The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1894-08-18


THOMAS q. BURKE, THE ALLEGED MUIR
DERER.
Accond,pg 20 Dr T,or,n,o,,s r.nort
the oun cov,d not how. hoan ooo,aontoI,y
discbareed az cIa,p,ed nv purt. and
must bave been ored NV come hrr,on
hand The autonsv sbowad thot tho
charge had entered Rerpmanp,s hodv nm
n borizontaI line and No h,cLshot
had nener.ted tho uvar Lid,ays ana
! inte,tin.s and sbattered tho backbope
In the wound were small pieces Of cloth.
ing and hits Of naper which came from
n Matchbox which Rergmann carried in
A e"'h ''eu ~
MS pocket
The result of DR.. Thompson's autopsy
49,. 80, 49, 80, 49, nj. III.
tanned from the outset that Burke deiib-
erately shot Bergman.
-. I,. a., ~ I ss'e
street. new YORK. VINO claims to be
brother Of the dead man, viewed the re-
mains iast n'sht. ne became very much
excMeu. ana SAID tnat ne would aVenge
his brothers murder. He went to police
HEADQUARTERS. where old man Burke is
locked up ana asked 10 see MIN. lie
had a wild expression on his face and
his voice trembIed as he demanded of
'he sergeant 10 see the prisoner.
Inc sergeant told him that no one was
allowed to see Burke. and finally per-
pei
suaded him to leave the building, and
he walked down the street. waving his
,.., " "
eAcitapie manner.
This morning he again appeared in Sta
plcton. but did not 90 near Police Head
nnortars IT. ,,,o,,.s o., 49,,
under the impre sslon that Burke was
| again IN he taken IN Justice yauvbr,.
| cor, untu tn,d ,,ot p,,r,,a "a :.
main locked UP until the conclusion Of
the Coroner's inquest next Monday.
Bergmanns alleged brother will re;
main ,ooE here until after the double funeral
FAINT child are to be buried together.
The double funeral is expected to at
tract a crowd, but the police do not
Later on Henry S. Bergmann called
| at the undertaker's and made the state
ment that he had two witnesses who
and who had seen old Thomas Burke
do the shooting.
MI. Bergmann denounced Burke as a
ana was 50 positive
World reporter went with him in a
buggy to find the witnesses.
MIR: Bergman and the reporter went
to Foley's saloon. close to the Burke
shanty at the upper end Of South
Beach. There Mr.. Bergman called an
old man who was sitting at a table and
You saw my brother killed. You told
me on Thursday night that you had seen
| old Burke shoot him."
The old man, whose name Is William
Seher, answered:
| II only saw the smoke and heard your
brother say 4 am murdered
II he was positive that Bergmann did not
say, II am shot," as he has been re-
| ported to have done.
Sober insisted that his words were, ~
| am murdered"
Little Johnny Foley, the eight-year-
| old son of the saloon-keeper, was very
close to the house when the shooting
occurred, and he. too, is positive that
| Bergmann said; 81 am murdered,
| No Wituesees could be found nv Henry
s. Bergman who would say that they
saw the shot fred. ~ -
An examination Of the police record
book at Stapleton this morning stated
son-iniaw, Frederick Bergmann, pre-
| ferred the charge against him.
The records also slow that he was re-
and that he was then sentenced to fifty.
nine days in the Richmond County jail
for assault in the second degree.
says that the old man had served his
time. -
John Foley who has been in LITIGATION
| with The Rirkes for years over tbeI,
nronertv here said this morpin, ~,
IA Rnrke had fired four shots a. hin
ar q o'c,ock in the morning about fn,',
Years ago N0N'
UenrS q Rerpmann. tr the a,,egad
hrotber Of the dead man has heep
Worr,ng n,vht and day To- ohta,n evi
Sanca 20 nn6vict purIa ~ nurdan e''
ue Hs ssvs that the Reprmann fam,,,
bare ,osf sss ooo througb ihnmn, RmrLs