The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-11-22
THE ASSAULTONB BROOKE.
Greenyi11e Gossip Mongers
Accuse His Maynard
Son of the Deed.
THE ACCUSATION REFUTED
Family Reticent-Police Endeay-
oring 10 Locate the Two As
~sailants, Said 10 Live
in Elizabeth.

At06h0 Nv II .0ASCA AAA0 VA u
Central Railroad. on Saturday evening,
has furnished the Grsenville section with
the biggest sensation that it has had In
years. The police are greatly puzzled
over the affair. ~ the residents of the
section are busy forming theories of the
s~ssault. Rumors are flying thick aud
fast. aud little else is talked of. The case
ID far more serious than what was al
first supposed. The qaeer action Of Mr..
Brooke's family In attempting TO Keep
the matter perfectly quiet Is commented
on freely. Tue police, who above all
others, should undoubtedly be given
the true facts Of the case,
have been unable TO get any
information whatever from the family
and the clues TO the nssaiianrs that they
The police say that tue assault Is the
most peculiar case OF Its kind that has
come 10 their attention and they ara as
badly puzzled as the residents.
A MERE GOSSIP RUMoR.
Among The rumo-. that were put In
limited that Mr.. Brooks's t~wenty-four
year old sou William might have
had u baud in tbs ma:tsr.
William. VINO is slightly dsmsnted. up
to u few months Was empt0ye Ia
his fathers glass mould shop on Barclay
street, New York. He wAs not over
zealous. aud consequently did not stay
very LONG in the position. He stopped
working altogether. aud after supporting
him for several weeks. Mr.. Brooke be-
game tired. OF helping him when he
manifested no inclination TO earn a living
for himself, and finally turned him
away from home. This had the effect
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soul together. He went to Nsw York
and secured q position with a photo
grapnsr to peddle reduced rate" photo
graph tickets. This work failed to
furnish sufficient income to bay his ex>
penses and he reslgned. For several
wesks he begged 10 New York city and
visi. led a nunloer of his Greenville friends
who assisted him. Among thoss who
gave him money was Mr.. Edward Garth
waite of Linden avenue.
II FATHER RELENTED.
"A little over u mon.h z Mr.. Brooke
heard that his sou was begging in order
to Keep alive aud decided To again take
him'in hand. He Communicated with
friends VI ST. Louis, M, who promised
located William aud LOOK him to Sc.
Louis.
Certain Greenville residents claim that
they SAW William in New YorK but two
weeks ago. aud they attribute the work
OF Saturday night to nim. They say he
desired TO get revenge for the manner in
which ne had been treated. Mrs. GARTH
waite and other intimate friends of lhs
family. however, declare that they have
positive proof that William Ia in st.
Louis, and scorn the idea that he had auy
hand in the assault. but the amor Is
given much credence. by the residents of
G~feenville nevertheless. Tney argue that
AZ 4 ..t-lR hav@A I "a, t,a tln .sA a14
matter, and to back up this argument
they mention the attempts Ut the family
40 Keep the matter quiet.
DETECTIVE EGAN'S INVESTIGATION.
On Monday afternoon Detective Exan
OF Che Fifth precinct visited the Central
Railroad Company's office at Communi~
paw and q a thorough investigation
OF the affair. He secured the exact
facts of the row on the train from the
conductor. Mr.. Backer. add they wsrs as
published In THE JERSEY CITY NEWS
last night.
It was six O'Clock Sunday evening
when MI. Brooke reached his home. after
having wandered around Heboken for
many hours. As his daug tier opened
the door to admit him he staggered int3
b hallway aud fell to tue d)ur. He be-
carne very Ill. He had several vomiting
fits and became dsiirious. DR.. Hoilister
was summoned. and he found Mr..
Brooke In q very critic Il condition.. Sew
eral times during ths night IL was sx-
pectsd ma would die.
Mrs. Brooke, who was visiting friends
at Buffalo, N. z. was autographed for,
and she arrived home yesterday morning.
On Monday night Mr.. Brooke had
another bad turn. He ravsd over his
business and the assault. He recovered
bis senses but few times during the night.
Yesterday morning ho was much im-
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turn for the worse. DR.. Hollister was In
constant attendance and allowed only
Mrs, Brooke to stay In the room with the
patient. ALI others, even the daughters,
of which there are three, were refused
permission Co enter the room. The doctor
expresses grave doubtssot MIR. Brookets
recovery.
The man who wraugisd with Mr.. Brooke
and assaulted him. Is des cribed as q short
stout mau. with a heavy black nous
tache. He wore = black derby hat. His
pal who helped him drag Mr.. Brooke up
tine steps at the station. Is a frequenr
rider on the Central Railroad traius.
Conductor Backsr says that he is a
lawyer anl lives In Elizabeth.
QUEER ACTfoNS OF PASSENGERS.
What the police are unable TO UNDER
stand. IL why didn't some OF the pas
sengers on the train coma to the aid OF
Mr. Brooke.
IL <1tuuuS tuo phsrsHBoEb WtF6 WitflAui
and Charles Geunerr, neighbors of Mr..
Brooke. They were in the same car
with the assaulted man. bur, although
Ethev Witnessed the rumpus and Assault,
Ethey did not offer to belp Mr.. Brooke.
On Sunday morning Mr.. William Gem
merit visited Mr.. Brooke aud told him that
he witnessed the assault mi was pre-
pared to prevent his being KILLED. He did
not say why he failed 10 help him. Last
nigh; Mr.. Gennsrt, when iuterviewed by
q reporter of The JERSEY CRY NEWS.
forgot all about the assault. He said DC
would take an oath that he never saw
the ASSAULT. He said that he was In the
car and that there was no distnrba1 cr
not even loud talking.
1t is the opinion OF DR.. Hollister that
Mr.. Brooke was struck with brass
knuckles. Detective Egan has begun O
search for the Elizabeth lawyer aud
alleged police officer.
Mr.. Brooke IL QUE OF G~reenville's most
proininsut residents. He Is the owner of
/ 3 lnrRe. handsome brick house fn
which te resiies, and IL IL reported that
he IL worth over twenty Thousand dol
liars. He WAS soae OF the organizers OF
the Eresnville Reformed Caurch aud
Sunday school. aud for many years was
4 apDorIuteud8nt OF tho lAEtar- ~