The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-09-02
BELLR1xeKR srE1s BURIED.
Crowds At the Runerai-The plen Who Were
Arrested No Longer Und er suspicion.


George stclz, the bc~llrinRor OF Holy Trinity
Church in Williamsburg, who was choked TO
death on Sunday night In tho church vestibule,
was buried in Trinity Cemetery yesterday. The
funeral procession was tho largest seen In Will
linmsburg since that of the Very Rev. Father
May. tho late pastor of the church. As carly az
@ O'Clock yesterday morning people began to as
scmble at tho murdered mans residence. 81
Montrose avenue. Tho funeral procession
moved from the house at 8 o'clock and pro-
cceded to tho church. two blocks away.
ton, with thirty policemen. opened up n pas
sage through the crowd to give the pallbeareTs
room to walk with the coffin. The people
fought each other and elbowed their way to tho
edge OF the crowd SO that they might obtain good
when the funeral procession arrived. and the pc.
lice had e, get some OF the people out OF the pews
mass was celebrated by the Rev. Father l6auef.
tenhach, pastor Of the church. Al the close Of
dress; He said he hoped that the murderer OF
BellrlngeT stelE would soon be captured, and no
S HHb1SY him mo Sow sne P %Ssn w tSo c ssSSG0S had ID b 5SMi
faphaol's Sick Benefit Society formed In limo
members of the 81. Catharlne Hospital Benevo-
lent Society. Fully a thousand people went out
The peTies oon Ph taS 't their work on the muir.
der case yesterday and learned that, besides
stealing Stel1's gold. watch and his purse con.
tanning 81, the murderer or murderers also car
ried away with them n small gold enamelled
badge OF the St Raphuels Society, which Stels
wore pinned to the lapel OF his coat. They noti.
fed the pawnbrokers throughout the city Of the
fact that the badge was missing. and asked
Thorn to. keep . sharp lookout for it.. John
Elflein, the young man who was arrested carly
Tuesday morning. by the police of the Stacy
street station and who was held on q charge OF
vagrancy. was released from Jail yesterday
after his uncle had furnished u bail bond. Tho
other men who have been arrested on petty
charges and held on suspicion of knowing
something Of StelZ's murder have been released
with but one exception. that OF John Madden.
the cripple, who was arrested carly Monday
morning. He IL still in Jail. but tho police are
now satisfied that he was in no way concerned
In the crime. The police believe that II the mys-
terry Is ever cleared up the murderer or muir
derers will be found In the parish.
Capt. MCNAMARA OF the Brooklyn park police
notified Capt. Lees Of tho Stage street station
yesterday that a boy about IS years old, wear.
Ing q gray suit and cap, had been seen by George
Lemfelder, the Waterman at Ridgewood Park,
acting In = suspicious manner Mt the grounds OF
the Long Island Water Supply Company yestor.
day afternoon. When Lemfelder approached
the boy ran away, making his escape through
Evergreens Cemetery. In his haste he. left q
bicycle and q SS-calibre revolver. Of which Lom-
fielder took possession. The young man, It Is
said, had been spending money freely In the
saloons near Ridgewood Park and had shown
the frequentors Of the saloon o number of
foreign coins.