New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-05-13


watch and chain, fed to Grand-st.. less than $50
feet away, and disappeared in the crowd Will
hanson was dead and blood was gushing from
his mouth and ears. when a uniformed policeman
pushed his way through the crowd that sur
rounded his PROSTATE comrade two minutes after
the thieves had left. The body was promptly re-
moved to the Eldridge-st. station and an ambu-
lance surgeon Tomlinson, VINO came from Gouver-
neur Hospital said that Williamsons neck was
broken and his skull fractured In falling. Will
hanson had struck flagstone and cut a little
cash in the back Of his head. 1t was the theory
OF the police on Saturday night that Williamson
had been garroted and robbed
The autopsy was made at WilliamsOn's : late home.
No 1l3 East Broadway Dr. Devlin found that
the neck was not broken; every one Of the verte-
brae was intact. and there was not the slightest
evidence Of a dislocation. The skull was not
injured. 1t was. in fact fully a quarter Of an
inch thick and would not nave been anected py
anything less than an extremely hard blow
There was slight indentation on the frontal
bone a little to the left OF the centre, as III
spent bulle; had once struck there. Mrs. Will
hanson said that twelve years ago her husband.
while az work in printing office in Newark,
N j.. strained himself by lifting form of type
10 the press. He had half a dozen hemorrhages
as q result but was not long IL. and afterward
became healthier then ever before. apparently
On May last he complained Of feeling III
and obtained seven days Of his vacation a''er
which he asked for an extension, as ne sun le''
unable TO resume duty. THIS was readily grant
ed. During the three days before Saturday Nlrs'
Williamson said her husband had suffered IN
tense pain in his stomach.
On Saturday evening he sent his daughter
Jennie TO Ridley's store to get a neckte to match
q suit of clothes he had recently had haue' Iio
was going 70 the Arthur Club. Of which he was
member After waiting nearly two hours lOr
Jennie TO return he started at O'Clock iOr M nii
leys store himself. He met Jennie just ou.Sue 1,
of Ricley's and boxed her ears Tor hei tdiui-
ness He sent her home. Then ne went i'l" ''e
store 10 select his Hecktie. .
II was lust after leaving Ridley's that he met
the three men. II Is not at all ciear thaI w.
a.tacLed him but IL is perfectly certain that
they robbed him. Captain Cortrlght or the RI
drdge-st. station. az well as the ue'eS'i.e S, ,h
have bcen working on the case believe tllat tic
men found Williamson lying on the siue"a'h'
The Captain also thinks he has the thf'e ihch
who did the robbing in the persons 81 ', -, ,'t,
James D!neen and William Kelly. Hess IL '"'"t!
five wears old. and a teamster. lie lives al ~,
ois Fast fioustOn-st. Policeman BueSsef aiiea.'u
him AT Ludlow and Houston SITS. early yes'fioaS
--tn, pineei who is twenty-three years OLD
and lives at No. l73 LudlOw-st.. was found there
by a policeman yesterday forenoon. heAy "aS d.
,ae,od at No a. Delancey-st., where ne mas d
roo,o lie IS twenty-three years old. The three
voung men are chums and rough-lookihg spec'-
,nens Hess has also been arrested Tor hsh'iils
osveral times and spent TWO months on 'he
Is,and once for working the GROWER Win II sii'S
~ voung men in vacant l-uulo"-Si' S'h"'''
There is however, little direct evidence u UDi-
rnct the men with the attack or ROBBERY ol VIII
iamson. 1890 , T., ~ . s,.r,as ,o,d
~ cin,on J,tziner II No. 1O3 Norfolk-st ana
Morris Collfn Of no. 81 Shern-st., the TWO iads
,bo r.e~c nlavjnp in front Of Bremners stable
saturday nj ght and said they saw three men iIaNe ~
an attack on Williamson. According 10 'Ie 81 T.,
they told Saturday night. the attach ""s 'i,'r 80
front Of Bremmer's stable whtre 'r ,i DDt; Wi,
found but Yesterday afternoon Inc poS go, st, " , &
hanson vas attacked az Grand ana Anrn 49, 80 q,
fully 150 feet away. Their story OF $3.50, - =
many other particulars contradlclcd il'' "''o Nv
nn saturday The two lads were brougn, ~ ''le ,
Ildridge-st. station last evening ana h'"S' ~
and Dineen were brought before theii' 49, ,ho
The BOYS could not identliy tne M Hi'i a,,ood
ones who attacked Williamson. IL wa r no.
bow.,cr when Pitziner was looking oNvl @ VIZ
three prisoners that Hess caught the lad eye
and shook his head Whether thiS S,,,nor n, 10
Ueess affected the memory Of Young il'"'H'i d"
question. .,o, - Drenmcr's
stable was carefully questioned by s,reo.
Yesterday There were many people on ~ VI. ared
AT the time and though every one ieln' and
seeing Williamson living on the s,uewa,", sv.l", onv
three men bending over him no one hdu o' '
fight any attack ,ords the
CAPTAIN Donald Grant who coHiiI'h". nr
Madison-st souad said Williamson was Une 30
Tho hest nolicemcn he had. The Captain uiu ~, h
believe there was any truth IN the the'ls - ny
Williamson was attacked through ie'e"h' ~
some Of the "toughs' he had dealt WIN