The sun., 1895-03-25
WHO KILLED. ANDERSON I?
Hrs THRoAT CUT IN A FIGHT WITH
TWO BROTHERs AND A sTRAN ER.


TWO BROTHERs AND A sTRAN NG Err.
He Left Home Artsr Getting % from HE
| wife, and Died ON the Doorstep or Drug
| Store-The Police Think He was Cot by
| the Untnown Msn in = Drunkcn Row.
| James Anderson, 3s years old. m insurance
| agent, who lived with his wife and ten -year-old
daughter at COL Evergreen avenue, Brooklyn,
| had his throat cut In n mysterious manner
| shortly after y o'clock yesterday morning in
| Hancock street, between Bushwck and Ever
green avenues, and died on tho doorstep of
Charles Krauscher's drug store. near by.
| On Saturday afternoon before leaving home
| Anderson asked his wife for money. She had
50 with which she was going to buy shoes for
her child He induced her to give him the
money, saying he was going to make somo coll
lcctions and would be back early in the evening.
| when he would repay her. lie failed to return
| in the evening. but Mrs. Anderson was not
| alarmed, because he was In the habit of meeting
| his brothers William and Joseph, and spending
| tho evening with them. Heidi meet his brothers,
but where they spent the time between Sntur-
| day evening and . o'clock yesterday morning
| only the police know
| Peter =. Napp of l.137 Hancock street was on
| his way home at 2:l5 o'clock yesterday MORN
ing, going through Hancock street. and at the
| crossing of Bushwick avenue he heard a cry of
| "Murder!" He three mon. who proved to
| be the Andersons, in scufile In the middle of
| tho street, about 200 feet from Bushwick av-
| enue. Napp watched them and saw that two of
| the brothers. who afterward were found to have
| been Joseph and james. were holding William
and trying to prevent him from attacking a tall
| man who stood in front OF q house on the oppo-
| site side OF the street. 1t was very dark at tho
time. but in the glare of gas light Napp saw
| that the tall man was without hat. He seemed
to be excited, and looked up and down the street.
| Napp heard William Anderson cry several
times: Let me GO! Let me go, say"
The noise of the scuflle woke up some of the
| people in the ncighborhood. and Napp walked
| on, but kept looking back at the meh. He saw
them separate for moment, and then stone
| William Anderson approaching him, dragging
his Waht to smes an, 5y the Wam cr,a out
Help mo, viii you ="
Napp took, hold OF James who hc saw was
the doorstep @ Of 'f KrauscHers place pT6 The injured
man rroaned feebly. and Napp pulled the bell
9fthe drug store to arouse krauscher: The
druggist looked out from an upper window and
asked what was wanted. and whom Napp an
swered, Kranscher descended and opened tho
store door. He then tecphoned to Polco Head
quarters, but when ambulance from St.Mary's
Hospital arrived James was dead;
was ,hs brother Of tile Injured man, shd that hs
was going back to set satisfaction lie left. but
ing glass in the rear of tho drug store The left
| side OF his face was cut and bruised. lie went
ont again and fifteen minutes later came back.
his wounds covered with sticking plaster; When
he learned that his brother was dead he became
Tie boav Of the the dead In man was taken to tho
| station house. where twas found that the wind
pipe had been severed. Police CAPTAIN Dunn
telephoned TO the Cedar street station for Detec-
tive Miller It was some time before the police
latter when he left liTauscher's store after Sec
ing that his face was cut and bruised. went to
and took off blood stained shirt. On his re-
turn to Kranscher's he said that his brother
itip With whom h thsy had fought. Capt Dunn nm vent vent
TO Jamess house with a detective. and found
husbands death and was in a historical con,
dition. She told the CAPITA In that James used
%s aor IN and his
home and family She also told where William
Willie the captain and detective were search
Ing for the e, two brothers William appeared at at
with James 1T all. He rema ained while in the
house and then lsft saying he nv woula be back
arrested. Joseph had been arrested two hours
before. ,;;l. Each was closely questioned by Capt;
tried to get away from his brother in the middle
of the street and that when he released himself
with his brother when they met the stranger.
He doe, not know the man and could not identi-
rel and his brothers tried to prevent his throwing
9, ,cobbestone at the man. He broke away from
Late last night Capt. Dunn told Sun re-
porter that after many hours of persistent ques-
tionlng he has succeeded in getting something
OF connected statement from William Ander-
THE three Andersons!s' the Captain said,
were in Murray's saloon at Macon street and
from 10 O'clock until after l o'clock: All were
drinking. When they set out for home they
| went through Hancock street. intending to SEQ
James home; In Hancock street they met q
man who. after passing some remark which
Anderson doesn't remember, struck William in
the face. William ran for n stone. and was fol-
lowed by his brothers, Tho stranger advanced
upon them and then there was a scufe Of some
William carried james. who he found had
been injured. to the sidewalk. where he asked
the man Napp to help him. Then William went
krauscher's st ore he found that 8 brother was
hurt. William says that on reaching his house
he awakened his wife and told her that james
Then William aays he took Off his shirt.
collar and nee kite. and burned them. Ills wife
denied this when / questioned her. William
again left his house and went to the house of his
brother. lanes, where he told James's wife that
when William and his brother Joseph were
arrested both were on the verge Of dclirium
tremens. Joseph denied that he accompanied
loon lie told me that he left half an hour be-
fore they did questioned the bartender In tho
d Sa b ne Ga me In1 np S m
brothers hut came back again and that all went
away together.
men were scuil!ing. so William Gays, that he
give any description, of him. This stranger was
probably the man who cut James with II knife
willie James was trying TO protect William"
James Anderson was candidate for SUPER
visor in he Twenty-ctgbth ward on the inde-
pendent Democratic ticket last fall, but was de-
fcated.