The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-09-24
KNOCKOUT DROPS VICTIM?
SUSPICIOUS DEATH OF 4 NAV A
TOOED "JOHN POWERS.o
saIoon-Arrest OF one OF the Men Believed
TO Have DruEEod Him on n BArtender's
DencrIption-The Prisoner Not Identified,

HHe IL Supposed TO Have Been DruHFed in =
saIoon-Arrest OF one OF the Men believed
to Have DruEEcd Him on n B~Artender's
Description-The Prisoner Not identified.
Policeman vanderpool of the Macdougal
street station found a poorly dressed man on
the sidewalk at Hudson and Watts street yes
Nordav morning about l o'clock. Tho man was
In n semi-conscious condition, and the police
man thought he was drunk. On being asked his
namo he tried to answer. but was unable to
do SO and soon became unconscious. The
policeman had him taken to the station house,
and an ambulance was summoned to convey him
to st. Vincent's Hospital, but he died before It
arrived. His face became discolored almost i'm
mcdiately. and Or. Mountain, the surgeon in
charge of the ambulance, said that he might
have been poisoned by Knockout drops.
Tho case was reported to Capt. Groo and no
set his detectives 70 work. An examination of
the mans pockets failed to settle the question
as TO his identity. They contained q brass watch,
10 cents, and these addresses In n memoran.
dun book: Thomas Sullivan. box 81. Cedar
hurst, L. l.; Mrs. James Disney, South
Orange, n. j.; Miss G. Howard, 10 First
street; Mrs. Greed, 500 Prospect avenue,
Brooklyn, and Mrs. Kelly. Twenty.arst street
and Sixth avenue. Tattooed on the dead mans
right arm were the name John Powers, tho
motto Erin go Bragh." and q harp. On his
left arm was tattoood a cross. The mar was
about % years OF age, with Light brown hair,
gray eyes. and clsan;shaven face. The police
tattooed on his arm is supposed to be his.
After several hours work the detectives
found q bartender In Wards saloon, at Canal
street and West Broadway. who thought he had
seen the dead man about IL o'clock Wednesday
night In the saloon in company with two other
mon. The bartenders name Is Sylvester Hughes.
hughes told the police that when tho three men
came into the saloon ono Of them was drunk.
They ordered whiskey, and, while his back was
partly turned to thCn. he thought he saw ono OF
the other mon put something in the drunken
mans glass. Suspecting something wrong, he
gave the man II clean glass. The three took
their drinks and we t out.
After hearing the detectives describe him.
Hughes said he was sure the dead man was the
drunken visitor at the saloon. He RaSo the do
~tectives q description OF tho other two, and,
with this to guide them, they arrested Cornelius
Hazel, - years old, Of o Hubert street. The
police give him n bad reputation. He was ar
raigned In Jefferson Market and ronlanded.
Hughes, when confronted with the prisoner, said
| that Hazel was not one of the men he had seen
with the drunken man. and when he saw the
dead man he was not positive that he was one OF
the party.
Tho dead mans body is now at the Morgue,
An autopsy will be held to-day by Coroners'
Physician Weston to determine the cause of
death. In the meantime the police are trying to
lind out moro about the case. The detectives
stid last night that they had communicated
with all the persons named in the dead mans
memorandum book, and that none of them knew
him. In their opinion he had either been look
ing for work from them or expected to do 80.