New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-09-17
THE OF A STABLE DUNGEON.
A coLp-BLooDEp OUTRAGE WHICH IN
vEsr1GATIoN FAILS TO VERIFY.

>r,urs A TRuCKMAN SAYS. ROBBED HIM
o .aoo AND KEPT HIM cHIoRoFoRMED
..r IN IRONS FOR DAYs-po1lcE
WANT TO KNOW WHO WOUND
HIS WATCH AND CARED FOR
HIS SILK HAT
. rrnes, Rocker of the Macdougal-s" s's-
-. informed Yesterday morning lha' W
,6nea in the cellar Of stable al Nv, ~ 20,
:, y,e went there and found ma" ~ ,o,5 a
80 On his ankles The man, "heh ieN" IT.,
,oor story He said his name was So =, ,n1
49, ~, no was a truckman. sixty years o'N, W
oo'"o' n . OK seventh-ave On Sunday hsh' "e
"'e" 90 ,.n from Westfeld. n. j., and was paS'"e
~. s,abls when seven eight men '"'e" -
over his head and carried him 20 tne 80 a. f,er
H.. r,bhed him Of $500 in money. t'Ne'E s h,,
u,rd he said they administered on.o'o'o '. y. had
W. =, tho whole time Of his conlineme" u" w
anu Il" Wv The man pointed out bottle OF
'S,, IN corner Of the cellar ana 'eNo'.o
'v hitch he said he had been threa'eheu " '
yen, his making an ouicry ,,,oa station
rrsnector Cortr!ght was called 10 'iie 90 a Dar
hen The man had told his story, anu ne ma" e.
W., ,,.ss,,gation which convinced him tua' i noo
ooh.s tale was false. The man sara una ~.
'o =. .,o,en from him came FROM 'he TN'i'''
,,,r,o,.s Association. but how he olu "o' a,,
Iii, exna,n Several dollars OF ms OWL No., hor
b,s watch were not stolen >e''"'' .I,,, (which
=, .w, tickets for various articles OF J'"'"' .,a.
% "a ,ovnsd What convinced the inspector ,i"'
~. NON Was living that the slih ""' az ,u,
' -, aouar no uore.were not the least OIL rum
- aouoa as they would certainly nave o'''
had taken part in a struggle or mao o' ,,y ring
5ovs IN a dirty cellar The ponce io" - ,,oo,
n 1,scomb's pocket which he said was "E w., Vs.
. =" .as kew which opened the locks on n'S
r.''0'' 49, ,oor,.6 from, persons living in the "e's"
,os .,o, Iiscomb was seen Walking h'"' Wv
..ohia II o'clock on TUESDAY hs"''
r,scomb II was learned. is at oodS "' ton,h
named Iydecker, who Keeps inc a ,1 f,ur
o,,ed I, AT one time. but sold 1t TO byueV"'' ,,
y. 60 sr,,s have resulted from the sale anu "'e
o. hVe SUI o,,Ca mink Yiscomb may have IN
p~s ..o rohberv story 10 revenge himseH u P
49,, They believe that he went down 10 '"' 49,,
nth a confederate. who placed .he 40 n,aca
,L,ss and the revolver and choroio''' ~ ,.ira IN
uhe-e they were found. one OF the mn ~ ,oo, q
~ s,abIe ,od Acting Captain Farrell tha' ne r,,h
."e w., ,aoa an Monday night. and that l"S'o'''O
oo,ld No, possibly have been there 'nen' CON
u,,ness was found who went into me- me 81 fIscomb
early on Tuesday night ana "a anhuia nee surgeon
When the man released an ai,oi The DOCTOR
,.as calle5 from St Vincent's iiospta' rredit his
after examining Lscomb sa,a ne vas 0 nothing in his
nhvsical condition 10 verify IL ,a chat the mans
I,Sb vas running Liscomb said ne aim nore
wound II in the morning. and II Ne. he he had not
wound E, since last Sunday morning. anu me inspec-
explain why IT sil running. VIZ o,rrastpd If Lis
nYSllN
oor,h thought that he was in any wa! - Sscomh
for the robbery or the alleged ,bnn tod him to
,,ovId M. consent The inspector th'h 'o uoo,,ra n
snnear in Jefferson Market Court anu sbare in
u1trran, for whoever he thought nau any ,15 ho a.
,ba alleged outrage Liscomb said ne "Uu,u AMI
The court but the police openly saiu '"'' "'''
believe he would $1,000 .oa1a a sensation
IN The neighborhood of the stable whTn .hn sfter
na,oe known as the morning advanced m. le d, en-
uoon David NJ WeuberGer. q lawyer nun S;si,aa
.Sred Jefferson Market Police Court anu t,s,eJ
Magistrate Cornell If a warrant hiu oT In answer
ratns, client of his named Lydecker. IN als~ei
90 The MAGISTRATES questions. ne sald mn, ne T
seved a warrant for his clients arrest Wou!u oe ~
nIied for for having another man chineu op pso
l.! caiiar for two DAYS. The accusation "VuIo az
t rooda that Lvderker had also placed polie ol
chIoroform and loaded revolver on thG top "a 'ae
~, IN such position that If the imprisoned man
Struggled the pistol would be discharged anu Tue
ccnloroform would be spilled over him -,
THE LAWYER said that Lydecker was az ciaii
bake and knew nothing OF the acGusd,iom a. he
SSn bu, that he wanted 10 surrender nhlSeil II ne
Vas wanted Magistrate Cornell said that no war, war
va, had been issued for such an extraordinary
crime and promised that. should such an appIiCHd5
ton be made he would issue a sunln1 S anu "0N
srforno tho LAWYER Of the fact by telephone
No application. however was maze 'ef'eiu"''