The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-08-14
MURDERED MAN I. II. SHAW.
BoDY CAST Up At sCIRBOROUGH
Reach. n. L., IDENTIFIED.

Ho Lived in Brooklyn and His Father
Was a Captain in the Army - Left
Homo on Monday - Body Round
Hand and Foot When Found-was
Not Drowned No Clue to siayers.
NARRAdANsETT PIER. Il l.. Aug. 13.-Thc body
| OF the murdered man washed ashore at Scarbo-
rough Beach on Friday morning was identified
to-day ns that OF Frank II. Shaw. son OF the
late Capt. II. g. Shaw. U. q. A., OF Brooklyn.
The Identification was made by his brot her-in-
law. Robert II. Thomas OF Brooklyn. who
came here to see II tho murdered man was his
relative. An uncle OF Mr.. Shaw. Gen. James
Shaw OF Providence. also came to Wake
Held and identified the body at the under
taker shop.
Shaw was Rapid Transit Railroad inspector
and lived at Seventy second street aud Second
avenue. Bay Ridge. He had been missing from
hts home since last Monday. He was about 80
years old and athletic In build. The body will
be taken to Providence on Monday and will be
buried there on Tuesday.
The murder is Just as much q mystery as
ever. When the BODY was washed ashore the
arms were bound to the trunk with small rope
about tho size Of n clothesline. and tho feet
were tied together In the Same way. Life-savers
and boatmen who saw the knots say they were
'''' wv W q suiIoi' M dutopby buOWeu tDdt
the man had not been drowned but was dead
before he was thrown into tho water. There
were wounds In the groin and chest which
might have beens ufIlcient to cause death.
The fact that the body was clothed and that
only small amount Of money was found in
the pockets led TO the conclusion that tho man
had been killed for the purpose OF robbery,
perhaps on a Sound steam boat, perhaps on
shore.
shaws father. Capt. R. G. Shaw. died In
Providence on April 30 1898. He was we'll
known In Newport.
Shaw was first employed by the Brooklyn
Rapid Transit Company nearly two years ago
as an inspector on the Brooklyn Bridge Divi-
son He was in charge OF the second loop at
this end Of the bridge last fall he was transfer
red to the Sea Beach Division. working from
] O'Clock in the afternoon to l o'clock in the
m orning along the Coney Island lines. between
Bay Ridge and Sea Beach. The men who knew
him along this route. describe him as a
quiet. self-contained young man who attended
strictly to business He made no very
close friends. but no enemies He
was independent. 1t is said. and he used to
take drink when he felt like it. whether any
OF his superiors were about. to report him or
not. He was friendly with his fellow employ
ees. but some OF them got the idea that he felt
himself qualified to earn more than the $3.50
a week OF an inspector.
Sunday OF last week was a very busy day on
the Coney Island Division. Some time after mid
night car cams In with its CLOCK upside down"
that is. the fare register read in" instead
OF out" Shaw climbed aboard the car and
went to report its conductor at the Fifty. eighth
street stables. Before he spoke OF that matter,
however. he asked II he could have q couple
Of days of as he had been overworked ever
since the strike. He was told that there was
not any chance for vacation at that time
He then m entioned the wrongly set register
but had forgotten the nu Der OF the car that
it was In. He left the stables saying that he
would follow the car down to the bridge to get
its number.
This was the last seen OF Shaw by any OF his
follow employees. The next morning. the
Division Superintendent received by mail q
letter OF resignation from Shaw. Shaw gave no
reason for his resignation. but said that he
wished to have 1t accepted Immediately. He
did not call 70 his pay. which was ready on
Thursday. and there remains at the starters
ONCE. at the Bay Ridge end OF his division. q
small satchsi in which he was accustomed TO
carry his lunch every day.
Another inspector on tho division on which
Shaw worked said last night that Shaw had
told him that he had been q Quartermaster's
clerk in the army while his father was sta
toned in California. and that he had given up
that Job and had come East. He also said
that he had worked as a motorman for the old
Brooklyn Heights road
No information was given to reporters at
Shaw's home last night, except that a tele-
gram from Mr.. Thomas to the effect that the
Identification OF Shaw was positive had been
received. Mr. Thomas is expected to be at his
office at 10 Jay street to-day.