The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-11-03
Manhattan in the morning to 20 to work.

Norham that he hadn't been seen around Bay
Ridge since TINT sunday night; Tho liaTdys
arrived here saturday from Tennessee; When
the chewing gum episode was explained yestor-
| day the police seized upon II asacIue and mndo
a search Of the stores near the fort to SEQ
II any one remembered selling Hardy such an
Et are a lot OF dance halls and saloons. The
nearest OF these saloons II at the east en- OF
| hams. In the absence OF any other clues the
| polio" were Of the opinlo ion yesterday that Hardy
sHd S r os. TsS to ss
| some chewing gum. and had made the mistake
1f showing his money In ore OF me saloons
lowed ami struck down near the steps.
From all accounts llardy's appearancc was
Unless the u money ne was seen The hoy / was
learned YESTERDAY. had been in the habit u
s L az SomS snnSy nsh at s me- he
| went TO his boarding house. probably toseo II
we're %"' G not V"f fouSf astufGSd. When y
search was, made Of these later. s2l
S.is IS 5@"f Ills TGa a.r #. H had R Ia!
| also found. but an EXPENSIVE gold watch he
had carried with him was MISSING, Ih.
by thu ,arrangement Of spring could he
changed from hunting gaze TO an, .opsn face;
wGSn the body was found a. was also tho
The cliff along which Hardy had to wal. on
visit to the saloons near the fort very lonely
pecialiv, The most plausible theory advanced
concerning tho manner In Which h,s BODY h
bay was, that the men. after lndiug they
killed him. had dragged his body down tho
2Sns the s"! Aor a'1 nut It Of bsSn
s bsp AK !" oS Sqa q sn bss
Investigations along The base OF the cliir pues-
toned boOthou.e keeper named ileegman.
another possible clue was discovered which
also s,rengthsned the theory about the boat.
drca wards from the stcrs in the direction
OF Fort Hamilton. The rn'h al2n; Thlth ths
dock to the LIGHTHOUSE. Hcgsman. yes,er lay;
when Tuestoned. rememnsrcd thai he nae
his own H'i peculiar MAKE They insisted OF
stones weighing from tw"ntT-hye TO thirty
p0dndi nt in WhsG hoe hSd been o drVeS
which the boats, ,raipters, were ATTACHED
i was a stone 81 this description VIII pims
have been missed either by HcGeman or any
one else but owi ng TO the way small boats are
| left along the shore, on" OF these could b" put
into use for a night aud brought back without
| attracting any attention.
terday. Hardy had y oensmies, and having been
here such short time very few really knew
Wth. his ricn r" sa- ' Ahonsh Of SENDER
build. he was somevhat athletic anil s,cord.
The cards and other 'raements found on the
sods a1 "a. s eh BroSsyn R
latter decided 10 await tho rssu.t II the autorsv
AZ keyport before doing much inr'hTr IN me
by thsn who remembered selling Hardy chow
Vii am H. Springer. q carpenter at WORK Mt
| Al John-on's house az Fort Ham i'un, tunnel
| over to III" Brooklyn police yester lay white
day alter ri ary SAM care on III" ateps lead.
mg down 20 The shore IN ron, ot Tho iohnson
as belonging 20 Hardy.
| The cards which were found Yesterday the
| police believe were placed there within day
or two, because they were not at all weather
KsYponT. y. J.. Nov = TIL. body. OF the
Bay on "Wednesday morning, about onG aud
one-hnit miles ,Touthwrst OF ,k"yrotti y j.;
Frederick Hardy. Jr.. Of Noun Pleasant. Tenn.
aud an AUTOPSY established ~ firmly "a an
rhs dent I tlos-,Sn w,S made by IN,
young man. father. IRE irIicE ltHtdH.who came
h Hysth o. S;' III Mon,agu. street BrSoki|n
who are. respectively. the bGpther-ln-lNw aud
d not Of }"s the may 5a M s
IDENTITY by me So,nins hni ny itrnSr it2Rmnl
less 1t was absolutely necessary T. MAKE the
'' fhs Gar5m- ?'Fn'r Hopper # ra,on,orn
Sorr;Gans u, Harry. '.%s, sqTE%.5sh
produced Mr.; Hardy identified II. garment
name S aray IN PasacGe ink e' was sf fosnd
ts "Tf y. The MINT i.a@an; Ttnn postmosH
and aIdres-ed T. irnterck Hardy, Jr.. wore
come with cr.et. Hs carefully put the irag-
ments to:-ther aud then Identified II as a
after alter h @' Jane Sorth ON o., 80 '' ''' "''n
Al ,4eTe LHi.Gs n.2hn . T. my ION s ih
| plps . 4, he. Y
io4pd then that 1ody = that OF my son.
The dentii+Ea'i?n hnytnE bee" lnads: pr. !
an autop7y The doctors reported {" Coroner
Hopper that the cause ot death was conclusion
temple inflicted 10y some ins rumen' ,!kedSlhi-
lag. The only marx Of VIOLENCE Oh III" hodH
long aud one quarter Of au inch wide. directly
back q he eye on ,hs BRAN: dif%,r'ly under..
an inch 10 diameter rms blood clo', the physi-
Clans SAID, was sufficient rnusc oi death
wa. n ~ th VA fac tha' tksr@ ws nv
water IN ~" lung. dun t"d cirrleal"n: the
a. at nrsi Typ rr IT, nay" o'G we arS
from the ne"kti. which Hardy wore. TIE
!" srdG n. ' Go5d ole" co anad On tie
| brain was Of sufficient force To cause instant
death. They said as nearly AZ they could
| judge the body had been III the water from n
/, was eleven Jays from tho time, the boy
H oanI by i " D Dawson an" "n severn eve 10 M,t.r'
| night Waterman Of the oyster beds IN the
Newport shore. as they were heating tack 10
port In their sloop about . o'clock ON Wcincs-
day morning.
When Coroner Hopper had received the
| physicians report, hs concluded that Il would
be UNNECESSARY to hold an inquest and
gave Mr hardy permission To- have tho body
prepared tor burial THIS was done
| Iy Und-rtaker A. ], Eedi". IN whose
| room. the autopsy Was performed, Mr.. Hardy
left KrypOrt with the body n $50 oc.o"s
tonight for Norfolk, Va. WhcI" ~" funeral
| will take place tomorrow. MI Hardy was
Joined AZ Phila tslphia by bis father. Mr. Henry
{. Hardy Of Brouklyn; he hurh VIII bo
| made IN the Hardy family plot in n" Norfolk
cemetsry, Before leaving brooklyn. Henry G.
Hardy sent u cable me ssage to ilrs. Frederick
Hardy who sailed for Europe about two week 8
ago with her two daughters, telling her that
her only son WAS very Ill. This message was
sent to Mrs. Hardy TO prcpgr" her In a meas
nrs. for the worse news which must lie sent to
| her soon,
detective Sergeauts Edward y. Murphy and
James L. McGrath oil the Brooklyn Detective
Bureau accompanied Mr.. Hardy and Mr.. and
Mrs. Hyatt 10 keypOrt this morning, and mnde
fail ,tE,.t 1F L. I,,I