New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-06-27
HIS NAME WAS NOT ROUlS.
IDENTITY OF THE ALPINE SUICIDE.
HE Used THE NAME OF RoUIs. HIS OWN BEING
GEORGE KUNLEY. AND HAD sQrANpEHro
THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS BELONGING TO
EOpIIINE ROrIS. TOWARD WHOM HE
HELD PECULIAR RELATIONSHIP
Ror1s.s STORY or TIE SUICIDE
HE st'RRENDERs AS WIT


HE srRRENDERs AZ A WIT
NESS AND Is rARoLED.
II was fortunate for RophIne Rouis that George
]. Kigen the lawyer. saw the man known AZ "'o's
W. Rous shoot himself In the Alpine apartment
house on Tuesday night. Other persons saw ho
milne Rous rush OH, OF tho house immediateIy
after the fatal shot was fired. and the p'cu"r r'a
tlonship which had existed between tn" TWO men
known by the name OF Rous Nigh, have helped to
raise a suspicion OF murder II there had not pee"
witness OF the suicide. Rophine KouiS suIre""e'c'
to the police yesterday by advice OF william T.
Howe his counsel. and then said that the NAME
OF the dead man was not Rouis at ALL nut 'eorse
Kunley. and he told somewhat remarkap'e story
to account for the TACT mat h"n'eS H'' '''' u"
lowed to bear his name.
The two men had roomel together for time. ana
Rous had given to Kunley large sums OF money
Kunley also had swinded Rouis out OF other sums
while appropriating hs name They hah pee" hn'"
ally Interested In the brc-a-brac business In Ff'h-
ave- which really belonged to Rouis, ana the pus''
n.ss had been ruined. Rouis declared YESTERDAY
,h, no had lost $4,000 by Kunleys rccklessness ana
dishonesty.
Dc,cc,ive McClusky took Rouis before Coroner
O'Meagher shortly before noon Mr. Howe appe'c'
for Rouis and made a statement that Nou's CAV
himself I'D as "A witness not as a DEFENDANT Simply
h.c,uss no WAS in the house at the time OF the
shooting
Gently with kinney Itous was Wiling 10 'e,' az
about hts business relations with kunley ana eH-
nla,n the circumstances OF the shooting WHICH was
clearly suicide. the lawyer said.
Rou,s is about thirty-eght years old lie was
,,,s,,,. drcsscl when he appeared at the Cor
oner's office lie told OF lavishing money on NUM-
lev even inter the latter had forged his name 10
ch.cks lie had allowed him to run his business
~, N eighteen months ago. when ne fouhd 'ha'
b,s husincss had been ruined and ne was pa"ni"P'
through Kunleys endorsements III .,
tho particulars OF the shooting Rouis sa'u' VI,
business affairs are In tangled condition. anu
or, ~ Kunlcy's nat Tuesday night to have tank
9TH him aicrit the concern. lie was par"d"S
disrobcd arl In the course OF our ta'H "'"''
him wha, became OF the money. In a moment
and I'm a very excited manner. he Irapo'n '''e ~
the wais,coat and asked: DO You want 10 saw ''S
NJ. Tn. door was closed. I opened It ana sot
out into the hallway. pressed the o"''o" "','
turned 10 II the elevator was COMING w.
I dil So saw Kunlcy with "A revolver po'nte" d.
NO tie nr.l but his aim WAS poor. dash'h
do., m. stairs and succeeded IN reaching nv
street, did not know that he hai h'ie, "' Him.,
untn later. when went to me ono W 49,, mill
ro,r,,r AZ / would have 10 stay IN the station
ali night kunl"y about hye y'asS "so az, -
TOOK a liking TO him. gave MN 49, ~ s0 60 + +
80, and hay. "A good tine. lie dd So ihi !
tomnI ont aferwarl h. had forged se'era' , -
but said nothing about u. ~" sun haIf ago
manage my business until Soar anI ~" ha"n~ss
,,.r III covered the condition OF His "".''
So ,hrn n. had worked ~ salesman III
iinr,rdn- he would frequently meet me VI, '' '
-. s,nco thcn and say; l would IKE 10 ~ ".
wt,h vou again and make money TOT No"' VA
,pi + 1,ln't ,hink he coull do T. ..,v. .o
~ NV. s,id 10 cOror'r - M'AHhcr., W. ''i'
,.,",. he Gcorre j Kllgeu ~ 40 10 bio"u" .,,
ruho saw the smoothing. that knn'ry 'o""'"'' SUI
eide" . . ,sccr,atncI that XII
IN wn. IL the only witness o. the al'alr: ma =,
1901 Tor the state Camp AT i'eh'h' 'H''' "a
IN. morning. c... o.u.,gher opened
- ,,y .S.er ; O'Clock Grprg" i. M',l'n. VIZ ~,
~ ,hc Alpine 70 hearing ne sho' , re' 'a,
..r,,, :, Kunl~,'S room ana hhilhs mn, :, 49, /,
3D.. he,d of IN. stairway Win p'pp' ~ rt,
=" - ,,ound In the head Mt ki.g,h 'o'i IN ~
~" ns nv Kuncy shoot himself Ma.i"n az. ~,
- toufs runnins down the stairs AZ iut'Vu'
.-ore, 81 Iieagher then produced S"V'rtI ~,
,'.,,i in tho room which he said clearly 'nuN' 49,
49," s,,,rti,i intent The Coroner Sii ne h', y"
-, ,ba, n was a suicide ana frlrh''I h""'' ~
o.. raroln Of Mr. Howe urtl Moniay. A,, Va.
m. Letters indicate ~" peculiar te'' r,P s,r
-, ,niue Kunley and Rophine hous, .oa
,r,,,yhou, III. cplsiles Kunlcy "Npresse' an VI
u'sr.,t for Rou,s X. Rous desired hunry 70 -, ~
~ n,m. Of Kous and u" his own IN 'n' Wv ~,
49," refused 10 do -. and begged or fSouls III Wv,
80, rccfionate terms that he might p' ,, h
49, bis name hu, this Rouis replied 'ha. ne
49, ,ir.I ~ Kuney and his "NtraVaSaii' ,..
kunlcv entrcaicl Kous 10 give nun, "'''"'' ~
or he would do something desperate