The evening world., 1894-08-20
Three Bullet Holes in His Head
and Stab Wounds on
One Hand.
MIDDLE AGED, WELL DRESSED.
The Body Had Been in the Water
Belief that the Man Was
Killed and Then Robbed.

mysterious murder was committed
on the beach at Rockaway Point. al
most directly opposite the Oriental
Hotel, at Manhattan, some time late
Saturday night.
The mutilated body Of a middle-aged
man was discovered shortly after noon
yesterday. and later in the day the pc
culisr actions ola well-dressed stranger,
who appeared on the scene, added to the
mystery.
That there was a dead man lying on the
beach became known to a number of
psrs2ns in the course of the afternoon.
but none of them seemed to think 1t
necessary TO notify the police or county
officials. and six hours after the body
was first seen 1t was stu there. un-
touched, and partially covered with A.
piece of old canvas, which had evidently
been placed there originally by the per-
son or persons who committed the deed.
Small parties of three and four people
were seen TO approach sufficiently close
to examine it. and they must have gone
away knowing that a man had been
killed and his body left where he fell.
| The mysterious stranger referred to
was the only one who seemed to COM
prehend the situation, and he suggested
anu Setlleu utslIOub VI shS
Coroner and the other authorities i'm
mediately. He claimed to live in the
neighborhood, was well dressed in
blue yachting suit and seemed man
of means and education. He left the
scene at about l o'clock in the direction
of Rockaway, but up to 6 o'clock he had
not been heard of nor had he seen the
Coroner as he said he would.
h,yr lar ri
Of 937 Gates avenue, Brooklyn, clerk
in the employ of H. N. Squire's Son, IL
John street. He was out sailing with
his brother-in-law. Harry Hansen. of
l2Ol Gates avenue, Brooklyn, and John
Mayo, also of Brooklyn.
I'VE started out at 100 o'clock in the
morning in small yacht from Cedar
vile, opposite Sheepshead Bay, for
tsil to Sandy HOOK" said Mr.. Jones
this morning. ''On our return at noon
We made for Rockaway Point, and an
chored opposite the Oriental Hotel at
Manhattan Beach.
We went ashore in a rowboat, which
We beached, and started for a short
walk around the point. l was in front.
We had gone about quarter of a mile
when / saw peculiar looking object in
N''N ooiiu. "dihcu ~ Wdo
startled to see leg sticking out from
under piece of canvas.
Il called my brother-in-law. Mr.. Han
sen' and Mr. Mayo. We didn't care to
1uch the body. We finally concluded
10 lift the canvas. When We did so a
horrible sight was revealed. Lying on
us back, face upward, with an arm out
stretched. was the dead body of a man
oil To-
covered with blood and slightly swollen.
IN the left temple was bullet hole,
smother In the corner of the left eye
near The nose, and still another back OF
"e right ear.
Inc left hand was black and blue,
,"e aiscolorations probably being the
= .esuN Of blows from a cudgel. The
ISM hand was under the right hip and
E lew Inches of the handle OF a
II 1oNer which protruded from the right
~ poehet. The hand was covered with
KNIFE wounds and horribly LAGER.
bo% WIN ugly looking cuts. The body
oeen in the water but not Ions
Tash 10 effect its appearance.
DIS dressed in a fairly good blacl
,,ne, VI clothes, white shirt and whit,
TNuss' The rest had been turned u,
u wh,,L '''oHi, anu we couldnt SCI
WV" or not the pockets contained
din. nor II they. had been rined. w,
foro , care to touch the body. and there
,i,,, u'1n' make as close an examina
..,,' 40 We might have done.
WINE We were looking at the dea,
/. IN stranger came up, who SCENE,
tha HVely interest In 1t. lie sal,
Ill s authorities ought to be notofled, an,
ma '.cr' We let him do 80. He left in ,
# NeshbOrhood. " '"'' nc "'e' III y"
~ we rowed back to our boat and sale
vund on the outside in plain view al
.ernoon-untn 6 O'clock. In fact-wait
~ Tor the Coroner to appear; but n
III ''"aa not been notified, for h