The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-08-17
KRONMAN MURDER ARRESTS
STOLEN DIAMONDS OFFERED FOR
SALE IN vOUSToN STREET.

Police Recover Most of Them and Accuse
Neufeldt of the Murder-He and Green
baum Peddiod and Pawned the Jewels
Neufeldt Says Kronman Is n Relative.
The police arrested two m en- last night. one
OF whom they say is the murderer OF Mrs. Ma
than kronman. who was killed on Aug. 7. in
her apartments in West Thirty-seventh street.
He ia William Neufeldt. % years old. OF
W Goerck street. an ex convict. The other pris-
oner is Samuel Greenbaum, 20 years old.
the son of n we-to-do restaurant keeper OF
352 East Houston street. He is held as a wit
ness
Detectives Carey and McCafferty. OF the
Central Office. and Detective Mccormick and
Policeman Barnes OF tho Union Market
station. arrested Neufeldt in Apfeldorfers
| cafe at pa East Houston street He had just
finished game of stuss and said that he was
SD loser. He had S42 in his possession. but
no pawntickets or Jewclry. Greenbaum was
arrested in the street The police have in
their possession. the diamond earrings and
| the crescent shaped brooch that were stolen at
the time Of the murder and they hope to get
the stolen diamond ring within day or two.
Neufeldt admitted to the police that he had
pawned the brooch for Sl25 at Baruch's pawn
shop in the Bowery on Aug. TO- and that on the
| same day he had pawnod the earrings. He de-
| clarod that he had been at Kronman's house
previous to tho murder and said that he was
related to Kronman.
j called at his house some time before July
21," he said. He Is related to me on my
mothers side of tho family. ! called in COM
pany with my brother and my sister-in-law.
who were not then married. in accordance with
| Jewish custom that makes us tell our relatives
when there is n betrothal in tho family That
Ia the last time saw Kronman or was in the
fiat. read of his wife's death in the papers.
but had forgotten the namo OF my relative
and did not know it was the man whose wifo
was killed until my mother told me. She went
to the funeral"
Neufcldt said that he had obtained tho
lewelry from negro. whom no knew as
Luce" and whom he had met in Chicago in
1892. He said that he met Luce at the corner
OF Stanton and Clinton streets on the morning
OF August 10 and that Luce had given him ono
9th earrings asking him to pawn it,. lie Sc
cured Sl25. and he gave the money to Luce.
who gave him $25 and the ticket for his work.
Then he pawned the brooch.
The police say that at the time ofthe murder
Kronman mentioned Neufeldt TO them as the
| probable murderer and that they have been
looking after him ever since. They learned
| that he had been going into the cafes on East
Houston street and Offering to produce a man
who had pawntickets for sale. When the man
was wanted. he introduced Grcenbaum. In
some cases. Neufeldt carried the brooch with
him.
| He sold the ticket for one OF the earrings to q
! man named Wasser. whom he met in Weiss
| cafe at 3O2 Houston street. Wasser gave him
| SO for the ticket. redeemed the earring and
| then had the stone reset as a stud. Wassor
| and the stud wero taken to Police Headquar-
| tiers last night.
| Neufeldt has served term OF eight years for
| burglary, For a while he worked as a clerk
| for Holman Bros. cothiers at Broadway and
| Aston place. Then he ran n cigar stand in
Stanton street. Next he worked as a motor
man in Hunters Point. and later he was en-
ployed at the hydraulic works at Rapelyea and
Van Brunt streets. Brooklyn. He lost this Job
| six weeks ago
| The police say that Kronman assisted them
greatly in working up the case. He is under
$1,000 bail himself. because the West Thirty
seventh street poice suspected him. Kronman
| first learned of the arrests when a Sun re-
| porter told him the story. He accompanied
| the reporter to q telephone station In First
| avenue drug store. While the reporter was
| talking over tho phone Kronman walked up
and down the floor shouting to the customers:
| Pm Nathan Kronman I'm Kronman you
| all read about in the newspapers The man
| arrested on a charge OF killing his wife I'm
| the one Thank God they've arrested the real
murderers Now you'll all know never
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