The times., 1899-08-11
WEPT AT HIS WIFE'S BIER.
krOnman Attends the Funeral of His
Alleged Victim

Kronman Attends the Funeral of His
Alleged Victim.
New York, Aug. 10.-Whie an enormous
crowd filled the street outside, pushing and
showing in a frantic effort to obtain the
best points of vantage, the funeral of Mrs
Annie kronman, the mystery surrounding
whose murder the police are working hard
TO solve, was held in the fiat at 266 West
Thirtyflfth Street. at 10 o'clock today.
By the side of the body during the SER
vices sat Nathan Kronman, the husband
closely guarded by detectives from the West
/ Thirtyseventh Street police station He
] had been brought from the Tombs, where
/ he was imprisoned by the order of the
coroner upon the charge of having killed
i his wife. He appeared to be deeply affect
i ed when he entered the room where his
wife's body lay. The body was enclosed
in plain pine coffin unyarnished and un-
painted This was in accordance with the
| strict rules of the Kalischer Bruder Verein,
| the organization under whose auspices the
! funeral was held. Kronman is a member
! of this organization which always buries
the families of those belonging to it.
Inspector Thompson and Coroner Fitz-
! patrick, who has charge of the case, ac-
companied Kronman from the Tombs, but
| left him at the door leading into the fiat.
Detective Coughlin sat by his side through
the services Black cloths and hangings
were draped about the interior of the fiat
| on the third floor, where the woman was
found dying on Monday with deep cuts
about her head. There were a few flowers
I'and floral pieces disposed about the room
in which the coffin lay.
| Friends of the family began to arrive
early in the morning and the crowds stand
ing in the drenching rain outside pressed
closer and closer, almost into the vestibule
until they were driven back by detach-
ment OF police from the West Thirty-sev-
enth Street station. The rites were brief
Portions of the scriptures were read by
officers of the Kalischer Bruder Verein,
and, following the ancient Hebrew custom
of rending the clothing as a token of grief,
Kronman tore a strip of cloth from the
lapel of his coat repeating as he did SO
prayer He was much affected. He can
take no part in the seven days mourning
that will follow the burial Of the dead un-
less his speedy acquittal follows the COM
mencement of the inquest tomorrow. At
the conclusion of the services the body was
taken to the Long Island ferry and from
there to Washington Cemetery for inter-
ment.
Kronman was led back to the Tombs,
Coroner Fitzpatrick stating that he could
not permit the prisoner to leave the city TO
witness the burial of his wife. 1t was by
the coroner's special permission that the
accused husband was allowed to attend the
funeral
The police are hard at work endeayoring
to unravel the mystery surrounding the
murder of Mrs. Kronman. With the appear
ance of a new witness, who was mystic
riously examined in the West Thirty-sey-
,nlf tAda he
assumes a still more interesting aspect. 1t
is known that the police regard the testi-
mony of this man as of the utmost i'm
portance, although they refuse to say who
he is 1t is hinted that some startling de-
velopments are expected in the case today.
Detective Michaels shortly after midnight
brought young man to the West Thirty
seventh Street police station where Acting
Captain Cooney was waiting for him.
They all went into the captains private
room where the policeman put the young
man through a long examination. When
the conference was over Acting Captain
Cooney said:
Either Kronman committed the murder
! or he knows who did it." He declared that
he had nothing more than this to make
public just now. According to several
witnesses who lived in the vicinity of
the fat Mrs. Kronman came out Of the
fat house at o'clock on the day Of the
murder, and went into liquor store on the
! ground floor to get bill changed The
police assert that the woman must have
been killed about O'Clock, or at least no
later than 2:30. These witnesses say
that Mrs. Kronman came out of the house
at o'clock holding a bank note in her
hand. They say she entered the rear door
> of Alfred ]. Cripp's saloon, at the corner
e of Eighth Avenue and Thirty-ffth Street,
e underneath the fiat house in which the
II H. a.
g clare that at the same time they saw a
e man standing in the door of the fiat house.
= He was dark and wore derby hat, they
3 recall When the woman had returned TO
: the fiat, they say. he had disappeared.
l. Whether he went in after her not they
| cannot say.
> stepladder has been found in the Kron-
man fiat that never was seen there before
: It was discovered just inside the storeroom
off the hallway. 1t stood against the ice
, box This stepladder puzzles the police
, All the dead womans relatives say they
! never saw it in the fiat before.
Mr. Crpps, who lives on the second floor
. saws that when he reached the body OF
Mrs Kronman the stockings were turned
clear down to the ankles, just as profes-
sional thief would have been Likely to have
left them after a search for money. AL
, though every pawnshop in this city has
, been ransacked, no trace OF the missing
diamonds. the only yaluables taken from
the Kronman fiat. has been discovered
! The police base their evidence on the tes-
! timony of Hicks, the colored man, who
: says he saw Kronman about the fiat about
' 2 o'clock or the day of the murder
/ Acting Captain Cooney declared today
) that he could say nothing of the mys-
terious new witness as yet. He said the
: stepladder had always been in the fiat, and
e he denied the story that Mrs Kronman
was seen as late as o'clock in the after
2 noon of Monday by anyone.
Anchor Weighed for Manila.
: San Francisco. Aug. 10.--The transpor,
S | Morgan City sailed during the night for