New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-11-03
IDENTIFIED BY HIS FATHER.
THE BODY OF FREDERICK HARDY, JR..
SENT TO NORFOLK FOR BURIAL.
GENERAL BELIEF THAT THE YOUNG ART
STUDENT WAS MURDERED-BROOK-
LYN DETECTIVES BUSY. But
UNSUCCESSFUL.


Keyport. y. j., Nov. 1.-The finding Of the body
OF Frederick Hardy. 3r OF Brooklyn In Raritan
Bay. just of Keyport yesterday morning. has
thrown the town into n state OF great excitement
The body was picked UP by an oyster sloop al
a. m. Captain Aumack OF the s.oop. saw the
body floating In the water and ordered the boat
brought alongside The drew the body into
the boat with boathOoks and when It reached the
deck they amazed Mt seeing rope tied about
the waist. attached to which was a stone Weighing
perhaps thirty pounds The skull also found TO
be crushed In and the face badly bruised
Around the neck purple marx, indicating
that the man had either been strangled or the
body had been lowed through the water AFTER
having been thrown overheard. The body was
brough, TO Keyport al noon. and was taken IN
charge by Deputy Coroner Bede.
The Keyport authorities had received word 20
look for Frederick Hardy. jr.. who had disap-
peared from his home near Fort Hamilton TWO
weeks ago, and thought 70 nave Deen muir
dered The description tailed with that OF the
body exactly and the New-York police were *
once informed. Henry c. Hardy, OF Brooklyn.
grandfather Of the young man. and FREDERICK
Hardy, ST. the father came to keyport this morn
Ing and identified the body as that OF FREDERICK
Hardy jr. An inquest was held to-day. wh'ch re-
suited In finding that the man came TO his death
at the hands Of unknown persons
Nothing in the way of evidence was introduced
that might lead TO the detection " the guilty men.
The young mans father and his relatives are
wealthy. and everything possible Will be done
toward finding the perpetrators OF the murder.
The motive was no doubt robbery. as young Hardy
was in the habit % carrying about with him from
$50 to 500 In money besides valuable watch ana
chain. The murdered mans father said to-day thdt
the time of the murder his son probably haa
about $40 In his pockets. DR.. Johnson. OF heypore'
performed an autopsy upon the head last nlSh1
and stated that the wounds showed that they had
been lIncted before death - -. - 40
mics. and was of the sort who mace lrIe"u II
her than enemies Apparently the police are az
not be- 4 onn ,e person sA in the neshbornood who
heard even a cry for help on the night OF the
The body was this evening shipped 70 Norfolk
Va. where 1t will be buried in the family plot.
Detectives Delehanty, Desiin Conln and Murphy
were sent out yesterday by the Brooklyn Central
Police Office to cooperate with the detectives Of
the Fort Hamilton and Coney Island stations in the
investigation OF the ciews Of the murder Of Fred
erick Haldy. jr They made inquiries about the
watch which Hardy at the time Of his muir
der. and pursued their investigation among the re-
sorts at Coney Island and among the soldiers az
Fort Hamilton. Some Of them went to Keyport,
y. J.. and hunted about the rivers and nelghbor-
hoods In the endeavOr get hold Of some tangible
clew that might lead 70 the discovery of the muir
derers. They were unsuccessful. and found nothing.
Last evening Captain Reynolds OF the Central
hurry He would no; reveal the nature OF their
mission. but said It simply in line with the
Central Offices intention to cover every detail Of
the thoroughly.
Some personal cards belonging TO Hardy were
found yesterday on the path leading from the
house OF Albert Johnson to the shore at Ninety
ninth-st. Stains upon OF them taken
for blood. but this point the detectives are not
sure
The watch young Hardy carried may lead 20 the
discovery OF his murderer. II had belonged 10 the
young mans grandfather. It was made in Eng
land and was OF guinea god. II a combina-
ton watch OF peculiar make manipulation OF
spring would the outer cover. and from
case watch the piece would be transformed 10
open face one. The thin and Mr..
Hardy doubted II there another watch in this
part Of the country Ike it. He thought that II
presented to any pawnbrOker or Jeweller its
peculiarities and ancient pattern would attract
notice at once.
art student at the New-York Academy OF Design.
Among his acquainances was the family Of +. c.
MOxham. in Ninety-slXth-st. Brooklyn. and his
chum a young art student. T. Coleman Ward.
The young men were constant companions.
on Sunday. October -. they together for the
called at the Moxham house and remained there
until 1870 o'clock In the evening, when he bade
the members Of the family good night and departed.
This the last seen Of the young man alive.
Not many minutes alter Hardy must have been
fe-d by the murderer, who, after rifng his
stone about the waist and probably towed the
body out into the Bay where il found.