Evening journal., 1894-02-26

IS Nht founi b}lhE IN the HIrcHts WAN
Ills Pockets Turned Inside Out aud His
watch aud Money Missing 80 Possibly
Given "gnocker Out"
NEW YORK, Feb. 90. There Is much yet
% be learned about the death Of Benjamin
lnw, wealthy shipping mcrchant Of
Gloucester, Mass. who was found 10 dy-
'ng condition at Spring and West streets
ear!g saturday evening. An autopsy Sum
day afternoon psoved that death was not
dle 90 "A fracture Of the skull as was at
hfst supposed. The immediate cause Of
death, the doctors decided, was heart fail
ure induced 10y congestive chill.
The strange feature of the case is that
this man. whose wealth is estimated at
%i50.0o0 md who had come TO New York to
transact business necessitaling the han
ding Of thousands of dolars, should have
only sl26 in his pockets when found, al
though he had hired a room for the night
and had spoken of returning TO Gloucester
~ rail II the weather did not moderate.
Money Was Missing.
IL could not be learned definitely how
much money Mr.. Low had when be left the
Cosmopolitan hotel in Chambers street at
q clock Saturday evening.
10 il only known that be was found In a
dying condition at West ana Spring streets
nm h1ar later. One of the men who idcnt-
fed he body told Undertaken Kennedy Of
south Fitch avenue that he thought the
Gloucester man had about 500 saturday
morning. The watclA which he carried
when he left the hotel was missing. II he
had more money, it went with the watch.
The locality IN which he was found Is
q 4
OF them are under espionage today. Cap
tain McCullagh Of the Prince street sta
tion and his detectives are looking for in.
| dications that some Of those who infest the
water front had grown suddenly wealthy.
The police, VII le they were at work upon
! th- case all day, profess TO believe that Mr.
! Low Carried little money about with him,
saying that he probably gave or received
| checks in bis business transactions IL is
known that he intended TO collect a num-
! Der oil accounts during the day.
Came TO New York on Isusinesa
Mr. Low came to New York 10y the Fall
| llivcr line. arriving on Saturday morning
! lie went at once 90 Fulton market where
| the schooner Maggie Mckenzie, Captain
! Hudder, which he owned, was discharging
a cargo OF Ash. lie talked with Captain
! Hudler for an hour and then went to the
Office Of Edward Morris, a commission
merchant at South and Beekman streets.
Mr. Morris had bought the scho0ner's
cargo, aud portion Of the money remain
ed unpaid. The lalance was 81 sos and the
police were looking for Mr. Morris last
| night in Graveseud TO find out whether or
! not Mr.. Low had been paid the money.
None cf the dead mans friends believes
that he would have carried any such sum
in cash, as he was notably careful about
| money matters. Mr.. Low went 10 the
Produce Exchange to see Franklin Wood
RUIZ, but the latter was out. and after Sc
| cufing the address Of some fish dealers Dee
went back TO the schooner J. complained
Of 81 we're cold aud told Captain Hudder
that he probably would goslome that night
by rail if the weather did not moderate
Tint was the last time Captain Hudder
saw him alive.
Got Kn ockout Drink.
Policeman Crystal found Mr.. Low lying
beside a storm porch at Spring and We-i
streets. lie WIS in a state a. coma ant
died before au ambulance arrived from St
Nincent's hospital.
lie lay on his face when found aud had q
handkerchief in his left hand as if be had
attempted TO stop the flow of blood from d
cut on the bridge Of the nose, which was
prlbahly due 70 his fall.
One Of the pockets Of his trousers wa.
turned half inside out There was chaiu
ahont his neck, the ends hanging inside
the vest. The watch, il he had one. wa,
gone Only Si26 and some memoranda
were found in his pockets.
u is known that he drank nothing IN th,
Cosmopolitan hotel. Every one connected
with paigs's hotel, at the door Of which b,
fell, Is Ger ain that he had not been in th,
bar there. But an examination Of th,
stomach developed traces of whisky, ant
be had probably taken a small quantity t,
lcountcraci the chill Of which he complain
ed earlier in the day.
il is possible that the little liquor Mr.
Low did take contained knockout drops
though the police say If there was rohber1
az all il was the work Of some prowler wh,
discovered the PROSTATE man by accident
j.. X. Burnham Of Gloucester, Mr.. Low
sol-in-law, will come to the city today
when new facts may be ELECTED. The pc
lice intend TO learn il he had made collec
tions.
Nr. Low was a prominent man in Glou
cester. RE owned a feetof fishing schoou
er., lad q ship chandlery business an,
large real estate interests. He leaves
widow aud several children.