The evening world., 1894-06-12
IT MAY Be A MURDER.
Marines Body Left on a Le1ing-
ton Avenue Stoop.
Two Men Seen to Carry Him There
and Go Through Him.
Thought to BE q Victim of Knock
Out Drops or Sandbagging.

Michael Angelo Marine, thirty-nye
years old, of 1871 Mulberry street, was
found dead on the stoop of 1861 Lexing-
ton avenue at 8 o'clock this morning.
Deputy Coroner O'Hare, who gave a
permit to remov the body, made a
superficial examination. He found no
marks on the mans body to-day, and
Is of the opinion that Marfno died from
internal hemorrhage Of the lungs.
Marine was ~bookkeeper for Rocco Yer
relli. who keeps a banking establish
ment at 1893 Hester street and a saloon
ut 12s Mulberry street.
Yesterday Verrrelli gave Marino $3.50
>hnd sent him out to collect some bills in
Harlem. Besides the money, Marine
had a silver watch and two gold rings.
The money, watch and rings were gone
when his body was found.
Verrelli and some OF the dead mans
friends, of whom a ~half-dozen called at
satisfied with the theory. that he died Of
hemorrhage. They think he was sand
bagged and robbed.
One of the friends, joseph Gerrutti,
who keeps a cigar store at 331 East one
Hundred and Fifteenth street. said Ma
I called at his hous yesterday after
noon and again in the evening".
and he gave him a glass of wine. The
dead man was not again seen by any
Of his friends after leaving Gerruttfs
house.
The body was taken to ex-Alderman
Duffy's Undertaking establishment, 1852
Third avenue. where Deputy Coroner
O'Hare will make another examination
sumptiye-looking man, and the theory
of death from hemorrhage might easily
be believed were 1t not FOR the suspi-
cious circumstances connected with the
finding of his BODY.
Shortly after / o'clock this morning,
Jere Preston, a Waterman for the cable
road now being constructed In Lexi Gso
Hundred and Sixteenth street, carrying
a third man between them. He sup
posed 1t was an ordinary case of intoxi-
cation, paid no attention to them.
Waterman Milo w. Eddy is stationed
at One Hundred and Fifteenth street.
He saw the two men with their burden
dred and Sixteenth street. He watched
them place their burden on the stoop
of the Verona f~at-house. at 1861 Lex
ington avenue. and one of the men said
"Well, now we've done our part,
we've brought you home"
The Waterman moved on down the
street and said nc more.
1t might have been fifteen minutes
later and Eddy was standing near One
Hundred and Fourteenth street, when
he heard a woman up the street shout
ing for help. AS he hurried up the
street he saw two men turn into One
Hundred n Fifteenth street from
Lexington avenue and run towards
Third avenue. The nan on the steps
of the eVrona fiat was lying notion
less.
Directly across the street there was a
woman leaning out Of a ~second-story
window. She told Eddy she had seen
the two men who ran away rob the
man on the steps. She had seen, them
peafch the mans pockets. and had
heard the sound of money dropping on
the pavemen
Eddy found tina the man on the steps
was unconscious, and breathing heav-
lily. Then he ran to One Hundred and
Fifteenth street and Third avenue and
got Policemen Converse and Unkles.
man was dead. An ambulance was sum
moned from Harlem Hosnltal. All the
surgeon could say was that the man
was dead from some cause unknown,
Then the body was taken to the East
One Hundred and Fourth street sta
ton.
When Sergt. Joyce understood the cir.
cumstances under which the man was
found he asked the ambulance surgeon
out drops" The doctor could not say.
Some of Marino's pockets were turned
inside out. and attached to n ~buttonhols
of the vest was a silk corded watch
chain that was broken In two, as II by
some hurried hand that had no time &c
free the watch from IT.
Ward detectives Smith n Mooney
are trying to find the two men who car,
ried Marino.
Rocco Verrilli. the sa~loon-keeper and
banker. OF 1893 Hester street. has seer
the bOdy and has nosItiyely identified n