The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-05-01
MURDERED FOR HIS MONEY.
JOSE DE sHAYEN sHoT nv HE NICK
ny THREE UNKNOWN NEW
They Rise His Pockets. Piunder uis Pack,
and Drng His Body Into the WOODS,
Where II Is Found by u Passing Farmer

| They HI6c HIS pOcketss I'Iunocr 80
aud Drng His Body Into the Wood
where II Is Found by Passing Farme
jose Do Shayen q travelling Arabian pee
dler. was shot and instantly killed on Frida
afternoon near Haverstraw by thrce men. VIII
escaped. leaving no trace Of whence they can,
or where they went The scene OF tho murde
Is a lonely spot near tho sharp curve in IN
road leading from Hnverstraw through Ston
Point to Newburgh Tho nearest house Is
half milo away. Few people travel tho roa
at the time OF day tho crime was committed.
About II o'clock on Friday morning Wesle
BulsoT. farmer living near stony Point. me
three men walking along the road towar'
Ncwburgh. Tho oldest Of the three was tai
and dark. with back hair and moustache an'
brown eyes. lIc was about 30 years old. an'
wore n black Derby hat with guard chain at
| tached dark clothes. and q blue overcoat. On'
| o! his companions was short and heavy set
| with light hair and moustache. rod face. blu'
eyes. and n prominent nose. lie wore mo
dunn weight suit of blue chcviot. The thirt
man was OF medium height with smooth
| face and heavy features. 1ic was about y
years old. and was we'll dressed.
What's the shortest way TO Newburgh ?
asked tho tail man with the black moustache
Go straight ahead said Mr. Bulsom.
Tho men thanked him and walked on.
At about the same hour Newman Rose. a
farmer living near Bottom Beach. which Is
about two miles nearer Newburgh on the road
on which Mr.. Dulsom met tho three strangers.
saw jose De Shayen plodding along toward
Haverstraw.
Twenty minutes later or about tho time the
three men met tho pcddlcr. Farmer Bulsom
heard n pistol shot ring out up tho road. lie
thought nothing of 1t. but supposed some
farmers son was shooting at a bird.
At 12:45. us Mr.. Rose was standing by the
roadside in front OF his house lie saw three
men. answering the description Of the strang
crs seen by Bulsom. como running down the
hill from the direction which the peddlcr had
taken. Tho mcu wore hot and covered with
dust They wero about to pass without stop
ping when Mr.. Rose RIM out and halted them.
What's the matter'" no asked. Why are
Let us 20" gnsped tho tall man. only tell
us which way and how far it is TO Newbur:h
and let us 60"
While Rose was talking with. the strangers
Harvey WANT, was driving along the New
Curve. on account of the sharpness OF tho bend
Gac iO a 5Sas y nG }sS yas on h
w hy he dill not answer " Rose drove on rO.
drunken fool" When he reached Bulsoms
house he told him about the man lying along
Why, heard shot about half an hour ago.
and if that fellow did not answer you he may
be dead rather than drunk; Let US go see"
where tho man lay. They found him dying
with wide; ,open eyes and extended arms. on
S. S"fk bsR vssa a1
box lay upturned Lcncath n tree Tho mans
pockets were turned inside ont his waisstcoat
Ia trt had l.As,, .t~
put OF his trousers and rent in shreds.
His hat was missing Around his head was q
his head SoSa ne{ from % nS
bullet wound in the loft side OF the neck. lust
below the ear. Footprints in the, damp noun
silent testimony TO the fact that others than
ho dead man had been there and had. perhaps.
struggled with him; - al ,,
o Havsrstraw. They told Coroner james
iartt Of, what they had seen and Of the pistol
Judge Batchelder the Coroner drove out to the
'lace. The three men went over tho ground
= e They recognized the body as that
In the middle OF the road. about sixty feet
lbore the point where the body lay was cir |
iiameter. The men cleared this away ard |
ound beneath 1t n dried poo! OF blood. Guided
ee msn to hs I II. s
I the road. and went straight to the body OF
The pedilcr had evidently been shot where
he pool OF blood had been covered with clay.
nd had been dragged down the road and into
he woods after he had fallen. FOOTPRINTS Of
howcd that Mt least three men had been there
nd had dragged him away.
he. shoulder straps used in carrying the box
nd yalise. and the wal stcoat. shirt. and sus-
cnders had been cntawny as though the
a nfn whc Inc was S"u Of '%sf fs"' hn nf
ehes below the st nn e had Gs@
, tho brain. About 200 feet down the road
ward stony Point q pile Of hickory shnvincs
the men seen running toward Newburgh
v Mr.. Rose carried newly cut clubs. The
,iIrd man undoubtedly left his beside the body
Alter arranging for the sending of the body
} Havcrstrnw Coroner HART set out to ascer-
ang Of lahorcrs working between Strong
9" and 10 dsocf W. ta They m ssa that Gs
rec. men stopped where they were
2rknSS qnd tlat while two q them
,roner next heard Of them from William
'mtliin m1ilkm ar Mr. Iemt!in said that
Q road inst outside Of stony Point. Two Of
o men offered to sell him dinner pals while
hind and stole from y small box all the
oney he had gotten for his mornings milk.
Tho next heard OF tho men was from several |
ople living along tho road between whore
r. Jombln lost his money and where Mr..
llSOm met the strangers. or every one they |
w tho men inquired tho way to Newburg!. |
'roner HART notified the police OF Sewburgh
ID sent out u party OF men to look for tho
roo strangers.
The searcher' hunted for them until late on
idny night without success. All day yester-
y many citizens from stony Point. Haver. |
raw. and Newburgh secured the woods and |
Joining country In search Of the mon. At u |
to hour last night they had caught none OF
en-.
I"s6 Dc, Shayen. the murdered man. was we'll
lown along the west shore of tho Hudson |
nm Nyack TO West Point He lived in IIaver.
raw. IN hungarian boarding house in Di-
sion street.
He has been away from Haycrstraw for two
,eks on n business trip and was expected 10
turn last night He bore u good reputation.
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