New-York tribune., 1891-12-17
AFFAIRS IN BROOKLYN.
THE MURDERER USED A HAMMER.
DEATH OF THE SECOND vIcNM-rHE POLICE IN
ouANnARX

DEATH OF THE SECOND vICNM-rHE POLICE IN
A ouANDARy
The murder OF Mrs Frieda BoschnisSy and her four
yearold son Israel which occurred on Tuesday at the
home on the third floor Of the tenementRouse NO.
35 Moore-st. Is still wrapped in mystery. The boy
died in St. GATHERINGS Hospital at 80 O'Clock yes'er-
day morning. He gained consciousness an hour De-
fore his death and called fer his father. but again
reiapsed into insenslhlty In this state he remsmeo
nnti his death. postmortem examination showeu
that the skull had been fractured In seven places. Inc
weapon used by the murderer was without douoV I"
hammer M n piece of skull the shape of the bead OF
hammer found among the clothes which hao oeen
placed beneath the mothers head after she hao iaen
10 the floor.
YESTERDAY Coroner Lindsay discharged all the occu'
pants of the house who taken into CUSTODY "u
the night OF the tragedy. including samuei No''''
Shortly after their discharge Marks Lenburg iornsr
boarder in the Bosehnsky family and Simon Feitman'
who occupied the apartments in the rear OF thoso
oocupted by the murdered woman, were again az
rested on suspicion OF knowing something more ot
the crime than they had told. Both the prisoners
were nut through rigid examination but 1t faiied
10 thrown any further light on tile case
There are many theories advanced as to the motive
,,r ,hs crime The one most plausible IS that the
Woman uus followed to this country five months ago
nv former sweetheart who had been with her all the
wears her husband in this country Inc 1act thht
the windows were screened with n shawl during al
most the entire day OF the nurcer Is eVoehce "''
the obstructons put there with the consent OF
Mrs Boschnisky. This together with the fact thst
Tho hoy pad two visits TO Mrs Anna Brauns grocery
store. AT No 81 Moore-st three doors away ana
bought an apple each time, add, materially 10 the
prenlmption According TO the statement maze by
Mrs Braun to the police YESTERDAY the boy in answer
IN her questions TO where he got his pennies had
replIed "Therc is a nice man I'm mamma S house. ana
he gave them to me-
ho1fag i< hat
ouarrelIed while the boy absent and he struck
her down While she lay Frustrated on the floor he
completed his dsstardly work and met the boy as he
was about to e-oape coming into the rooms. II was
then he struck the boy to avoid his identity being
made known. The boy could not have more than
entered the room when he received the blow, as he
WAS found living close against the door leading to bhe
hallway This fact clearly shows that the murderer
rsCaped from the apartments by the door leading 10
Fefmans apartments, le could not have lett uhe
rooms in any other way. Before making has escape
however he removed the money which lay In an olo
pocketbOok in the second drawer OF the bureau lie
fnust have known the money there, but according
10 the story told by the husband OF the nuldercd
woman no one except his wife knew of his savings
Ills Wdfe carried the key of the bureau drawer, and 1t
evidently had been taken from her after se had Uecn
kllIed In has fight the murderer carried OIL the key
and The weapon with which he Committed thc crime.
Several hebrews who were suspected OF Knowing
something Of the crime were required 10 GlAe nOld OF
the hand OF the murdered woman and declare them
IL being believed that the murderer would not MAKE
the declaration. All the men. however, made the
statement. clew 10 the murderer was found In the
hands of the 4 black hair was FOUND De-
tween the thumb and fOrefinger Of hand and two
hairs In the other hand. They are supposed TO have
been torn from the murderer's head.