The sun., 1891-07-11
NOT DRUNK, BUT DYING.
ryr ryKyoWNS UMBRELLA PIERCED
urLLIAM HOBBs's BRAIN

n. Lar In Beilevue for Twesty-four Hours
u.ore tho Physicinns Learned that His
xvo,nd was More Than - Scratched
rata, Quarrel Between Two Ensiish
uu,,.rs Flushed with Drink.
a, ,hs southwest corner Of Fourth avenue
a Tbirty.second street William Brandes
s.s,s a saloon and billiard room under the
,,,,s NJ The Mansion House. 1t 10 great resort
~ rai,ers. coachmen. and footmen from the
~, families. These gentlemen. most OF whom
~. NJ English origin. meet to gossip and play
,ool. aud those who arc out OF work spend
po ~, II the day there. About two weeks ago
william Hobbs q butler, began to como daily.
N. wos rather tall and his face was typlcally
rs.,isb . even TO the whiskors. while his accent
- That OF a Berkshiteman. He had come to
M. country early last fall. and had been serv-
w. Tho sohuylers and at the knickerhooker
Guh little over two months ago he took
..rvIc, with the La,lenburGs at Hempstead.
when ,hey went to Europe Hobbs was out Of
,;.h and his elegant leisure at the Mansion
House was the result.
tIohhs spent all day Wednesday at the Man.
,.,on House d.ioklng md playing pool. Al
though h, drank q good deal. no one would
h,ys suspected him Of having a jag. In the
leaning hs pluyei pool and drank with James
,ovle and an uDknown EnElish1nan. Shortly
ho,ors 10 o'clock the three men walked up to
,h. bar I, take q flnal drink. They were
au.bsd with lluor. especially Hobbs and his
n,tpowu confirm n. The unknown was not
a. rail n, Hobbs and had thin face. light
comul.xi,n, and u small brown moustache.
ia carried small umbrella with q wood ham
d,s sni long tit. Doyle says that the rela-
,,vs merits Of III" American Jockey Hamilton
ond tho grsat Ehglish Jockey Archer were
%nder consiierat OH. Hohbs hea,odiy main
mauv ,sr,ur Inn with Hamilton., The unknown.
,homch lpcsh also. held with equal heat that
Hrmion wa, fnr the SUI orior Of Archer.
TIE di di,russiun grew warmer as the three
mn, I'D toward the door. Doyle stopped at the
PSy. Avenue ll,otol e"rner. but the two others
i,Un aaS 'I 'HobDs. and, using iie umbrella rs u
uo%r. ISnr +. l,'ss red s IN % teli while the Unknown
WIIte, rsiTly niny Doyle and several other
met "a,e m ,.,cry and ran across the street.
Hi,s HG,e%" %r"vll ' n"; rise. called an ambulance
Dn NlMar,h. The ambulance surgeon;
leaned ovrI toe man, and seeing tiny wound
sas' n ausr sss sSii aI on
dunk. Ills wound doesn't amount to much."'
So lIobbs, Was taken to the hellevue Hospital al
set good bed in which to sleep Of his drunk
a, tie llo-m,al DR.. Munkiwitz acreei with
hsnasi as nin He Ts noce nicer % reporfei
that the injury was u trtle and no, effort was
made to fn,i the nnknown man with blood on
M lIo ny Dr. r. Mnnkwitl repored to the Soiics that
lie man was s,ll under the influence OF liuuor,
sud had not recovered dcousciousness. he told
The same thing to q reporter Tor THE Sun. and
Iddld that Hobbs would be out In couple
Oidsys.
wound o.ly 4" "hrasion q the skin and Of the
~; s @ Ss % "a" was y he inner rSslS ws 81
IuRIiwiiz pressed Gown on the left eyetull.
III aso s fSa e 't THe oRsr doators rressed Pres on
the eyebal and looked at one another. They
sl iet the 'eyebn,l sink n turthcr than It
wound was nothing less Than a rerforation OF
;he or6i,al rla:e and probably penetration
Of the brain.
there s would % not have been had the doctors % tx.
aninsd : e mGn carefully WHEN he came into
@ sGsps Shss snns he do HPa ass
we're Immediately informed and the where
shouis Of tie unknown became matter for
s'aS Ys.isrSsy 'naa marnlne Deputy Coroner jenkins
and Dr. MnnkiEttTR N made s an autopsy; The ha1 tip
into the bra n TO n death or two inches. The
dl.tu bance Il the brain extended TO depth
o!iour inches. Yet the orly outward sign was
aHra,ch and little sWsllinE OF the eyelid.
k,osn relative Is his mo her, who lives some-
where IN Berkshire. England For the past
lev weeks he has been Lodging with Mrs. Mo-
Nanars a. 2o5 Last Thirty:third street, De-
lrc'iyes Mullarkey aud MCCARTHY of the
Iwentv-nr.t precinct :hunted up Doyle, who
thought hs woull know The unknown II be
raw him. and sea ched with Mccarthy all day.
Eoyie Was put under arI est last night