The evening world., 1894-06-12
II May Be A MURDER.
Marines Body Left on a Lexing-
81; ton Avenue Stoop.
Two Men Seen to Garry Him There
and GO Through Him.
Thought to BE a Victim Of Knock
Out Drops or sandbagging.

Michael Angelo Marine, t~hlrty-fve
years old, of 11 Mulberry street. was
found dead on the stoop of 1861 Lexing-
ton avenue at 3 o'clock this morning.
Deputy Coroner O'iare, who gave a
permit to emove the body. made a
superficial examination. He found no
marks on the man. body to-day. and
is OF the opinion that Marine died from
internal hemorrhage of the lungs.
Marino was bookkeeper for Rocco Yer
feri,, who keeps a banking establish
ment at 1893 Hester street and a saloon
Rt 129 Mulberry street.
Yesterday Verrrelli CAV Marino $3.50
n sent him out to collect some bills in
Harlem. Besides the money, Marine
had q silver watch and two gold rings.
The money. watch and rings were gone
when his body was found.
Verrelll and some of the dead mans
friends. Of whom a h%alf-dosen called at
satisfied with the theory. that he died. or
h~emcrrhage. They think he was sand
bagged and robbed.
One of the friends. joseph .Gerrutti,
who keeps a cigar store at 33l East one
Hundred ard Fifteenth street. said Ma
rino called at his house yesterday after
noon and again IN The the Sve az NJ coughing.
and he gave him a glass OF wine. Inc
Head man was not again seen by any
OF his friends after leaving Gerruttfs
The body was taken to ex-Alderman
Duffy's undertaking establishment, lso.
Third avenue. where Deputy Coroner
later in the day. Marine was a con-
notwithstanding man. and the theory
OF Heath from hemorrhage might easily
be believed were 1t not for the suspi-
cious circumstance connected with the
finding of his body.
Shortly after 1 o'clock this morning,
Jere Preston. a Waterman for the cable
road now being constructed in Lexing-
ton n saw two men near one
Hundred and Sixteenth street. carrying
O third man between them. He up
posed 1t was an ordinary case of intoxi-
cation. n paid no attention to them.
Waterman Milo w. Eddy Is stationed
ut One Hundred and Fifteenth street.
He say the two men with their burden
dred and Sixteenth street. He watched
them place their burden on the stoop
of the Verona flat-house. at 1861 Lex
ington avenue, and one OF the men said
Wen. now we've lone our part.
we've brought you home"
The Waterman moved on down the
street n said no more.
It might have been fifteen minutes
later n Eddy was standing near One
Hundred and Fourteenth street. when
he heard a woman up the street shout
street he saw two men turn into One
Hundred and Fifteenth street from
Lexington avenue n run towards
Third avenue The man on the steps
Of the eVrona fiat was lying notion
less.
Directly across the street there was n
woman leaning out OF a second-story
window. She told Eddy she had seen
the two men who ran away rob the
man on the steps. She had seen them
search the mans pockets. and had
heard the sound of money droppinp on
the pavement.
Eddy found that the man on the steps
was unconscious, n breathing heav-
lily. Then he ran to One Hundred n
got Policemen Converse and Unkles.
When they arrived at the stoop the
man was dead. An ambulance was sum
moned from Harlem Hospital. All the
surgeon could say was that the man
was dead from some cause nknow
Then the body was taken to the East
One Hundred and Fourth street sta
tion.
When Sergt. Joyce understood the cir
found he asked the ambulance surgeon
II death could have been due to knock
out drops" The doctor could not say.
Some of Marino's pockets were turned
inside out, and attached to n ~uttonhole
of the vest was a silk corded watch
chain that was broken in two. as II by
come hurried hand that had no time to
free the watch from II.
Ward detectives Smith and Mooney
are trying to find the two men who car
ried MarIno.
Rocco Verrilli, the saloon-keeper and
banker, OF i93 Hester street. has seen
the body n has positively identified 1t.