New-York tribune., 1896-10-25
on THE MURDERERS TRACh
THE YONKERS FIEND. THE CORONER
NOW SAYS. WILL BE CAUGHT.
u,MLrX j. ANDRrs LAID TO REST SYMPATHETIC
CROWDS At THE FrNERAi~"HE HAD MI
Az ENEMY ~ THE WORLD THE
PREACHER SAYS.

cpowps At THE FrNERAIe-"HE HAD NOT
Az ENEMY IN THE WORLD" THE
PREACHER SAYS.
Yesterday brought 10 the people OF Yonkefs no
rovs TO show who is responsible for the death OF
IomIin l. Andrua The detectives were a. busy az
over and several Of them were about the factory AZ
intervals all day. The Coroner, too. mad' r''e'''
visits TO the scene Of the tragedy Ehriy III in'
afternoon he held consultation with the finKef-
tons and Tribune reporter saw nm soon h''c'
ward Tho Coroner vas at first disposed 10 be "x-
trcmcly rcicent, but later he said mat suspicion
attached 20 no one OF the several men who have
been brcucht before the authorities and questioned
Among these have been James Pcrsse hrcmah
employed by the Arlington Chemical company
Patrick Kilcy "A machinist. also employed about
the factory. and Howard Hearst.
So far as the pubic IL concerned nobody Is sus-
pectcd 1t is certain however. that the detectives
are on the track of the murderer. and that inpor-
tant arrests are imminent for Coroner Miles said
Yesterday afternoon to Tribune reporter; we
are almost sure OF catching the perpetra'or or the
murder. cannot tell how soon an arrest may DC
made II may not be for week; II may not he Tor
two weeks or possibly later. but the assassin VIII
be caught in all likelihood. The detectives are TO-
lowing their cIews." More than this the Coroner
refused TO say.
The funeral OF the murdered man was held yes
terday afternoon at the First Presbyterian Church.
People crowded the building to the doors, the
throrgs including many of the most prominent and
representative residents of Yonkers. The church
was profusely decorated with flowers OF many
kinds the pulpit being mass or roses, white
chrysanthcmums and immortees. The palibearers
were Charles u. Gorton william Martin, +. w r.
Eschmann John II. Kceler. Peter j. Elting and
Joseph a. Lockwood. The directors OF the Citizens
National Bank and the trustees OF the fonkers
Savings Bank attended the funeral In body. Both
banks previously adopted resolutions OF sympathy
and coincidence.
The mourncrs John f. Andrus, the brother
of the dead man, and his family; Mrs. lamlin J.
Andrus the widow: Hiram Andrus. his son. and his
three daughters. the Rev. DR. David Cole OF the
First Reformed Church. read Il passage OF Script
ure the Rev. DR. Avah s. Hobart offered prayer
and the funeral sermon was preached by the Rev
Dr. s. Parkes Cadman OF the Central Metropolitan
Temple of New-York. the pulpit Of the FRS: Pres
byterian Church being vacant at the present time.
The funeral discourse was extremely impressive,
nd Was ho sneaker rred to the fact thai the
dead was beloved by az VINO knew MIN ana by
eseemed u HIM most highly we're those who knew him
and had been admitted TO the circle OF his family
whatever red-fool-fury struck him down while his
day was yet morning., said the preacher. u give IL
as my deliberate verdict that he had not an enemy
The PRAYER offered by the Rev. DR. Alvah s. Hobart
referred 10 the sudden and terrible manner OF Mr.
Andrs's death and also to the suspicion that 1t was
accom- pllshed by some person not In his right mind
Al intervals In the service quartet composed OF Mr.
and Mrs W. c. Hon Miss WInifred Sullivan and
r. r. Chamberlain sang Abide with Me- and Thy
VIII BE Done" The organst. James Pearce. played
the Dead March in Saul Mendelssohns Funeral
March and Chopin's March Funebre.'
After the funeral the procession proceeded 10 Oak
land Cemetery. where the body was buried In the
Yesterday afternoon boy named Louis MCLEOD
was brought from Jamaica, Long Island. TO be ques-
toned as tc whether he had seen any Of the wires
in the cellar under the office. Mcleod employed
as Office boy, but discharged on October 3. The
detectives found a piece Of cork In the Office which
had a small hole running through IL and was black
ened as II by powder. 1t ls thought that 1t may have
been through this cork that the wires passed into
the bomb The experts say that the explosion
OF powder. and no; OF dynamite.
made any statements rejecting upon anybody main
taning intimate relations with the dead man. but he
vestieatons would be possible that could not have
been carried on before. -
The Coroner said that the inquest might be held on
Monday or II might he postponed stil further. ac-
corling 10 what developed within the next twen-
ty-fOur hours.