The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-11-16
BRooKLrN MURDER 1rYsrsRY.
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Sees with Lyons..
Despite the fact that Brooklyn's entire detec.
tive force has boon at work since carly Sunday
morning, little or NO progress has been made
In the search for the murderer OF Thomas j.
Lyons, the printer, who was found dead In q
lot ON Fulton street, between Saratoga and
Hopkinson avenues, early on Sunday morning..
The police have q fair description OF the man
VINO Ii supposed to have killed Lyons. Ihey
nave no idea who no Is or whore ne comes
from. The description furnished by those VINO
saw the stranger and Lyons together at ABOUT
midnight Saturday night is too general to DO Of
much use to the police. The stranger was a
slender man, of medium height, with a blond
mustache. He wore o gray suit and q SLOUGH
nat, say those who saw him. They can give no
detailed description, however.
Tho theory Of q chance acquaintance, q quar-.
rel, and an adjournment to the lot to hight 1t
out Is tho ono the police believe In at present.
They admit that IL this 10 correct, they have q
long chase ahead of them.
Acting Superintendent Mackellar., Inspectors
Capt. Reynolds H'e or the ip'stsectivo Bureau. and
SSaRt. Ennis Of the Ralph avenue station met at
Police Headquarters yesterday and were
The man with the; blond mustaohe went into
Sloans saloon at Saratoga avenue and Fulton
street with Lyons at about 1915 O'Clock Satur'
day night, The last heard Of Lyons. prior to
that, was at IL 80 o'clock, when he was In Peter
Shannon's saloon at Gates avenue and Knicker-
booker avenue, we miles away. Ho was drunk
and alone. When he left he promised shannon,
who was his friend, that he would go straight
home. II his movements could be traced from
ll:3o until 1915 o'clock that night the mys-
terry might be solved. John Schumacher, one
OF Sloan's bartenders, served the men with
drinks: Schumacher says thatit didn't seem to
him that Lyons was very drunk. The other
man. as he remembers, was quite sober. Lyons
tried to sell Schumacher a ticket to q ball to be
given. by an organization to which he belonged.
The bartender declined to buy 1t, and then
Lyons and the stranger went out together.
Schumacher says it was about twenty min
tache came in alone. His SLOUGH hat was pulled
down over his eyes, and he seemed to BIO much
excited. He went into tho toilet room, and the
bartender heard him turn on the water.
lie supposed the man was washing his hands.
About two minutes later the man came out of
the toilet room, walked up to the bar, and
ordered a drink Of whiskey.
Hurry 1t up he said to Schumacher. II
want to catch the next elevated train down
The bartender noticed the man examining
his cuffs and his coat sleeves. He went back
into the toilet room and again washed his hands.
Then he came out, took a big drink OF whiskey,
paid for 1t, and went away.
The bootblack who has a stand outside Of the
saloon, and for the privilege keeps the toilet
room. OF the saloon In order, went to change
the towel In tho room IN hour later, and
found that the soiled towel was stained with
saw the body and identified 1t as that OF tho
companion Of tho man with the blond mus
tache,. he told. the police the whole story, and
turned the stained towel over to them.