The sun., 1891-12-03
WHO KILLED BOB LYONS I,
1T WAS SURELY ONE or THESE fOUR
PERSONS, But WHICH?

The Unsifted Circumstances which Roiat
10 One or Another ss the Probable MIR
derer-The Insuest 90 40 On To-day.
| The murderer OF Bob Lyons. the Cherry
street butcher was one OF four persons. Either
Mickey Sliney. the dead mans most intimate
friend. who is accused by the police. did the
crime. or Mrs Martin Lyons. Bob Lyons's
mother. at the mention OF whose name In con-
nection with the crime the police say. whati
| an old woman OF nearly 90. half blind. and
trembling on the brink Of eternlty" did II. or
| the boy Frank Hrousich. who worked for Bob
| Lyons did IL, or the mysterious. tall young
man with red face who sonle one says was
seen running from the shop at about tho time
the murder was committed. did It.
Ifthe murder was premeditated one Of these
four must have had an object In being rid Of
the butcher. Tilt was not premeditated then
ono OF these four In q sudden 1T Of passion
Intentionally or unintcntionally struck the
blow that nearly severed Bob Lyons's head
from his body. The key to the mystery ID the
note to the Rev. Father Kean OF st. James's r.
G. Church which Bob Lyons gave to the boy
Hrousich Just before the murder. As The
BuN has shown. the writer OF the note tried to
initiate the handwriting OF Father Kean. In
the note tho word Please" was spoiled
Piles" and tho "a" was dropped
from the word away" These mistakes
must have been made because tho writer did
not know how to spell the words correctly. He
must have known that Father Kean WAS q man
Of education. and would not misspelf words.
As the writer tried to initiate the handwriting
he would also have spelled the words cor.
rectly had he known how. The writer Of that
note.who Is probably the murderer.or. at least,
knows who the murderer is. therefore is per-
son Of little education. The question thus be-
comes. Which Of the four had any object In
having the butcher out Of the way. which was
subject to fits OF uncomfortable passion. which
was person Of no education2
Mickey sliney for more than ten years had
been Bob Lyons's most intimate friend. They
belonged to the same orders, and as far as is
sosy had LSps oTsd
might have irritated him tin in iit Of passion
tho tew hss9y sss
the mysterious y note out Of the Question. how
sasse to @ 81 o o2s H ssl
HH nsysr get so his friends % II
iGSasssion. Gs, # He T. f. {Se t1sasSrssS 9, SSqaft p
knew knew Father kean. II Nc wrote the note and
rsd e %as ps ae wds he
would have known Father kean would do
Nrs Martin Lyons Is woman OO years OF
some years. Mr CodSl hsT
says ssho e woman q violent temper: ,shs
hsppiiy tosesheT % for seme years. 1Ss sSe sss ssss
that once in her homo Mrs. Lyons was going
f tSs es5 Eh n t. tSs she
parents family. she says that Mrs. Lyons
IN return qaarreied with her. ana That on sew. sew
eral occasions he struck her
fs1fs q. es ess ssss fas
she thought the world OF him. Mr.. Cadble's
statement Of trouble in, the family is borne
hst lyons anxoss to GET
Bob out Of the business 90 that her other son.
Lyons killed her son she wrote the note with
80 the Goast would be clear There is no evil
Frank Hroasieh. the butcher boy. is only 1e
years old; but he is as big boy; physically. as
in Catherine Market Before that he worked
for a Harlem express company He left school
sato 3d saS ss eead
have for wishing his employer out OF the way.
Or I'll the persons conneetsd With tAs iass he
a1 had been On or the witness stand the
Sns ah ss
chopped 70 pieces in his drug store in 1880
am smpoyed SF hGe
the store, was arrested; It was, found that he
was committed. He was acquitted of the
crime. however. The boy was the age Of Frank
might be Krulisch. Detective Coke. who had
arrested Krulisch. went to the House OF De-
tention on Tuesday and saw that he was not.
however
or the last Of the four the tall, d-faced
young man nothing is known. 1t is not known
circumstantiai story told in Cherry street. the
author OF which nobody knows. Is true. he Is
well for the police to run that story down.
Mickey. .s!lneys lawyers. Levy. Friend. and
compsts and
alibi for their client They had dozen Wit
nesses. they said. They express an opinion
publication. They say. though. that not only
will they, clear S!iney. but they will see that
the murderer will be brought to justice. Tho
inquest In the case will be- continued to-day