The evening world., 1891-08-05
. NO LIGHT ON KORFF'S DEATH,
His Sons Still Believe He Was
Robbed and Murdered.
Tho Idea of Suicide Declared to BE
Absurd.

Although the po,,-mortcm examination ot
the body Ol PROT ,h1s. \. kurn, the wcll.
known teacher of languages, OF ll57 Boston
avenue which was found nuating IN the
sound, OIL OAK Point, Monday after
noon, with several bruises ON the
head ana large sum ot money
ana u watch missing, diocosrs the fact that
death, In the opinion ~ Deputy Coroner Don
lin, was due TO drowning, the dead mans tam
ny ana those VINO knew him stlll believe that
he was the victim Of foul play.
The police OF the MorrIsania station from
cant. McCullagh down to the humblcst pa
trolnan, are puzzled this morning to account
for the disappearance Of Prof kurn's watch
and money, and though the result Of the au-
topsy has In a mcaSur" cleared their minds
they declare that the circumstances that led
up to the mans death are as deeply shruudcd
IN mystery as ever
Detectives lockwood and Johnston, who
have been endcayuring TO trace Prof kofn's
movements from the time he LEFT his home
saturday with hl, iavorite pug dog until his
| ltclrSs body was seen on oak Point, have 80
! far failed to secure any evidence that might
! throw any light On the case.
They worked hard all yesterday and last
]
| ground In tine vicinity of OAK Point, question
! iuE all the employees Ot that pleasure resort
/ with "A view ut iiudiug something lhul would
/ lead to the idcuilnnatlIn Of the stranger VINO
/ WAS seen to Iak" % drink with Prut. hurn III
] the pavilion, about o'clock saturday night.
/ The result has been very dScuuraglng, hut
/ they viii continue tu work on the case uhiii
, something definite huS been reached
| To an ENESING WORLD reporter detective
! lockwood said TINS morning:
- agree with Deputy Coroner Dunllh ihat
| kurn was not WaNlaid on -andbuggcd, but
/ there l. something mysterious about the
money and watch not being on the body when
! round. There Is rs vet, however, no absolute
| prOuf thut Prof. kOrn had any large sum oi
! money with him, though his SONS say that hc
! had"
| In his examination OF prof kOrn's body
| last night Dr. DUnlu found two Injuries
, about the head, one ~ which was IN The fore
| head Just above the right eye while the Other
was ON the back Of the head.
There was blood under the scalp at the
location Oi both injuries, and Dr. DOnlin con
cludrd that the injuries were insufficient Il
produce un Consciousness. From the condition
VI the lungs he was Of the opinion that tht
man died from asphyNlatOn by drowning
though he could not say whether IT was the
result Of being thrown or falling into tn,
water
Martin Korff the eldest son, declared thil
morning that the idea that his father ha(
n vr1nTntT rru Snfcide was absurd II wus en-
tircly Incompatible with the mans chTaGte
and temperament.
= i AM thoroughly satisfied that sOmeon'
robbed father and threw him overheard, salt
, ! hir. KOrif. While we cannot nN the eNuc
sum OF money on his person, We know lie ha'
, good deal because out OF II he paid Dill o
& $40 saturday morning.
: " lie was peculiar man. His bank was hi
3 pockets and he used TO carry around with hin
large sums