The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1895-04-04
REMARKABLE STORY
OF the Unoarthiug OF tho Murder
Mystory In Now York.
AWFUL DEED OF THE MURDERER
Ono Of tho NIost Ficndish IN tho
Annals OF CrIine.-F'lne Detective
Work Accomplishcd-Evcry Movo.
mont of tho Murderer Traced from
tho Timo of tho Fatal Quarrel Until
hc Disposed of tho Body aud To.
turned Home.

NEW YORK. April 3,-In tho presence
OF n largo number OF newspaper mon
Superintendent BrynCs told ut police
headquarters tonight the atory OF tho
circumstances which led up to tho mur.
dor and oil the work attending tho arrest
Of tho supposed murderer, the negro
William Cesar, who is charged with
killing tho woman whose mutilatcd 20.
mains wcro found Sunday. In some
respects tho story OF tho crime IL one OF
tho most remarkable that has ever boon
told In this city and tho account OF tho
transfer OF the corpse in It's rude bundle
from CGsars house on West Twenty.
seventh street. by means OF Sixth
avonue surface car in tho early part OF
the evening. to the place where it was
found, seems hardly possible. But the
superintendent said that he had no
doubt as to the identity OF tho murderer
and avowcd the polics could provo the
truth Of every statement made.
The detectives hired apartments on
the opposite side Of the street from
Ca.ar's house and kept close watch.
This was Tuesday afternoon. Inquiry
as to tho mode oil domestic life pursued
by Cesar and his reputed wife revealed
the fact that there were frequent quar-
rels between the two, caused by the
mans jealousy. On Friday night the
couple had a violent quarrel and the
woman threw n glass at the man, hit.
ting him on the head. lie then threw
her down on the floor, after having
grasped her by tho throat with both
hands. There. lying on the floor, 1t is
said, he held her throat in such a grasp
that he thought he had killed her But
when he released his hold he dis.
covered that she was atiIl breathing.
Then. according TO tho police, he SO.
cured tho piece OF cheese cloth which
was found tied around her neck on Sun.
day morning. This, it is alleged, he put
around her neck and twisted it and
then tied it into a double knot and
ssrancled her. He slept as soundly. it
10 said, as II the corpse OF the woman
was not almost within his very sight.
The next morning he went to work as
usual, locking the door behind him.
On Saturday evening, according TO the
atory OF the police, Cesar went back to
his homo and prepared to dispose OF
the body OF the woman be had killed.
On his way TO his rooms hc borrowed
butchers cleaver from man no knew.
On arriving home he proceeded TO cut
the body up. lie first attempted to cut
the legs of At the hips. but failed in
that. and then cut them both of Just
above the knees. Having proceeded so
far, he took piece Of the carpet on the
floor and an old rug which was in the
room and rolled the body up in them,
after having tied the hands firmly, so
that thoy might not fall apart. 1t was
at this time, not later than $50 or S:45.
20 the superintendent said, he picked
up the bundle and took it in his arms
from the house, which ia not lar from
Seventh avenue, to Filth avenue, whore
ho boarded Sixth avenue horse car
bound down town. and stood on the
front platform.
As the car stopped at Wayorly Place,
Cesar got Oft the car and walked over
to the west side OF the street, in front
OF the building OF the New York Bank
Note Company. Tho man is not power.
iul. be leaned against the rail in front
OF the building to rest and pu. the bun.
die on top OF the railing. which is some
five inches in width. In solno way,
however, the bundle slipped aud fell
over the railing upon the ground on tho
other side. To attempt to put it to.
Iether again the negro saw would be
useless and go hc concluded to let it re-
main ,here and walked quietly away.
There 1t lay undiscovered until G
o'clock on Sunday morning. when
young Phillips found IL rs hc was on his
way to carly morning mas. Ia neigh.
boring church.
sunday evening, after having returned
the cleaver TO tho person from whom he
procured it. tho superintendent says
Cesar went. to his rooms and burned up
tho effects OF tho woman. Whom the
rooms were examined to-day tho walls
wore spattered with blood. No attempt
had been made by the murderer. to
eradicate those tell.lale marks, ana the
police removed the stained wood for mi
croscopic examination. Whio Cesar
was at work burning the effects there
was such smoke that the people
thought the house was on fire. Cesar
refused to lot any ono into the room,
nnd told all who went up 10 soc about
tho mating that he was only starting II
blaze.
Gear is twentv.eight yoara old, aud
was born In the West Indies.