The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-05-03
MURDERED IN HIS BEDROOM.
soTILTEB GRoB HAD BKEN DEAD
NEARLY DAY WIEN FOUND.

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Gottlisb Grob q cook. 40 years old. was
found dead in bed last night at $50 o'clock in
his rooms In the flve-story rear tenement at
221 William street.
The base OF his skull had been crushed In.
and there were three deep gashee. each i've
inches long. across his neck on tho right side.
He lay partly on the bed with his feet on tn,
floor
He was dressed In his underclothes and over
him q woman's ole brown cloak had been
thrown. A newspaper had also been thrown
across his face. There was no clothing on the
bed. and no pillows.
The mattress was soaked with blood for
radius Of two feet from the wounds; the head
board Of the bed. and the wall Of the room
against which the bed lay. were spnttered with
blood. There was also some on the ceiling.
and more on the floor
Grob was en- ploy ed as a cook In restaurant
in Broome street. He did not go to work res
terday m ornln9 nor did he appear at the place
all day. Last night. shortly after 3 o'clock.
one Of his brother cooks went to his rooms to
ind out what had become OF him.
This cook mounted the stairs and knocked
NJ uTOD uOOT lneEo WAS no RESPONSE no
knocked again and again without success.
lie then went down into the court between
the rear and front tenem ents. and saw that
one OF the windows Of Grob'o front room
was open. Then he went up the stairs
again to the rooms adjoining Grob's on the
same floor. which are unoccupied. climbed out
to the balcony. and jumped into Grobs ROOM
the window OF which also opened on the bal
cony.
Grob had three rooms The front he used
for a sitting room the middle room. small and
dark. was his bedroom; tho rear room was q
kitchen.
When the cook entered the front room he
saw that everything was In order and that
Grobs hat lay on the table. The door into the
bedroom was closed. He opened 1t. and saw
Grob lying dead in the pools OF blood on the
Mattress
The cook hastily got out the WY he had got
in. he rushed into the street. and at the
corner ran against Policeman BarnwelL
he had seen. and Barnwell took him to the
Oak street police station where he told his
Policemen ,Darnwell and Bishop then won't
h9sE to Ss o% s me sous End
body. that murder had besn done.
In the front room there Is q sink with run
sink lay a towel crum pied and stained. When
they picked It up they found bloody finger
washed h, + and dried his hands hurried " with.
drawer ora e were many knives Of ali sizes but they
had all been newly secured.
Sns mo- oen y heqs MS
nor hato1et in the three rooms, nor any other
Esee a h nsa McS sns ss pss sSr
aud made u Thorough examination. but they.
too were unable to md any ,gssp9n. S or aSy
There wore some blood stains on tho bare
tracks OF The policemen themselves,
nsHsh n6 shs1s a,H rss Heard sas
Grob's room either on Tuesday night or yestsr-
The rooms below His are unoceupisd, swell
eshose slHngsidsS oi him; put w above him Iiysi
that time and heard nothing.
The police think that Grop must i ~, have e been
Iii I mead While Standing beside the bed. upon
which he douO tless fell dead. The cuts on his
neck. 1t is thought. were made after he had
John Hartman. who lives In the front tene-
ment and has windows facing Grob,s says
TUESDAY night, and called across the court 10
lodge GroS ' aaswsrsd him. he 20 ssrs. 'T The
next morning he saw that Grob,s balcony win
because use h. had never known dro6 to leave Il
The police think. however. that the muir
door into the entry. which has snap lock.
The entries to the tsnements are always
might come or go at any time Of day or night
without risk OF being seen near Gron's rooms.
Of once Q permit for the removal Of the body.
peaosS6le man. that be bad few, friends. and