New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-01-16
DEAD WITH HIS THROAT CUT.
THIS LOOKS LIKE THE SLASHERo' Wohh'
JOHN CARSON, A DIssIfATID LAWYER shtMo
TO HAVE BEEN MURDERED.

SQUARE choosing the dark hours in the early morning
for his work. lie has been as succe'slu' rs Vi.
Wmtechspel butcher in keeping out Oh inc "'' "
the police The absence OF any other nouVe io' n'
crimes suggests the theory that he Is da"e'ouo
crank with a mania for cutting helpless dl'hAen
.n In M case has the "slasher' attempted 10
roh his victims Meeting them in the darkness ne
has given TO each In passing swift suohc WI '"o
neck or cheek with razor or sharp khhe' .
Farly Yesterday morning drunken man Was '",,'0'
ont Of a clearinghouse in the Bowery' ana sooN ''
,.rd q policeman stumbled over tile mans ceau o'uS
L, chr, stlc-st The mans throat had been cut rum
.or On ear evidently with one powerful s'oho "a "
razor or hecn-edsed knife. NO "e"po" ~"1
toupd near the body. There was " poo'
=, blood on the sidewalk, but only Few drops vi ooo"
had fallen on the mans breast ana his .'"u'
un.taned Tho position and appearance OF 'ne coiPNe
80. a.. ro,pre Of the wound indicated clearly tLat
the man had been murdered he lay heipiesslS uiu
OH the sidewalk. BY means oil papers III VI" 49,,
pockets the police soon aScertaiheu 'h'' "' W. ~
Carson about thirty years old, lorhe''S "
baltimore, Nd lately book ca'>"a''' ~ 80
Drunkenness had ruined his prospects and mao naue
lin . nbvsical wreck lie had slept lew hieh's III
,ho C;ermans Hotel at No. 81 Bowery. where ne hau
concealed his Identity by registering himself aS 'o''
Chester Want had compelled MIN 10 pawn MS wv
cont for 81 and when he WAS dilVeh ou' i'o'" Wv
:. hotelv into the storm early yesterday morning. ms
condition was so ptiable that be might wen nave po
,.rr,d IN die The police built upon those facts d
theory OF suicide refusing to admit that O'''o" wac
81 victim OF the mysterious "sasher.'
~ was a few minutes after a. m. when Policeman
usu Of the Eldridge-st. squad found Carson's BODY
,,, ON the sidewalk close TO the door OF the small
stable at No. Al Chrystie-st. The mans heau was
oword tho door and the toward the gutter
The body was partly OH its back. Inc hahuS o"'
stretched. From a gaping wound IN the 'n'o"' INV.
had poured out on the Sidewalk Du' 'ne'e ~"'
nncb blood OH the frayed black coat which tie '''
had worn and none the waistcoat ana uo"'''''
The bosom OF his white shirt was Clean anu ~ "''0
his hands. No weapon was In sight
search I'm the dead mans pockets disclosed ie'e'S
md other papers which showed that MS hd'ho va"
1obn Carson one letter was from his orothci'n'
law Frank de 5. Benzinger. OF No 2,oll ST. r"u'''
baltimore Md. scOlding Carson for ialhhe 10 "i''' "
his sister Benzngcr wrote that his daughter 'uiee
wears old had been burned to death by acciue"V vi
November IA and added a postal card a month Is
not 100 much and they expect that. Annie has oeeh
here for week. Her address Is Mrs. JOhh on.uSo''
No 4e5 Ellison-st, Paterson y. j. Inc poicc "o''
Informed later that the brOthcrsln-law were 'ue'9
and that Carson had belonged to good family anu hAu
been a promising young lawyer in Bai'ihloIc'
Among the letters were several which indicated tha'
ba had hc.n I'm small towns in Massachusetts ana 'o
uccticut recently. selling books Ihefe "So VIZ
blanks showing that he had done some cah'"S''s w.
Sctbner's and for the Collier PUBLISHING Oo'P' "
this city, At the Office Of Scribners IL was Saiu '""'
he
ceived the usual commissions, Dut lie h'u NV wv
employed regularly as an agent
Early in The day the police learned tMit 'nr'oi
had slept three nights in the Germania Ho'ei AT W.
81 Bowery, where he called hihiSen JONI N"
when lie paid II 50 for lodging Tor week. oli"i
n late hour on Thursday night lie had been uFilAiNs
IN the LIQUOR store at 40 % Bowery. shortly ai'er
ndn,rbt he wa, 30 drunk that he not able to walk
.,ope and q mar named WcstbrOok vas induced by the
bartender 10 help him 10 the lodging house carson
Got part WAY mp stairs and then sank INTO dru"Ach
stupor \ night Waterman In the logging house loa4u
Carson asleep in ali uncomfortable pos'loh on VIC
stairs about l a. m, and called Wieand, the nsh'
clerk They managed TO shake Carson awake ana 'heh
Wielsnd handed 40 cents to him and said: Il want
Won 10 get out You paid ST 80 for your lodgings Tor
n week and you have been drunk here three nights.
We won't be troubled with you any longer.
Abraham Kostn. living In the tenement house NO.
so Chrystie-st.. rotccd drunken man lying on the
sidewalk I'm front OF the stable door soon after
a. m He heard the snoring heavily Half an
hour later Henry vogt, "a milkman noticed the
drunken man the sidewalk and heard him breathing
heavily. 1t possible that Carsons throat had been
cut at that time, as bis body was coid when II was
found by Policeman Hall.
Captain Mclaughlin. who was transferred from the
First Precinct TO Eldrldgest. only few dayo ago,
protested 10 believe Yesterday that Carson had com
United suicide. lie also scOfed ut the theory that
Carson could have been Killed by the "saSiIcr.'
While admitting that Carson's throat must have been
cut when he WAS lying the sidewalk, Captain
Mclaughlin said IL possible for man 10 CUT
himself in that position. Notwithstanding such talk
Cap.ain Mclaughlin was hunting anXlOusly for some
body In of the was places in his precinct later and
with him Captain n'Connor, OF The Fourth Pre-
cinct. They went to headquarters also and con
suited with Inspectors Byrnes and Williams. who
afterward said that Carson must have committed
suicide
nuty
at the mornle IN the afternoon. lie found that the
wound, which extended from ear to ear was superficial
Neither the iuguar vein nor the wiidppe was cveied
inc man had bed 10 death. DR. DOnin favored the
Three victims of the slasher' sent TO the hos
pltal by policemen of C1ttan oConnors squat.
George Wilson, Of No. 355 eteubcn st.. lrookyn was
cut OH the cheek In oiivcr-st at a. m, January .:
Louis Lawson, a sailor oil NJ. AlDahys'', was CUT
on the cheek. Peck Slip and south ST.. early on The
morning of January q John Clark a Youth Of No No
ing from his left cheek half way around his neck
early the morning of January 10, near Chatham
square. one man, James HAHN. OF No. 3l5 East
Eghteenth-st, was cut In the sixth Precinct; The
muscles on one Idle OF his neck were severed by one
stroke Of the "sh'hers knife In Hayard-.t' Ju>'
before Captain Mclaughlin was tran 'fetred from The
First Precinct The ,lasher' cut man there The
man was Edward Christansen, a"ece. nome OF
those wounds proved TO he Dangerous Not ore victim
was sober enough when he was injured to tell the
baltimore Jan. l5.-John Carson. whose dead body
Yoh o this morn Ming was is son of John Carson Of
this city, who va in his day one OF the bsst known
successful practitioners. John Carson, ST., died in
1883. lie left hi, competency. The son also
succeeded the fathers extensive practice. His part
ner in the business William j. OBrien, highly
respected citizen of Baltimore Carson engaged IN
building speculation and also became Interested in the
Roberts Electric Motor Company The ventures were
failures Carson took TO drink and went TO Boston.
where he secured employment "Once Week"
From Boston he drifted TO NewYok Carson had
married the daughter OF John H. Barclay, AllknOwn
coffee broker OF this city. His wife forced TO leave
him. and has since entered salt for divorce
INDIGNANT PROPERTY OWNERS PROTEST.
yhe Riverside Park Property Owners Association met
Yesterday in the Office Of j. Romanc Brown