New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-08-17
W,NED KRONlNAN JEWELS.
POLICE ARREST A MAN WHO NAMES
ADMISSIONS.
CHARGED WITH THE MURDER
ANOTHER PRISONER SECURED WHO
Is SUSPECTED OF COMPLlClIh
IN THE CRIME.

| is SUSPECTED OF COMPLETELY
| IN THE CRIME.
| The notice believe that they have at last
| cleared lin the Kronman murder. Late last
| night William Neufeldt was arrested In sa-
! loon at No 2S4 East Houston-st. on the charge
| Of committing a robbery in Houston-st.' near
| Attorney-st When confronted with the charse
| Of committing the Kronman murder ne co"-
| fessed having pawned the crescent PIN contain
! ing fifteen diamonds which Mrs kronmah was
supposed to have been wearing at the time
she was murdered for S1S5. He said he had
nawned the other jewelry at different places on
the East Side but would not say where.
The arrest was made by two Central once
men and Detective William j. Mccormick ana
Policeman John ]. Barnes, Of the Union Mar
ket station After he had been taken TO the
Union Market station and his pedigree taken
the prisoner was taken to Police Headquarters
and locked up Yesterday the police who were
at work on the case were Informed that Neu-
feIdt could be found at Applestadts cafe Last
night they watched the place and were rewarded
nv seeing their man sitting at table counting
some money The police rushed in and captured
him He did not resist, and quietly went with
his captors TO the police station. When he
asked why he had been arrested he was told
it Wa s for a robbery which il was said he COM
mitted in Houstor-st few weeks ago.
At the station the prisoner said he was twenty
five years old and lived at No ~ Goerck-st'
When searched he had $40 3S in his pockets
Barnes left the station, and soon returned with
Samuel Greenbaum, twenty years DID, who was
arrested at No $50 East Houston-st He was
locked up as suspicious person. 1t is believed
that Greenbaum knows something of the muir
der. Greenbaum's father conducts restaurant
at No. 354 East Houston-st.
The police are extremely reticent about the
arrest Policeman Barnes says that Neufeldt
has been suspected of the crime ever since IL
was committed, but that IL mas Deen lIposSloie
TO find him.
After he had given his pedigree Neufeldt was
formally charged with committing the muroer,
and when asked what he had done with the
jewelry said that he had pawned 1t all Ac-
companied by the police officers, the two prls,
oners were placed in the patrol wagon ana
driven to Police Headquarters.
Policeman Barnes said last night that for
some days complaints have been made that
man with black mustache has been making
the rounds of the East Side trying to dispose
of some valuable jewelry at cheap prices The
description given answered that of Neufeldt,
and watch was kept for him. Up to Tuesday
night Neufedt had black nustache. When
arrested he dressed in neat fitting black
suit and a black derby hat
The injuries from which Mrs. Kronman died
were inflicted on August Z Mrs. Kronman died
in Roosevelt Hospital the next morning, and her
husband was Immediately suspected OF the
crime. He was arrested and was released by
Coroner Fitzpatrick on $1,000 bail. The Coro-
ner when admitting Kronman to bail said that
there was not the slightest suspicion against
the man.
When the house was searched it found
that all the woman's jewelry had disappeared
and the police at once accepted the theory that
both robbery and murder had been committed
AT the hospital when the woman's clothing was
searched a small bag containing $3.50 was
waist
After Kronman had been released on bail the
police told that man had been seen leav-
ing the house after the murder had been COM
mitted by scrambng through a window into
room in the rear Of the saloon on the ground
floor. They said that this was impossible.
Detective Sergeant Morris, who was in charge
at Police Headquarters last night, gave out
much information concerning Neufeldt The
latter alleges that the jewelry was given to him
by a negro to pawn. He Is an ex-convict. When
asked if he knew Kronman he said he did, and
believed that he was relative Of his mother.
He continued:
Il visited him for the first time two or three
months prior 10 July II in company with my
brother and the woman who is now my sister
in-law, but who was not at that time married to
my brother l introduced to the Kronmans
by my mother. The object of the visit to
tell them of the engagement of my brother
which is an old Jewish custom. We never met
before since.
Il read of the murder Of Mrs Kronman in the
papers but ! did not know that il was Mrs.
Kronman whom l had visited until was told
so by my mother. who was at the funeral"
Detective Morris says that there is not the
slightest doubt Of Neufeldts guilt. He says
that the Central Office detectives have had their
eyes on Neufeldt ever since the murder was
committed although his name has not been
mentioned in the
Soon after midnight two men and a woman
entered Police Headquarters, and were escorted
TO a private room Soon afterward some
was heard to shout. That's the man.! It is
not known who the persons are. but it is thought
that one of the men is Kronman.