The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-12-07
FOUND DEAD IN THEIR ROOM.
TWO SWEDEy ASPHTxIiTED Nv
GREENVICH STREET HOTEL.

Three Others, aud Left Yesterday with.
ont Ipau,ry for tho Two Men WHO
Were Found Dead In BED Soon After
The Police DO Not Suspect Foul PlaS.
Five big muscular men. apparently Swedes.
wearing heavy cloth coats with fur collars
foot broad and fur trimmings on the sleeves.
and carrying carpet bags and satchels. wa,Reo
down Greenwich street on Monday afternoon
They had jus. landed from the west shore
ferryboat at tho foot OF Franklin street. and
their supcrb physioues attracted considerable
attention from passers by. They seemed on
excellent terms with one another. and laughed
and chattcd pleasantly together.
They stoned at tho Homemade Hotel at
2S4 They stood in front OF tho place Tor rev
moments talking. and finally entered ana iniu
their luggage down whilo one OF their hunber
stepped up to the woman cashier OF the res-
taurant who is also tho day clerk OF the hoto'.
In broken English he told her that he and MS
friends would like to secure rooms. inc
others said nothing. and. 80 far rs the clerk
knows were unable to speak English. Nhcn
they wero told 10 register. however. they
stcppcd forward ono by one and wrote their
names in the book. These are the names they
signed: Henry Burg. Peter Lund. c. SussRin.
Charles Anderson, and A. L. Andersen.
All the names wore written in well-formed
English characters save that supposed to he
susskn. which WAS mixture OF German ana
English letters and was scarcely disclpher-
able. All registered from Canada. The spoRes-
man informed the clerk that they would
double up. and accordingly Burg and Luna
wero assigned to room 70 on the fourth floor.
Susskjn and Charles Andersen we're sent to
room %. which is directly opposite 70. while
tho o,hcr Andersen was put up in room ''3. n
,l,o dto.o q
arrivals went to their rooms Mt once and re-
manned in them until nearly q o'clock. when
they all CT ma down together and went out.
At y o'clock yesterday morning. while the
proprietor OF tho hotel. Henry Buckley. was
sitting behind the desk ha saw three of the
men 80 out. 1t was o'clock in the afternoon
when they returned. They said nothing to
nnybody. hut went right UP stairs. In a half
an hour thoy came down again. Tho other
two had not put in an appearance since they
retired the night before. Tho three men had
on their fur conts. and carried number OF
bags and satchels The man who had acted
rs spokesman before asked the PROPRIETOR
how much they owed him.
why. you're not going. are your" inquired
Mr.. Buckley.
Yes" responded the man.
"All OF you?" interrogated Mr. Buckley.
looking around for the other two.
The man replied that they were NIL going.
that the other two had already gone out
through the hallway. or were stu UP stairs
TsG r an T th" I be t a sn
VI A i u -. O'clock Mary Butler. one Of the
-. 1t was locked. so she Knocked n couple Of
times. but got no RESPONSE. Room 70 Is Pc
ease. and there are two transoms one over tho
door onenng on the corridor AMI another on
the si'c opening on the staircase. by going
ward IL little II view of tina interior OF the room
can he obtained through the transom;
wido open. ana the En,!sr girl was about to
look through it when she ecnmo frightened.
and. running down stairs to iIr BUCKLEY. told
EiHser. and told him to 90 W ami inSestisate.
put his shoulder to it AMI forced it ,open.
tho room the Eng H neer saw tia two strnngers
lying side by siGe on their backs on the bed.
Tho cns was turned on at full force: He quickly
shut ii of and 'hrn ran to the bed t. Look at
IL" men. Both were apparently quite dead.
The policeman On post was notified and 10
Chambers Street Hospital pronounced both
men dead.
As they lay or the he'd they looked eroush
f5o% I isana the the room it t Was evil
had come here direct from Minnesota. 1t was
also evident that they We're on their way TO
or I the n com
pany for tncSagoto DO transfer to the In:
man line per. There was also, watch and
cnan. n razor. and u purse containing s4.GS in
the room.
Though some Of the circumstances appeared
suspicious at first. tho police Investigation
seems to prove, that the mon came t. their
deaths by accident The police also discov-
cred that mistake had been made as to the
sod n N,., fhay ip m POI
Captain Ryan. with his two ward men. Melon
onEh and kehoe. 1T once hogan search forthee
to the lnmrn line. whore the City OF New York
WAS getting ready To sail
The uolicemcr went through the ship with
out finding the men ana then gave ur their
search after leaving word 10 havc he tag
gage OF the dead, men held and word sent TO
Them when the three others should 90 aboard.
Then Detective Me houousli returned to the
hotel aud found loto vuuables concealed
1t was whom these things were examined
that the identity OF tho men was made rlain;
Nnr set of raluahles trlon:ed 20 iet.r l.rind
anh the other to the man whose signature had
Charles Swanson Tie nline Of iS thesr things
the three other men are wanted for now is 10
get interpolation rs to the friends or relatives
Tho dead men seem to have como from Sro-
kane, Falls. .an4 belonged in Goth-rhure.
Sweden iet"r i.uhd had II draft OF tho Ameri-
Nelson < co. ~ GothrnburG for SOB. 20 sro-
n"rs. u lost Office money order receipt issued
ut Sroknn" Fails in favor OF Andrew Swon>nn
OF Toltnn, Swollen. for 80 kroners: ono :, and
one ~ krorer Swedish hank notes. and $,l7o in
rah2ation paper Issued on Oct. %, 1880,
from the District Court OF Ramsey. county.
Minnesota. swanson had draft similar to
three 5-krcn"r notes. a new gold watch and
chain. and first papers from the same court.
street police station. Upon Coroners per-
init tho bodies were removed to kennedys
n u L u ahnI I'm rlofr.