New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-11-10
NOW THEY THINK 1T MURDER.
DELINQUENT POLICE AT LAST ROUSED IN
THE CASE OF DIR. G. w. LOVATI.
THE EXTREMELY SUSPICIOUS CIRCUMSTANCES
SET FORTH by THE TRIBUNE ALONE Az
TIE TINE THE DOCTOR WAS SHOT
OFFICIALS FINALLY At WORK.


OFFICIALS FINALLY AT WORK.
The November Grand Jury will to-day start III
the investigation of case whch aiorus ,
able object-lesson in the methous vi "o aa
day precinct police. on the night OF oc,ooe'
DR.. Galen W. Lovatt, an advertising ph'sv'"" ,,.
for years had gained notice In ccnnectoh WIN
what Is called an Indian Vegetable Specinc' met
his death from pistol shot In the house NO 10,
West Twenty -frst-st.. KEEP, by woman na''eu
Kate Gardner. better known as biohoe nav
On the first discovery of DR.. Lovatts UNCONSCIOUS
form, with bullet hole In the ieit pe"P'e' w
Nineteenth Precinct police and the newspaper me"
comfortably settled on a verdict of suicide. binary
closing their eyes to the many peculiar anu u
explained circumstances connected Win 'he uc"'''
or all the newspapers In New-iork inc ir'o"".
was alone in the suggest IN that Dr. Lo'a'. "au
been murdered To The Tribune and The Tribune
only is due the credit of starting the inquiry whch
hos ,bus far resulted in verdict Of homicide, given
by a Coroners jury.
N,yy 1NrXrLICABLE CIRCUMSTANCES.
nr Iovatt died In the New-York Hospital on
SATURDAY. October u, the morning after the
shooting On that day The Tribune had
called attention to the following lacts III sup
port of its belief of murder: DR.. Lovatt. VINO nau
been married twenty three years came to TINS CITY
in September with his wife and son; took rooms
in the Twenty -first-st house kept by the woman
Gardner but rented In the name of her mother.
Mrs Mcdowell. Mrs. Lovatt soon decided that !"
WAS no fit habtation for an honest woman anu s"e
cntreated the doctor to leave H. ABOUT inns u',e
his mind usually clear and active seemeu " NC
suddenly clouded He spoke and acted IKE d man
Under the influence Of narcotics. He refused 10
,a,.o the bouse and declared that he would re-
main with Mrs Gardner. Young Mr. Lovat there-
,;pon got lodgings for his mother and hinseil a'
No l57 West Twenty-second-st.. and on oc'opei
A. after final and distressing scene VIII" '"e
husband and father. they left the mouse. W.
hours before Dr. Lovatt had shown his wife sVo
in two rolls of bills. and this money was III HIS
pocket when she left the house. Every Gay she
tried to get speech with her husband ana ea ,tt
time the Gardner woman, bleached blonde WI" adi
mittance They watched and waited but the DOC DOC
tor appeared. On one OF fhe.e ia was
IS 1ad"t to- JEFFERSON MARKET Police Court but
Police Justice Hogan dismissed the case without
on the night of october 70 Policeman Reagan agar,
called the house found Dr. Lovatf attn SsrR Vd
bruises on the jaw and eyes. and with only 10
cents out Of which he had pocke5ed six days
before The only evidence regarding the shootlns
Was furnished by Mrs Gardner herself who said
she had heard the sound OF pistol shots on a hou ue
before but being under the fsSSnt that WORTH
shooting at had n The doetor had BEEN
found by man-of-a,W9 known cd Is Sn tbe
Leyfaiary called a Hun ss 3aSnd Ia' note read
ing follows: .o.h.r % 1909
AT No. 1s7 West Twenty-frst1 ST. h 1 T TTed
long enough in misery. DIX " LON ALL
God forgive for this last act; alone.
my death with the aid of this revolver
ACTION Is FINALLY TAKEN
First the peculiar signature and studied woroins
of this note attracted the attention of The Tribune
and next the circumstance that the lines following
the signature had been added as an afterthought
on the part of the writer. The Ntnsteenth Pre-:
t fact eharaeter aeserbea by lis Lot existed in
quiry showed that at the time OF Or; LoCstIas
ner; her mother Mrs Mcdowell; 0eor.ie Mat.
wear rouge and diamonds; man known as Jack
Conrey who spent most OF his time with MIS-
Gardner and had the manner or typical Sixtn,
avenue swaggerer, and Arthur Pendar, theatrical
agent, who carries his office in his nat AZ me
Inquest held yesterday these people all Iender,oin
heard the shots. but were too scared to leave the
room. The exception was Conrey, who ran away
Immediately after the shooting and Is supposed 70
the disappearance of the 500, or why they waited
three-quarters of hour before calling ASSIST
ance Mrs Lovatt swore that her husband never
signed himself Or G. w. Lovatt but e w.
Loyat NJ b. her son said further that Tia rh MS
was not in his handwriting; DR.; Chambers. mouse
surgeon of the New-York Hospital, declared that
the black eyes and the bruises had been caused py
a blow. and not by the force of the shot and MS
evidence made it certain that the bullet wound
could not have been sef-inhicted either by right
or left-handed man. Assistant Distrlct-Attorney
Mcintyre set forth these convincing points 70 the
Jury which delivered ts verdict after a brief de-
liberation. Mr. Mcintyre at once began to prepare
the evidence for submission TO the Grand Jury
while the police are looking for Conrey.