The evening world., 1893-12-07
DID he STAB CAIN?
The Assailaut's Double Begged
Money at Brewer Mayors.
Called for a Threatening Letter
Signed Charles Samson"
Secured Funds This Morning Of
Broker Bouvier's Sister.

Capt. Pickett and Ward Detectives
Bronner and Gilligan. OF the
Eighty-eighth street station, are
making strenuous efforts to apprc-
bend the mysterious man who murder
ously assaulted Lavard Calm, the miner
alogist and lecturer. in front of his door
step. at l045 Fifth avenue. last night,
with a heavy. keen-cdged dagger.
Last night MIR. Cam left the Third
avenue IL" station at ~Eighty-fourth
street at about 6 o'clock n started
across town for his home.
Mr.. Calm was met at Madison
avenue n E~ighty-fourth street by
a rough-looking man, apparently
forty years cid. wearing n shabby
heavy, full black beard. The man
stepped up to Mr.. Calm and said:
May ! speak to you n moment?"
Mr.. Calm paid no attention to the man,
who then repeated his request. As Mr..
Calm did net stop the man went off
muttering.
He was seen to accost several other
persons Immediately afterwards.
MT. Calm lad Just reached his horne
steps when he discovered his Questioner
OF a few moments before hehind him.
He was alarmed and stepped into the
little yard In front of the house leading
to the servants %entrnnca.
Suddenly the man leale3 forward and
plunged a wicked looking dagger into
Mr.. Cahn's cheek.
long and ground to a keen edge on both
sides, entered the flesh just under the
left 1awbone and passed upward to the
ne Tse cT wan1s the a nsns ss clear tns shr9GH aS ,o,v-
ing the weapon stick!ns in the terrible
wound he had Inflicted.
MI. Calm. although a naturally deli
tanned full control OF his senses. lie
rang the door-bell and was admitted by
his brother, who was shocked almost be-
face Of his brother and the sight Of the
dagger sticking in the wound.
TIL brother, scarcely. realizing what
he was doing, pulled the weapon out.
Ind blood poured In torrents from both
the n~ostrils and the ugly hole under the
Jaw bone.
McGregor. Of Ills Madison avenue. and
Weimer, OF As East .Slxty-fifth street,
who promptly responded.
It was a long time before the doctors
after which the wound was dressed and
the patient rendered as comfortable as
was possible under the circumstances.
Pr. McGregor has grave doubts of his
World reporter this morning he said
that Calm was in a precarious condi-
klOHt dIlu tudt tIcIt was IiIlIIltIltIl JAIL
ger of blood-poisoning and lock-jaw:
Mr.. Calm. is twenty-nine years old. and
the sen Of Isaac Calm. q wire. goods
manufacturer in One Hundred and
The police express the belief that the
NJ is an Anarchist. with a hatred in
Mr. Calm had not been prev iousIy
marked for vengeance as was at first
No one car be found who witnessed
Che assault huf an "EVaninU Wnrld'
reporter learned something to-day which
may be the means OF discovering the
desperate q wretch who assaulted Mr.
David Mayer, the wealthy brewer. lives
at 1913 Fifth avenue, next door but ont
to the Calm residence: Mrs. Mayer e
q story which may throw some light OF
the mystery surrounding the identity OF
Mr.. Gains assailant. q,
Yesterday afternoon about 5 O'Clock
. young man. apparently TWENTY-FIVE
years old. rang her front door-bell. The
butler opened the door and received
that it be handed to Mrs. Mayer. The
man said he would wait for al answer
Mrs. Mayer was not at home, and the
man told the butler that he woul leave
the letter and would call again later.
The letter was in French, and consisted
OF fourteen pages. closely written in a
Grand Union Hotel last week, and was
Forty-sixth street,
Mrs. Mayors daughter read the letter
which was Of a threatening nature. Miss
Mayer cannot remember all that was In
II, but among Other things the writer
ment. but was a desperate man who
needed ready money at once. The writer
declared that dire co%nsearences would
wrote that he had been a bronze manu-.
facturer,, and signed his name Charles
Samson"
the Threatening tone OF the letter, blu
concluding that 1t was from either al
impostor or a crank. told the butler u
give the mar a dollar when he called
again.
The butler describes the man who lief
the letter as light-complexioned. with
light mustache.
young Mr.. Calm occurred. and n taemb"
OF he Calm family rushed into Airs
Mayors house for assistance. For
before things had cooled down Mrs
Mayors butler was called to the doc
again.
with black hair and mustache. He sal
that he had called for the better !ef
there some time before. The butler say
both the visitors spoke with q foreigl
accent.
The butler gave the man a dollar nm
was about to close the door when tn
was consulted, and told the butler t
give the man the letter. This was done
and the man went off gruneliag.
To-day Mrs. Mayer was much al
noyed to think that she had not kept III
letter. She could not explain how IL
begging letter came 20 be delivered I
her. The butler, however. said that tn
second man told him that Mrs. Bowler
TO whom the letter was addressed, ha
left the city and gone back % France.
Mrs. Frances NJ Britton occupies tn
residence at l6 West Forty-sixth street
but at IL West Forty sixth street live
Michel c.. Bowler. a stock broker. c
l6 Broad street.
Michel Bowler, whose name was on tn