The evening world., 1893-12-07
DID he STAB CAIN?
The Assailant's Double Begged
Money at Brewer Mayors.
Called for a Threatening Letter
Signed Charles Samson"
Addressed MRS. Bowler, 10 West
Forty.sixth street."

Capt Pickett and ward Detectives
Bronner and Gilligan, of the
Eighty-eighth street station, are
making efforts to appre-
bend the mysterious man who murder
ously assaulted Lavard Calm. the miner
alogist and lecturer, in front of his door
step. at lOi5 Fifth avenue, last night.
with a heavy, keen-edged dagger.
Last night Mr.. Cam left the Third
avenue IL" station ut Eighty-fourth
street at about 6 O'Clock and started
across town for his home.
Mr.. Calm was met at Madison
avenue and Eighty-fourth street by
a rough-looking man. apparently
forty years old, wearing a shabby
dark overcoat, a SLOUGH hat and a
heavy, fun black beard. The man
stepped up to Mr.. Calm and said:
May | speak to you a Moment"
Nh. Calm paid no attention TO the man.
who then repeated his request. AS Mr..
Calm did not stop the man went off
muttering.
He was seen to accost several other
persons Immediately afterwards.
Mr.. Calm had just reached his home
and was about to go up the high stone
steps when he discovered his questioner
of a few moments before behind him.
He was alarmed and stepped into the
little yard in front of the house leading
to the servants entrance.
Suddenly the man leaped forward and
plunged a wicked-looking dagger Into
Mr.. Cahn's cheek.
The blade. which Is fully seven inches
long and ground to q keen edge on both
left jawbone and passed upward to the
nose, cutting the bone clear through.
The would-be assassin then fled. leav-
wound he had inflicted.
Mr.. Calm, although a naturally deli
cate man.. felt little pain, and main
tanned full control of his senses. He
his brother. who was shocked almost be-
yond the power Of speech at the bloody
dagger sticking In the wound.
Th, brother, scarcely, realizing what
he was doing, pulled the weapon out,
and blood poured In torrents from both
the ~nostrils and the ugly hole under the
jaw bone.
A messenger was despatched for Drs.
McGregor, of Ills Madison avenue, n
Weimer, of AZ East SiXty-tifth street,
who promptly responded,
1t, was a long time before the doctors
succeeded In stanching, the flow of blood,
the patient rendered as comfortable as
was possible under the circumstances.
Dr. McGregor has grave doubts Of his
World reporter this morning he said
that Calm Mas in a precarious condi-
ton, and that there was imminent dam
ger of blood poisoning and lock-jaw.
Mr.. Calm is twenty-nine years old, and
the son Of Isaac Calm, a wire goods
manufacturer in One Hundred and
Eighteenth street.
man is an Anarchist, with a hatred in
general for wealthy people, and that
Mr., Calm had not been previously
marked for vengeance as was at first
SlppDSpu.
No one can be found who Witnessed
the assault, but an Evening World'
reporter learned something to-day which
nay be the means of discovering the
desperate wretch VINO assaulted Mr..
Calm.
David Mayer, the wealthy brewer. lives
at 1919 Firth avenue, next door but one
to the Calm residence. Mrs. Mayer to
an Evening .World' reporter to-day told
"A story which may throw some light on
the mystery surrounding the identity of
Mr., cahn's assailant.
4 Yesterday afternoon about . o'clock
Years a y9u aIS, ranr ba aPP frpn, 3oor rYsn'y; TSe
butler opened the door and received
from the man II letter with the request
that it be, handed to Mrs. Mayer. The
man said he would wait for an answer.
Mrs. Mayer was not at home, and the
man told the butler that he would leave
the letter and would call again later,
The letter was In French. and consisted
OF fourteen pages, closely written in "A
cultivated hand. 1t was dated from the
Grand Union Hotel last week, and was
addressed to "Mrs' bouvier IL West
Mrs. Mayors daughter read the letter,
which was of "A threatening nature. Miss
II, but among other things the writer
said that he was not seeking employ
mcnt, but was a desperate man who
nce-lcd ready money at once. The writer
declared that dire consequences would
follow Il refusal OF financial aid. He
wrote that he had been a bronze manu-
facturer,, and signed his name Charles
Mrs, Mayer was somewhat alarmed at
the Threatening tone of the letter, but
concluding that 1t was from either an
impostor or "a crank, told the butler "a
give the man IL dollar when he called
again.
The butler describes the man who left
the letter as iight-compleXioned, with IA
light muStnChe,
shortly before { O'Clock the stabbing Of
young Mr.. Calm occurred. and q member
of tn" Calm family rushed Into Mrs.
Mayors house for assistance, For n
time there was great excitement, and
/ before things had cooled down again
p Mrs. Mayors butler was called to the
= door again.
This time the visitor was II tail dark
man, apparently furty-iive. years old.
with blaCE hair and mustaCh". lie said
% that he had called for the letter left
, the re some time before, The butler says
both the visitors spoke with "A foreign
, accent.
= The butler gave the man a dollar and
t caller asked for the letter. Mrs. Meyer
, was consulted, and told IN" butler to
give the man the letter, This was done,
, and the man went on grumbling,
To-day Mrs, Mayer was much an
} nOyed to think that she had not kept the
! letter. She could not explain how the
begging letter came to be delivered 10
r her The butler, Hwever, said that the
second man told Mn that Mrs. Bouvier,
p 10 whom the letter was addressed, had
I left the city and gone back % France,
p, Mrs. Frances NJ. Brittun occupies the
rcsidcnC" al 10 West FOrty-siNth street,
{ but al II West Forty-siXth street lives
Michael G.. BOuNicr, a stock broker, OF
! 10 Broad street,