New-York tribune., 1896-10-24
NO CLEW TOTHE MURDERER.
DETECTIVES WORKING IN THE DARK TO
FIND HAMILN ANDRUss SLAYER


JOHN Z. ANDRrS SAYS no EAPhNsh WIZ" ''A
SPARED IN TIE sEARci-AN INTERESTING
STATEMENT FROM a NEW QUARTER
THE FUNERAL TO BE
HELD TO-DAY.
r,rac,ica,v M progress WAS made yesterday toward
discovering the identity Of The man or men VINO k''
Hamlin Andrlis in his Office at Yonkers on "euheS-
day morning by means Of bomb exploded ny 'icc-
tricity. Neither the Coroner nor me ponce n"'
fastened suspicion any person. Inc po'''' !" i"'
sill hold 10 their original theory that the dead man
met his death AS the result of careiessnesS WI" w.
rlosives which he was using in experiments aino"Sh
those who knew Hamiin Andrus nest decrr' % '
he was not a man given - experiments VIII o"''""
Of any sort, ,t
Coroner Miles states boldly that AndrnS was ''e
victim Of some assassin, or perhaps a h''ih"c' w
,b.n, hr he saws he has no clew to the murnerer
or murderers Despite this fact there were e
Pnkor;on detectives in Nonkers al oaF ,,
working on the and they were mere @ ",'O'
= late hour last night, John F.. Andrus' inc nro'"'r
of Hamlin Andris also still agrees Win 'he 'o'o
,ba, his brother was murdered, hut ne 100 says
thai he suspects nobody Of the crime Many 'o"n''
people are Of the opinion. declared IN some p'"'v
from the FIRST. that John Andrus was 'ie '
,.,.,ir, of rho assassin. Mr. Andris SAID 10 rt-
porter yesterday; ,,rred IN
az am determined to leave no stone nhtnr'e" "
hiring the perpetrators of this horrible cr,n'e ~
tustice I have offered no reward ana Sn"" o'e,
none Instead Of this have engaged 'ne N
~ number OF Pinkerton detectives. nave 'o'
unoited them In numbers or In expense h"o'''e
h., ,hev can do to throw light on the mst'er ""S'
he done at any cost ] want to get az "' ~ ~
of the affair and unearth the assasS'h "
he is shall give the authorities any heip J" my
mower and shall answer any questions 'he! "@N
me to the best Of my ability. Hit do not wish 10
ta informed of their suspicious or suppositiohs uh
III they have discovered the perpefrator OF nav.
come 10 the conclusion that IL is imposso'e 10 ''
him. . ,- Of
"J can still think of no motive for the murder oi
nv brother. If II merely a question OF ",''''s
at the life of man OF wealth.. l sho"'" ~
would have been the first victim
coroner Miles went over the office and the ce"ar
under II several times yesterday In the i'''.oo"
he had several of the members or ms luIA 20 ,an 80
look AZ the premises In a closet in the of1ce wa wa
found piece Of electric wire, bent mo te Snp nrp
line as il might have been used in maI ,bere an
induction or magnetic col, oroner Gnr ner attacnes little
importance TO this find. and says " sinpE s,"m h,,
ina mat oc night have been in the habit of perform
Ing experiments or tinkerng WITH wres that
lead him TO believe that a previous but unsuccsssiu
attempt had been made TO explode pomn a ~ neSc 0c
n,ires n seems must have been put up since oc-
tober because they wound about some pipes
that had been put up on tSss aa, n nave been
put in place since last Monday for on tina. dsy
N1iS the son Of John f. Andrus engaged in
putting up in the cellar of the ONCE some wires
The theory that the tragedy was brought about bout
by Anarchist still has many sup2or'SSifa Sip on ne
spicu0us in the past is a laborer named John shelly
He lost place S. rsaS sS0. ssar hatred Of capital
lists and 1t reported YESTERDAY tnat lne poiiGGe
e h% heye "sy hs any y sn
picion attaches to him He has always Deeh resar"-
ed as fighty. but perfectly harmless.
which
new direction made last night by Frank Washss
Broadway Nj Washburn. among other things. deals
in small way in electrical supplies ne Is also
sSree detectives CT called 10 see him Mr. Washburn
was NOT the time but when he was seen AFTER AFTER
might probably throw some light on the murder--as as
he believed the case to be- Eight months az ago nG spo
moniac batteries for experiments the young man & was
Andurs four .'Merco batteries such were found n
the cellar after the explosion Young Andrns kep'
Washburn said and then returned them as unsats-
and he sold then sa % ne to
sppeaSs to be nsH IN rhs
snfnsd the the ns is and that ao them
again. but when or to whom his recollection Is a
Ssd Sapf not come S' ssD before A%S tel
The batteries which Mr. washburn says he sold
@ @nd the rsefysS back ana sold ass M o.
ment me- f'i''G IS remarksbie in many respects. ~,
ch H. Masp sa% ha asG er h nra s h
will probably submit young Andrus to an ex.
,remely rigid examination. as there are several
things he wants the Young man TO clear up. The
young has the reputation in some quarters In
Yonkers of ha wing been somewhat wild youth.
The Coroner yesterday gave permission to bury
Mr. Andrus's body, and the funeral will he held
this afternoon at o'clock At the First Prcsby-
terian Church. John T.. Andrus said 10 A Tribune
reporter to-day that he had received hundreds OF
teiegrams and letters of coincidence. 1t first
Intended ha said 10 have the funeral privately. at
the house. hut many people had expressed de-
sire attend the services that this plan had been
changed.
The Coroner's inquest will be held next Monday.
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