The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1894-08-09
SUICIDE IN
THE TOMBS.
trontirutd from First Page,

r.r,. Hospital, and, after the appli'
m.n NJ temporary bandages. Miller
driven to the hospital at full speed
me arteries were ligated and the
anra sewed UP. but the man had done
..,,.destructive work effectively, and
led at 1875 o'clock.
Wh,le in the surgeons hands at the
.',or Miller partly revived, and evil
.r,,v struggled to speak, but as he has
.,.r.d the windpipe below the vocal
,ord,, he could not do SO.
n.nuty Warden Mcmahon and the
orDs Of keepers were very much agi-
"a over the event. Warden Fallon
a, az on a little vacation last Monday
nd Deputy Mcmahon was in hopes
10, be would have an. eventless report
make.
uor Miller got the razor is just now
mystery, but the prison authorities
"a determined to clear II up.
A possible clue is offered in a visit
ODD by two women to Miller last
Monday. ......
They registered at the prison as Anne
krlmm and May Hoffman, both of 524
sst Thirteenth street. That was
there Miller lived at the time Of his
rime.
Mrs. Grimm is said to be his former
kndlady.
Both these women were subjected to
I.arch BY one of the matrons, but even
he prison authorities admit that this
earch is not thoroughly effective in
|reventing the smuggling Of small OBJ
lets to prisoners by those who are de-
ermined to do so.
Mrs. Grimm was cen by an Evening
Eord" reporter. She was shocked at
be news Of Miller's death, but declared
hat she did not know anything about
be razor.
She added that Miller had said to her,
then she saw him at the prison last
tonday:
'one can get anything in the Tombs
br money"
|Dougherty. who occupied the cell with
Elller. was instantly and closely ques-
lOned. He declared positively that he
ad never seen Miller's razor. and did
ot know that the man had one.
Dougherty Is a race track follower. ac-
used Of calling Ed Meyer, another man
the same occupation, to his door at
20 Avenue A, the night Of July 6 last,
nd shooting him dead.
on the morning OF April 10, August
,oeffier, sixty-three years Of age,
'as found dead in the basement
Henry Heide & Co.'S candy factory.
B Franklin street. His skull had been
pushed in with a club or some blunt
bstrument and his face covered with
bndkerchief and an old gunny sack.
kctory, and 1t was found that his trip
latch had stopped at l A. M. The
Ash dra wer of the Office had been pried
ben and robbed of ST.
THE scene of the crime Is only a
ones throw from the Leonard street
Plice station. Quick work on the part
| the derectives fastened the murder
Miller. who had formerly worked in
e candy factory. but had been dis
karged about three weeks before.
o'clock in the afternoon Of the pre-
GUS day. He subsequently, admitted
wing concealed himself behind a pile
bags, where he fell asleep. Loeffler
und him and shook him violently to
Eaken him.
In the struggle that ensued, Miller
lied the old man with a club and
bsequently is believed to have used a
Favy hammer on the body to make
ire the job was well done. Miller then
he'd the money drawer and fed.
Miller afterwards made statement
the police that the encounter with
better occurred when the old man
ught him robblRg the money drawer.
f!!ller was born twenty-five years ago
ptalZ, Germany. He came TO New
brk eight years ago.