
scotland Yard and the relatives of the murdered man
In Germany At a late hour last night the District
Attorney said that, - far aS he knew, no clew had
been obtained as 10 Wright. Dir Fitzgerald said that
il Wright didn't know something about the murder, 1t
was strange that he had not been heard from befoTo
this. to clear himself The District Atorney will SEQ
the German Consul to-day. as 10 determine when
the murdered man shall be buried II Is Thought thae
the funeral will take place to morrow. - .
Il was reported that SONS linen marked w. W.
had been found among RuttinG,rs property But TINS
is not true. The only articles which thought 10
have belonged 10 Wright small scales used by Jew
cllcrS and an amateur camera.
Dr. Walser says that the autopsy which he mado
showed no trace of alcohol I'm the stomach or braln
The doctor is firmly Of the belief that the man was
drlgecd before he WaS murdered. Policeman Journey,
who was stationed the railroad station on the night
Of February =. says he remembers the night distinctly
because il rained He IS certain that no person look
ing like RuttnEer. answering the des 'rpiH' Oh
Wright got oil the train from New York that beat.