The sun., 1891-07-10
STAB WOUNDS, BUT NO KNIFE
MRS GROSS BELIEVES HER HUSBAND
WAS MURDERED.

| Kelier's Thrent to XIII HIN = Found
Dead Next Morning In tho Bushes mt
Maspeth-Keiier Arrested Last Night.
Tho body found in tho shrubbery. between
the old South Side Railroad and Flushing az
enue. at Maspe,h on Wednesday, was identi.
fed yesterday at the Ridgewood morguo by
Mrs. Marie Gross of1G1 Varet street. Williams
burgh. MS that OF her husband, Charl, Gross.
who left hor Oh Monday morning. saying that
| he WINS going TO seek employment.
How Gross came to the spot where he was
| found, and by whom tho two stab wounds In
his breast were inflicted. are questions that
have not yet been satisfactorily answered.
| THE SUN told yesterday OF the iindiaR OF the
body by two children who were out looking tor
berries.
| Tho krife with which tho wounds wero made
has not yot been found. and the indications are
that the man was murdered. Coroner Homeyer
is OF the opinion that Gross killed himself, but
: DR.. Vincent L. Judson. who will make tho
autopsy. thinks differently. although he has as
yet made only a superficial examination.
The wound on the right side OF the chest is
not deer. Denth was caused bv stab little
to the left OF the cepbre Of the chest DIR. Jud-
son says that II the knife went In straight it
must have pierced the heart. In that case
death was instantaneous. and II the wound
was self-incted the knife would have been
found sticking there.
II the knife was detected to either side II
must have struck one OF the lungs. and in that
case Gross would have bled to death.
1t is doubtful II he would have had
strength after inRictlng such wound to
withdraw the knife and throw 1t away.
II the knife pierced the heart the body would
in oil probability have fallen in heap. II
beediag from the lung was the cnuse OF
death, tho body might have been found
stretched out as II the dead IIn man were asisep h
along aHe lsHi tho s' side The shirt updershift: snd
made the wounds had not cut the clothes.
The place is lonely one some distance from
ns1aasn moannr IeDss epepod Tf 10 HIM TINT
asleep in the bushes few yards from the old
the following day they sad the hr.IaG tramp
m Hsep eSnd
Gefkin was notified. and Coroner Homeyer
took charge Of the body.
dwarf scrub oaks formed a small arch. under
which. on a bed Of thick rank grass lay the
body, wns iemoy.d say that there were NO NO
thu weeds
.5sa ssss ssS
would have raised any grass trampled down;
Under!nker KuotI who has charge Of the
the ie'' head. ,e. from whish blood has flowed.
If JudsSn says he eapnGt na'ar. determine fs.
iHseg tbs. 1hs %Se
ha ad is.nsu besn earrea TO where was iound that
the stabbing was done: They say that the
s S rhs
will be made this morning at Ruon's moreue
in Ridgewood. ~ 49,.
knife. had been found by Mr.. Zeidler's little
daughter. Gross had knite in hts pocket
vile eI says. W but nothing was iound on his body.
AT Mr. Zeidlers hopse It wa, Was a sad that that the
ny sn' at Whh Goss
drinking with friends q. Wagners saloon 3y9I on
Graham avenue and a. peneymi,e so h street. @ WI!
pss p%RSss q s1e. css sssn
sss ssreneth ne Of report that IN wasnsrs saloon
on Monday evening Gross au4rreiled with
SnhR XII him h'f f"es s1 HaS.s 8; stass
street station does not think Keller 1s respon-
ssS slss. 'ss eF9ss is .sid b..r deeevne his
wife tor two weeks telling her he was at work.
he s s
hmss T6 all there 20 Is % Il rhs Both SHnTrs msa
on n certain chair"
This is what Saloon Keeper Wagner says
Keller was the worse for liquor. and tried
to pick quarrel with GROSS. Gross hnd had
more than was good for him. but he
made no trouble Keller became so
abusive that special Policeman Sam Wolf
pnt him ont Of tho place. Thcn Keller stood
on the sidewalk outside and yelled for Gross;
Send him outside he shouted and we'll
send him to an undertaker' l have not seen
Keller since that night. don't know where
he lives, but some one told me 1t was on tho
Maspeth road.
Kel Ter was arrested late last night at Ridge
wood.
Mrs. Gross will not believe, that her husband
be desPondent. He had only been out Of work
He had between Sc and 81 in his pockets whom
OF a hoI eiul disposition, and only once had she
known him to be at all downcast.
Gross was 81 years old. He was n shoe
maker. but for the past six months had been
wa,chman in q cigar factory In South Third
street. near Kent avenue. Willlamsburgh: Ho
was a Nom ber Of Gottfried Kinkel Lodge No. 3.
Brothers Of Honor. and was insured in tho John
Hancock Mutual Life Insurance CONF pany
He will 10 buried from Rnofs shop. 1O9
Bnehw ick avenue. at o'clock this afternoon.
Tho inquest will he held at olfe's saloon In
Maspeth on Wednesday, evening next.
Knew Where to Find Her H"sbsnd's Flo
turc.