New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-09-30
MURDEROFANAk ARMY VETERAN
HACKED TO DEATH WITH BUTCHERS
CLEAVER.
FRANK PAuLsEY. A MEMBER OF KoLTEs POST
G.. A. r.. FOUND DEAD IN HEsrER-sI
TENEMENr.HoUsE WITH HIS
HEAD CIT TO PIECES.


The police of the Eleventh Precinct and the Head
quarters detectives are Just now busly trying 10
find out why the head OF Frank Paulsen was cut
to pieces last night as he sat in chair by his Ded
side Captain Cross thinks he knows how the butchery
done, he is also quite sure that he has the 'nui
derer safe in custody. For some unknown feasoh'
however. the Captain refuses to reveal the name Vi
his prisoner. All tile iquorstore men around Hester
st. and the Bowery say that his name is Charles
Knoch. Whether Captain Cross's confidence In MS
own opinions will be justified, or whether his Ideas
are all wrong remains to be seen.
The circumstances OF the tragedy lie within an ex
ceedingly narrow compass. Panlscn mad passed lis
fifty fifth year he native Of snxony, had followed
the trade Of a carpenter and was Grand ARMY Ner
cran. 1t many years since he had done stroke
OF work. He infrm, indolent, and OF convl'ihl
mood and was content to live on the pension allowed
him. lie had been long separated from his "ne'
who lived with married daughter In BroohiSh
since Christmas he had occupied one OF the lnTeo
rooms rented by william >. Burns, saddler, ana
his wife the top floor Of the crazy tenement NJ
l3y Uester-st. Like most Grand Army men who i've
on their pensions, Pausen loved the associauoh Vi
old comrades and he passed his waking life among
small knot of crones, all members Of koes POST NO.
81 Most of their aferDO0nS were spent III fauiseh 4"
little room, and they would take turns III rushine
the growler." Burnss rooms were DIVIDED 'huS .
The large front room used as paro. BY Burns ana
his wife has windows looking out ON Hcster-s'"
and a separate door opening on the hnding; In the
rear of this room Is the bedroom occupied by Burs'
with window looking out the yard; stepping out
on the landing and the head Of the stairs one sees
another door, which opens into the tiny room occupied
by Paulsen in which he lived, slept and nte. ihls
room had no window aud It's furniture WAS limited.
At halfpast last night Mrs. Burns heard fauSeh
door opened and some one running dowhs'arS AZ
though their room door open. the Burnses had
heard no previous sound and this circumstance aroused
their alarm. Mrs. Burns to the window In time
10 see a man whom she recognized run out OF inc
house. across Hester-st. and Into the Bowery. lmen
.he and her husband rushed into FaulseHs room nc
sight that met their stupehcd them WIN horoT
ON chair huddled I'm a heap, lay Paulsen with btOo
head was deep wide frrow that had almost severed
the top OF his head. Another blow had cut tiupus
the roof of the skull, third from the ri eye 10
The back OF the head and the fourth ana last han
ma he'd the base OF the skull 10 SOFT, puppy mas
Yet Pausen lived until the ambulance surgeon stepped
Into the Then he gasped once twlcs ana dieu %
I'm hi, right hand piece of light brown hnlr.
That told OF last feeble effort TO grnppe WIN MS
murderer But his hold had been loo>cned by cii
that nearly severed the fingers. piece OF thc ShuI
lay on the bed beneath the corpse while the Whis aIu
the ceiling were spattcred with the blood mat had
spured from the wounds.
Coroner Messemer thinks that the blows must have
been caused by q butchers clcaver or "A CARPENTER
adze Detective Reap. Of the Central Once. ana Cap
tain Cross with his men, were soon securing INC hcleh
borhood for the murderer. Mr. and MIS- lilEnS M'rt
nut under arrest, and Reap presently fouhn IN BOW
ery lodging house the whom she procSseu 10 nave
seen run across Iester-st.