New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-05-17
PALL1STER is DEAD, TOO.
HIS BODY FOUND IN THE HUDSON.
IL hi'ri WOUND IN HIS HEAD-BELIEF THAT
HE KILLED EOEHL AND THEN
SHOT HIMSELF

HE KILLED EOEHL AND THEN
SHOT HIMSELF
Sing Sing, May l6 lSpeciaD-The mystery re-
earnihs ue escape from Sing Sing Prison or
April 20 OF Frank W. Rochl AMI Thomas Palliste
mas oeeh decpened by the finding this morning OF
:Tt1n't"r~ dead body in the liudson River
within short distance Of the spot whore ,ebl.
pody was picked up less than a week ayo
Ih" testimony of the physicisns who examined
/ both bodies shows that each man djcd from =
pistol-shot wound in the head Pallistcr was shot
in the face. the bullet entering under the left
! eye. But this does not, by any means. throw
any light upon the question as TO how the last
man found was killed. A great mnny things
must be explained before the public. will ac-
cept as trOc any theory that is advanced by
those who have been working on the case There
are three men who might be able - explain
away some of these problems, but no ore of
these men has been sent for to give testimony
either one way or thc other in regard t. the
two men who escaped. They are Warden Brown
and Keepers Iinlsc and Murphy Tho former
Warden knew both OF the murdcrprs we'll IIc
vi,itcd Them almost daily in their cells after
they were taken to the prison, and nc knew
every mark upon their bodies by which they
could be identified. IIulsc and Murphy also were
not sent for. either when Rochs body was found
or whom yesterdays discovery was made, 10 give
their testimony and TO make the dentifcatiors
moro complete.
During the last few days of Carlyle W. larriss
life he worked upon statement which was to be
made public Immediately after his death News
paper men saw the prison chaplain come from
llarriss cell on the morning of the execution with
ii large envelope in his hand. 1t was full almost
-.
posed to tell something in regard to the escape of
the two murdcrcrs II was sent to Albany, and
after it had been examined in secret statement
WAS given out that of Harris. II has been ad-
mittcd that Harris wrote two statements, long
one and a short one, but no ono has been able 10
discover why the long statement was sup
pressed Harris was admittedly bright man,
and hc probably saw and heard and wrote of
things which happened during the escape, and
which tn" prison authorities were anxious 70 keep
from the knowledge OF the public
there is no doubt that the body found ycstcr-
day morning of Sinc Sing was Palst"r's. II
there had been a deep conspiracy on the part o.!
the prison authorities 10 hoodwink the publ" into
believing that the two men were dead. il would
have required remarkable brain 10 engineer II
all ana every one who hae had anything 10 do
with Warden Brown or the two keepers, knows
that they are not mon Of sufficient mental calibrc
10 carry out sch"me which would require so
much detail such great shrcwiness and such exccu-
tive ability. They might have dressed dead
men in tho clothing worn by the two murlercrs
and put them in th" water a. many people b"-
icye has been done but il would have been
dihcuIt tor them 10 secure two bodies TO cor
respond 30 closely 10 the two men as do those
which have been found.
Roel.is body was found last week Wednesday
The Identification was perfect, unless the prison
authorities swore TO absolute falschoods. The body
which WAS identified that Of Rochl dressed
In the clothing known 10 havc been in the
prison by Rochl. Around the neck was the ribbon
holding tho crucihx. which he had for so
many months in prison. In the pockets OF the
clothes on the body were the photographs, papers,
privai" letters and documents, and Catholic prayer
book which Roehl had. The prison physician. DR.
Robert J. Irvine, had pulled several teeth from
Roehls mouth, and the teeth fitted the cavities
perfectly. Under ordinary circumstances, there
could not have been more perfect identification.
Rochl was dead be fore he touched the water. Tho
examination by the physicians showed that no
frs, had been hit over the heal and then shot
The doctors who examined his head found an ante
mortcm clot of blood two and one-haf inches in
formed before the bullet entered his brain, which
made death certain. The man whose body was
identified as that Of Rochl had been shot. a
thirty-two cabre bullet had been fired into his
head The bullet entered the skull one and one
half inches above the right ear, and if the two
physicians who made the autops, on the body
knew what they were doing, and if they told the
truth it took such course that instantly destroys
all theories that the man who's" body was found
on last week Wednesday committed suicide. This
does not take into consideration the fractured
skull AMI the ante-mortcm clot of blood under
il, which in itself shows that the bullet entered
the brain after the blow which fractured the skull
had been delivered
Pa'listcrs body was found this morning an hour
earlier in tho day than when the body identified
as Rochs was picked up by three fishermen. To-
day it again fell to the lot Of fishermen TO find
the second body. Ever since the escape of the
two men from the prison the fishermen have been
on the watch for floating bodies in the hope that
they might receive the reward paltry and in>ig
niiicant it was when it is considered that two
murdcrcrs who had broken Jail were at large, for
the bodies Of RochI and Pallistcr, dead or alive.
The reward only $3.50 II man, but to a shal-
fisher il represented small fortune At the time
the body said to be Rochs was found, the fisher
men who saw il declared that they another
body. but were two much frightened to go for it.
The prison authorities scoiicd at the idea that it
might be Paistcrs body. Their scoing, how
ever, did not cause the fishermen 10 lessen their
vigilance as they went 10 and from their nets.
John Bngall, jr, and Robert Smith, two fisher
men. went out to their nets. which were set about
mile from the shore, early this morning. After
lifting them and taking away the fish, they started
to return to the shore. Just they were start
ing Off. one of the men thought he saw something
that looked like a human body III the water a few
yards ahead. The fishermen had been msicd so
often since the escape that they looked IA second
time before turning their boat toward the object
which was rising and falling with the waves.
They decided that it human body, and in a
moment when they rowed alongside OF it, found