The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1891-12-08

neard loud noise. Shortly sfterward
he thought he heard cry of Help" He
came out and saw the jantor's son, and
followed him along the balcony, and
helped to raise aud hold Lewis heau until
pillow was brought. He had never seen
Lewis before.
Charles Extrica was called, but did not
appear.
SAW MAN KISSING MRS. BoUGH.
It was when Mrs Margaret Marsh
began to give her testimony that the au-
| dlence grew intensely interested. She is
a fine looking woman and was dressed in
| black velvet trimmed with beads. She
testified that on the night of the argus
building fire she saw Mrs. Hough aud a
| strange man on the roof of the Arlington
| flats.
Shortly afterward, in a vestibule, she
| espied the same man with his arms
around Mrs. Hough. kissing her. He was
rather stout man. with dark mus
| touche aud wore a derby hat. Il should
think" she said. "he weighed about 1870
pounds. l asked the elevator boy how
long this mad heen going on. He didn't
know. asked him who the man was.
He replied it was Mrs. Hough's lover.
| SPOKE to Mr.. Marsh about it, and Mr..
| Marsh spoke about 1t to the janitor next
dav."
Questioned further, Mrs Marsh con-
| tinued :--"Oh. yes, it has been the talk of
| the house for sometime. / paid little
more attention to it. l usually spend the
summer out of town" Mrs. Marsh
| didn't see the body of Lewis after the
| fall.
"Mrs. Mills" said Mrs. Marsh, "came
into my yapartments-Pm not sure whether
| it was the first or second day after Mon
| day nights occurrence, and asked me ii l
had heard any particular noise during
| the night. Late in the night Mrs. Mills
said she had heard some one cry out: On /,
don't kill him for Gods sakeI Is he
| dead?"
At this juncture Conover was obsei ved
to take out slip of paper and a pencil
| and apparently began taxing notes. A
smile played about his mouth.
WHAT MRS. MILLS HEARD. AND WHEN
Mrs. Mills WAS next called, and said she
knew nothing OF the tragedy until Mrs.
Russell called out: "My God, some one
is hurt. Come, come, somebody is hurtp
Mrs. Russell stood on the second balcony
and a son of the witness had already dis
covered the body. 1t was very dark.
Several persons appeared on each bal
cony. Mrs. Mills had never seen Lewis.
Some woman brought covering, she did
not know who. Mrs. Mills explained
that no one could enter the flats after
half past ten at night without key.
In reply to a question of the Coroner
with reference to tbs statement she had
made to Mrs. Marsh, Mrs. Mills said she
and her husband heard someone crv out
| at about two O'Clock in the morning after
the tragedy, "Murderl NY God, is he
dead ?" The sound seemed to come from
above them and the Aough apartments
were over the janitor's rooms.
Next morning my husband and N.Y.
self were anxious to fud out what the
cry meant Mr.. Conover asked my hus-
pana II ne neard any NOISE ana II ne
NM knocKeu Oh .ne WIS uuriug me n,Sne.
ME- Con0ver said. we gave ner laiiudlng
10 MRS. Hougn) some orandy oqrlng the
nlgnt anq IL went TO ner neau; L 1avene
seen Gne nougns LOT so'ne weeks. Know
Mrs. Hn9gn mas oeen nervous Ioi some
time, anu olanay usualIy quiets 1er auu
puts her 10 sieePI ~ woulu pe naruiy ial.
LOT me 70 say l SAW M,. Sonover neAu
uay. 1 nao seen Ysrv ii,sle ol ni.h' he
LOOKS nlke MIS-. liousns son' anu poen
wear ARne osercoats.
,,. In,t MhAf MISS DAVIS hEAkD. a..
a MSs Gllna a ., Daa, Sno ,se, ou VI
touftn tttt noor ultec'iy 9eneaIn hth the M rooa,
G'nu s. una, sue stu ha,a ms tha s msre
s.Thar go tha Jotor~, s;o a;,,ed ha,
mere goes ene eieyaaoT! exclalme6 ner
bsr ne mao mao ssa nsvar .nepe s,n6e Ues1
oer wear aso, oue nevef saw suGn man
as LEWIS nas neen " ne uescrioTu Eo ~ VI
o9. W cne Duhuing. Duly liau @ neIaa Lewis % ano
MS MS ,4 noust 4,,'a Ia,nes n oouppu 'oKe.ne..
a. NC ~ go, o' tha -
nae sne nau seen 1uen NJ 1n 'ig h rooh 70, ~"
seo1e,. nne uru aoY PC ~ a. gn ,rana, ~
s sne .op uaiIuny one . ~ u one ,t S."sut-
Sno uau 1u,y ny T VI eip;dooa M ~
s. anS5 WIN Ma'' irrsu. Dh uos d neai Guy
Ms.oui". M uIsS' I"us -. ea
ohnn sue nIu hoard waIp ahnva h the tin roof
eun,,,d ra,rraiiv Jaadan tha somnd ~
wotsu sootstans matorhiiy ueauen 'ne souno oi
CARPENTER HAD AN IDEA.
Mr.. Harry Carpenter knew notnlng OF
Lewis, tall or death. He was SICK In Del
that nlght. he had occupied apartments
IN tne nats TOT the past nve years, IN Iact
OH ana on since 6ne Hats were nrs6
erected. he WORKS at nlght ana nsuaily
enters py the YORK street SIDE. PerIon-
ally ne knew put rev OF the tenants. HAD
seen Lewis going In or out for the past
year OF more. Osuaiiy saw MIN In the
Ievenlng-peJween tne nours OF seven ana
nlhe. hnew wnae ialnily ne visltea-
Here handsome MI. carpenter hesltateo.
w hlcn!r asKea Ihe Coroner
"Hougn," nonchaientlv responded MT
Carpenter. Hearu a NUMBER OF persons
GOSSIP aoou, IT,
faVoraple 10 tne parry ne was Vlsit-
lnty :,
MOI TO my idea. -,
Did you ever see Mrs. Hougn! .
A number OF tlmes. Never on the
roor. Never saw tnem together. saw
Lewis enter a couple OF times oy the
YORK street entrance. Heard Lewis ana
Mrs. Hough talkinR togetner-ae least l
had an IDEA IL was they.
How near were your,