The sun., 1894-05-04

GoTTL1EB GRoB
hack windows OF the front tenement are on q
leyel with the front windows Of the back tene-
ment and the people In one house can always
see what 10 going on in the other for the shut
tsrs are never closed. Notwithsta nding all
this. somebody got into Grob's rooms and
smashed in his skull with either q hatchet or
an axe. and then cut and slashed his throat
and neck and got away. and nobody has been
found who saw or heard him.
The night he was killed Grob left the restau-
rant In Broome street. whore he worked with
George Remit. who accompanied him part
way homo. Grob got homo at o'clock In the
evening. He went to his rooms. and had been
there half an hour when friendpi his named
same floor. called to him and asked him to
come across and play game OF cards. Grob
A few minutes after this Grob went down
stairs and out through the alley to the street
Mrs. Peters, q widow who lives on the top floor
rear. over the vacant M partm ent next to Grob's.
was standing on the steps watching her chill
saw Grob LOOK up and down the street as |: he
expected some one. He remai led out there
tho house. Immediately a man whom she can
only describe AZ stout walked across from the
She does not know that tho stranger spoke to
Grob or that Grob saw him. She stayed out on
Grob and the man went in. The man did not
come out while she was there.
p. nay street ths hSfs Mho soeS
on "Wednesday m9rning AND who saw man
mss GG d .nS the sloe poao Sns sso
say that whsR 6dS ,hsy II fHSnd sS G5o sOdy hSTs
think Is Of q lighter color than Grob's hair.
s.s Sy tSs Glow
derer, rose up and clutched at him. succeeding
ir pulling the hair from his head
in it. and a trunk bSt no other other furnitafs.
hung hung over and rested in q pile Of clothing on
the nocT 1t was the clothing Grob usually
u brown cloak. evidently n woman 8 garment.
lying on the bed. His body was across one
and around him IN such way that 1t covered
part Of his body. over his face there was
cove cover the gaping % wounds In his throat W Blood @
was eyerywhers where IL could spurt or splash.
% sVS o. toas s with the ssG nsss.
bloody nngers upon 1t
disturbed or tisarTanGed ara Al the blood marks
had a gold watch. This watch and ring are
tho only things. so far as is known. that are
When Grob was robbed two years ago he
lived In the same room. He kept his money
tray was hg gold watch and gold ring.
The money was taken and the watch and ring
but the money and n aothine else ' in I'll. H apart
nent was disturbed; II was suggested yester-
back for the watch and ring. had been caueht
In the act OF taking them. and had killed the
The wounds that were found on Grob's
body, as shown BY the autopsy are as follows:
Astab wound on the right side OF the forehead.
driven In to the hilt; . wound on the right
shoulder; two or more Jagged wounds in the
InrGat nara one OF Which cut half way through the
The neck is broken Capt. White. who has
that the wounds on the neck and throat were
made 6y hatchet He thinks Grob had been
found at ! 80 on "Wednesday evening. ' was
,,Saa Uh me front 81 the rear house where GEob
windows open % on p level With IL the l platforms.
katiorm runs the entire length Of each floor.
ThsIs TS,GS were two windows in Grobs front room
custom always to keep these windows closed. |
Un wednesday morning one Of them was open
and one OF the windows in the vacant apart
nent 70 the right was open. The doors Leading
10 the hall from Grob's rooms were all locked |
nsat 70 the han wa Was NOT not locked. T Il seems seems
hlaln that the murderer got into Groh's room
indGh ,hiL0dGGh the vacant apartment and the open
The Investigation into Grob's habits shows
BE- was frugal, The only persons who were
ms fIiends in the house were the Hartmans |
Heans hSsGsnd T was HH Rsd Wsst He@ or so sgS
ana there has heen talk IN the neighboThood |
G'-ahtek 10 the oHeeI that bh0 had received |
S,2Ggi rom the express company whose wagon |
sd asd Killed him, One theory advanced yester- !
gay was that somebody who had heard OF this |
koI which Is not true had gone into the |
mouse 10 rob Mrs Heron and had got into the |
MVhs apartment Grob occasionally had men |
tall on him. and once In a while n wOmAn-dif- |
stehl @omen- OF the men who called there |
as one who lived in Brook klyn. and who had !
s Sseh beiriended by Grob. Last winter he oe- |
ss..slontlly spent nights with Groh This man.
Tvorllng 70 the nslghbors, is a stout man. |
LnI toIIcedo not deny that they are looking |
~ MIN. They say also that they are looking |
III man IN Harlem. They are also lOOki ing |
Nv mloH's divorced wife and the man she is |
UJacob staub. whose wiie's sister. Martha |
iiVses was Grob's wife. lives on the first floor /
SINE hs iepement at - Allen street. where Mrs |
Sal1 Is housekeepeE
vMS bTotheT-in-law," said StAub yesterday,
ranGs u hATd-WoTking and quiet man. and |
Hut lm aRlns what motive anybody could /
sSt aSts I Ehd I0r kllli3g him. Hewas a good man.
s ln everybody liked MIN. lie and / went TO |
co ets slways good friends. / cams to this /
iS.hlIS In 1850 and went TO live on staten /
baauu hroh had a small bakery in Zurich /
eSfNS aker BY tTade-ahd a year after /
kn09 urIe ne sold out and followed. / don't /
Ssyas.Io 0S nov much no got for the shop but Il was
moSsa hundred dollars. and he had some
TnS5 tAFsd beside. GrOb worked at a good \
nef n.y. places IN the next few years Thsy were /
In ~ around AsW ork. hut he was for a while /
tasrIson, lhe time We we're most inti- 1
IN MN was IN 1887 when We lived at Il
,NulheTEy street. My wiss's sister Martha /
nsHys elrt ~ years old. came over from Ger i
- 41u Vas living with US. Grob was 80 4
thsSs thSS9gf Frank Barrsrt's Found Guilty"
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