New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-06-30
THE POLICE HAVE 4 CLEW.
THEODORE CYKLAN. A CABlNET-MAhEK' H.
MAY BE THE MURDERED MAN.
rIiB INITIATED BODY IDENTIFIED Di his
EMPLOYER - HAS BEEN MISSING
SINCE THURSDAY.


4 o,ow TO the identity of the murdered man
narts ~ whose body were found floating in the
East River On Saturday. and in a wood near
Hghbridge on Sunday which is by far the most
plausible Of all those suggested so far. was made
known last night If the theories advanced by
four well-dressed men, who called at the Morgue
at s O'clock are as we'll founded as the police
believe them 10 be- the victim of the murder
mystery will turn out to be Theodore Cykian'
cabine, maker employed for the last two ysars
by William Raumgartner & Co. cabinet manu-
facturers at College Point Long Island.
When the four men referred 10 reacheo 'hc
Morgue last night. in company with detective
from Police Headquarters. they asked to see the
body of the murdered man. Mr.. Armstrong,
the night Morgl;e keeper, told them they would
have TO wait for some time. the Coroner
with other persons. was then making an eXaini-
nation OF the body. 1t was fully half an hour
before the men were allowed to see the corpse.
HAD BEEN WARNED NOT TO TALK.
While they were waiting a number of report
ers endeavored to get the strange men to talk,
hut they had been cautioned by the detectives
not 10 say a word, unless they wished to nave
their mission thwarted. While the men were
making the examination Deputy superintendent
Rickard arrived and took their statements iii
shorthand All this was done behind closed
doors and all information was absolutely re-
fused the reporters. until Superintendent Muir
ply, who was found later, ordered the Deputy
Superintendent to make public his notes, saying
the matter belonged 20 the public.
Then 1t was learned that the man who acted
as the principal spokesman of the four was
L. Zimm, superintendent for William Baum
gartner & Co. He lives at No, 16S East Nine
of he
with him were not learned. He said he had been
superintendent Of the concern mentioned FOR the
last two years, and that during that time Theo-
dore Cyklan proved himself TO be one OF his best
employees.
Last Thursday the man disappeared bu. as
he was a trife eccentric attention was paid
10 this fact When. however, he did not call Tor
his wages last Saturday. Superintendent Zimm
began to think something was wrong, and when
the discovery Of the mangled body was made
and the subsequent discovery Of a valise con-
tanning clothing and other articles, he thought
it possible that Cy khan had been murdered SO
Mr.. Zimm went 10 the Morgue to see the body.
NEW DISCOVERY MADE.
Two Of the men with him. he said, were also
In his employ. He said that Cyklan had
poisoned finger two years ago, and the poison
ing had left a scar. DR.. Scott. of the Bellevue
Hospital staff was called in, and examined the
fingers Of the murdered man. lie discovered
slight scar on the second finger of the right
hand II was scarcely noticeable, but when
closely examined ii was evident that the finger
had been sore at some time. This scar had not
been noticed before. and this fact makes the
statement of Superintendent Ziinm OF much
greater value. .t
The finger spnken of 30 much is The left fore
0naer euperintenlent Zimm said Cyklan had
also wound on his corresponding finger. Three
h,1 fno1f fn1 CT
nail with hammer
ARTICLES IN THE VALISE.
Then one Of the other men made the state
ment that from the description given in the
nevspapers ne recognized the yalise discovered
and its contents as belonging to his friend Cyk-
Ian He said the two states made him positive
of this as he had purchased two states at the
same time Cyklan did He said he would not
swear that the articles found belonged TO CyK,
Ian until he had personally seen and examined
them but he quite as positive as any one
could be who had not seen the articles. he
said he would be back at the Morgue TINS morn
ing at II o'clock. with superintendent Zlmm ana
several others, and then he would be able posi-
lively 10 tell whether or not the contents OF the
valise belonged 10 his missing friend Superln-
tendent Murphy agreed to have the vaiise and its
contents brought to the Morgue from the Hlsh-
bridge station. .
There were also in the valise a piece of mould
ing three screws and box OF tacks. all arti-
cles in common use by cabnetmaker
The satchel is a large black one, and was
found by Walter Palmgren, OF NO 4o5' Third
ave. on Monday afternoon in the woods on the
west side of Sedgwick-ave., north Of Burnside
ave. This spot is about two and halt miles
from the place where the lower par+ or tn" Dody
was found on Sunday. Palmgren gave the satc1e!
10 A policeman, who took it to the Hghbridge
station
Among the articles found in the satchel were
two new small school states, with the letter "A
written In pencil on the frame Of each; small
bottle of vaseline. some writing paper two dozen
plain envelopes a miniature wooden DarTel con-
tanning a few carpet tacks: harmonica black
diagonal coat and vest. pair of striped trousers
two white linen shirts with collar measure
nent of 16 inches: copy of paper Inc FRO,
gressive Thinker published in Chicago, ana
dated Saturday. June H. and piece Of brown
wrapping paper on which there was an adver-
tisement printed by Wahouse & Sons, Atlanta
Ga.
FRIENDS OF MISSING MEN AT THE MORGCE
There were many woud-be identifers at the
Morgue earlier in the day. The most important
of these was Charles Andersen, Swede, who
told Of riding to this city from Mount Vernon
in a troley-car on Saturday evening. with two
Germans one Of them carried large package
Of oblong shape and wrapped in brown paper.
which resembled that in which the lower part
Of the body found. The bundle was tied
with a heavy brown cord Andersen said that
the man who carried the bundle seemed nervous
and held it partly under his coat. captain
OBren had long talk with Andersen at Police
Headquarters, but would not say what he had
learned
Mrs. Elizabeth Earey. Of No. 10 North Sec
ond-st. WILLIAMSBURG came looking for her
missing brother-in-law who disappeared last
Friday night She said the BODY was not MS
Leo Teble Of No. J3G East Thirteenth-st. was
IN search Of the body OF Simon Folks. OF No. IA
East Thirteenth-st.. who disappeared fort
night ago. but he could not identify the body
Louis Balado. of No. 3il East Twenty-eighth-
ST., was another would-Dc identiiier. He was
looking for Charles Corresa. forty eight years
old. OF NO $50 Fast Twenty -iirst-st, who dis
appeared two weeks ago. but he became con-
ynced that the body was not that of Corresa.
Another caller was DR.. Frank pathologist or
the New York Hospital. DR. Ferguson exam
!ned the body carefully in the afternoon. All he
would say that portions Of the body looked
10 him as If they had been boiled. He VIII
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