The sun., 1891-07-11
VINO Killed CHARLES GROSSa
Tho Police Theory OF Suicide IL Not sus'
taincd by the Facts.

The FOItcc Theory OF suicide IL NOt Sus-
tnined ny the Facts.
The body OF Charles Gross, which was found
on Wednesday afternoon under some bushes
In the waste lands near the old South Railroad
at Maspetb, was buried yesterday In Lutheran
Cemetery. The mystery surrounding the man
per OF his death is still unsolved.
When the body was found two wounds In tho
chest and quantity OF blood stains on the
clothes pointed to the cause OF denih. Tho
autopsy made yesterday morning at the little
morgue at Rilgowood has done no more.
DR.. Vincent K Judson. assigned by Coroner
Homeyer to make an examination. reports that
"the deceased came to his death from wound
which pierced the ensform cartilage trans
yersely and penetrated the largest lobe OF the
liver in a direction. down wari, backward, and
to the right. The wound was made by knife
the blade OF which was from three-1uarters oil
m inch 10 an inch in width. and was fully
three aud one-half inches in depth"
The Sun on Thursday morning reported
that death wa due to a stab wound aprar-
entity struck downward into tho lott breast.
Stripped OF Its teehnicalities, that Is what Dr..
Judson's report says. Tho Queens county
authorities have decided without Investigation
that Gross committed suicide. and are appar-
emily satisfied to lot 1t g. at that
Justice Brandon OF Newtown says that Gross
in spite of the fact that the knife with which
the death wound was innicted has not been
found. Justice Brandon never saw Gross
in life. and yet he asserts that. being despond-
ert because out OF work, Gross Killed
himsolf. Mrs. Gross and the men who last
saw Gross alive say that lie was not despond-
ent ard Mrs. Gross ndds that she is sure he
did not want to die and that lie had no cause
il Gross committed suicide he performed, q
t h0 history Of wnsn rs says hs he
wound must have caused death within q
few moments. 1t would have been physically
it SO efiectually that a search Of two days
the cut is Just a iittle to the left Of the lower
edge OF the breastbone.
least St an i Inch, the doctor says to the rsht Of
where It entered the hesh. Either Gross
struck the blow with his left nand or some ole
III ihs 81 nose lose OF the dead man was broken as II
S ns sas ren Se tbe % where
the body was found Ia ot mixture OF sand ana
clny and unless Gross fell against the railroad
tracks those hurts could not have been self
In the absence of the Coroner DR.. Judson
sad me- sn not n care %'ss svs
the impression that he believed that GLOSS
'recu!iar features about the case" he said,
are he absence OF any cut In the wastcoat or
either OF the TWO shirts and the presence Of a
t%ee to! e thu sss Of lie bany The tne may
have ,penoti iaied, the breast at the q ening Of
the shifts while the waistcoat was lnbuttoned.
but l don't understand why The Paris A green
was applied ere souid have no 3oa eifect CT Tho
body ho,wed substance like Paris Hreen In
one o; the pockets; The rain Of OIL Tuesday
wa, She'd from tho pockets the quantity found on
As iar as Mrs. Gross knows. Gross had no
home SsSsn 1T ldi s Vares STREET. Wiiia@ tursh
Monday morning, It SO ms unlikely that he he
would have my had had the J, po%Taer Y loose on IN MS
While III
When he left there at ll:S0 j.: NJ. all the
stores were closed. AMI his BODY, not ths1i then
known to be dend. was seen hy Martin Zeid!er,.
was nfterwatd found by Mr Leidler.
1t was reported on Thursday might that John
Keller. with whom or IS Iuarr lid on Mon.
heard 10 threaten his lie. had been arrested
by the police OF tile six b precinct Of Brooklyn.
Tho report was nn ounded
cde a' ss has S r 70 ns Sl Of bis
associates since Monday night.
The knife found near the place where the
sn SGds was bears rosI s1'
Any why. whether that statement be true or
not. it was not the one with which the mortal
wound was inflicted;
trnted the liver. and is blunt pointed. while the
wound was niado with q knife the point OF
which was sharp on both edges.
body might not havo been that OF Gross. As
lar as comd be ascertained no one but Mrs.
Gross identified Ii. Gross was insured in tho
Goitiried kinkel order OF Brothers of Honor
quest will be held ut Wole's saloon In Maspeth
on Wednesday,