The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-11-04
CLUES TO HARDY MURDER.
sLIGHT BtT STILL IFFORDING morn
or IINtL SlCCESS.
penranCc, with Painter cut Cards
Apparently Put where They Were
Pound Alter the Murder WI. Dnnr.

| Boat Found Soon After Hardy's Disap-
penranCc, with Painter Iut-Cards
Apparently Pit where They We're
Found After the Murder was Done.
Out Of mass OF theore. and rumors the
police picked out two pieces Of Information
yesterday which they think MAJ lead
to the discovery Of the murlerers a Fred
erick Hardy. Jr. whose body was PICKED up
in Earitan Bay. oil keyror, IN Wednesday
morning. one Of these pieces II in
formation csns from kcriprt and was
furnished BY Scott HOPKINS. a Report oyster
man. and related to the finding 10y him on
the morning OF oct. n, two days o'ter Hardy
dsapisarel from Fort Hamilton. Il hatcau
drifting down laritan rav. The Other hit q
information they obtained y rmss 'Na-. through
an exam nation 81 the v!-.'u: cards found
near III" junction ~ Niu'ty-"irhth street and
the Shore Drive. Fort Hamilton on rhurslay.
when HOPKINS secured the boat h. found in
II bits Of wood and shny,nG,. Il pie" Of wire
aud piece ~ red sandstone. Va N" bow Of
the boat. which was nj out II feet long. was
attached very short piece .! the boats
pointer The rest had been cut OF. Hopkins
lowed the bateau 10 keypJr; ana tied 1t UP
alongside his own.
lie thought little more about it until he
heard about the binding 81 Iiardy's body n
point on the tny not far f'om whore he hal
picked up the boat Then he concluded that
there might be some connection between tho
boat and tho body. anil On Thursday night h"
informed the Keypor, police. They in turn in-
formed Capt McC.usky. chief ot Detectives
hsre. and yesterday morning two de-
tec,ivcs who had made careful sy-
animation Oi the rope attached 10 tho
stone which was found tied about the
waist OF llardy's body were sent To heyport TO
examine the hateau They found that the rope
was o. tho same s.2' and quality as that at
tache!i 1.-THE stone, l. will he renl"mh bored
that. in q general vav thai stou. was shars
stons found In the bottom o. the ha can was ~
size and aeo was red sandstone. Tn" irt-c-
tiYcs sand a police hol' would hc sent To Key
pert from here to-day to tow the hateau to
Brooklyn detectives wcrc sent w md DOWN
the shrrc in tho vicinity Of Fort Hamilton N
bnresu, The detectives learned th't such q
boat Is .o H.si' Win in ,E.i"iymTS p"f' and
nile rs well 40 tor hunting and fishing. inS
finding Of shaVneS. pieces ~ wood. aud saw
dust ia the na,sau suEGrsteL that i might
While tho detectives. up to late. hour last
bateau, they did learn something else that
they made nGts Of, L was rsr".,H'I 70 them
strangers in Fort HnmrIton. were seen IN
ono OF the concert halls Just outsie
i AIRY w r.... T"'sr S P"y Tsc
hy thcmsclVes. Some one in the concert hall.
according 10 tho information o. the police, hal
which /. lust fellow Albert lohuson,s pier. near
where Hardy's visiting chrd- wore found. The
strangers, 50 II was Satd, lett the concert hall
shortly before II O'Clock. hn' returned again
between . o'clock ami 3 O'Clock on Monday
morning. had II few drinks and then eft
This story led the police al once 10 a certain
possible conclusion. which was Ittn" strangers
landed NJ Fort Hnmllo on rom nnaph h, launch
ana II they leit IN" concert hail shortly before
! O'Clock they might hnve met young Hardy.
about II O'Clock, killed and robbed him found
the batenu. cut he rop" TO which one
Of the stone anchors was attached TO
their victim aud then put the body INTO tho
batenu. Then attaching tho ha,eau to the
they lowed In. tatrau out into the NsfrSws,
threw tho body "yerDoard aud then eut thu
painter Of the hnf~na ani set 1t adrl'. How
sOmevha, ulon wnsth"r the police arc anlc t.
d.tsrm ina II a haeau was owned about Fort
Hamilton aud Il It has been ss'ng.
The police, AMI m re particularly CAPT. key-
nOlds OF the brooklyn Detective Bureau, ut-
tach much Sigp nrNnc0 TO tho Appearance ~
the visiting cards foQui at tho head ofths stems
leading DOWN 10 he ems OF Niusty-slgh ,h
street. by Miss Annie George on Thur-iay Tho
hat aud pockctbook identified as IlHriyA. and
turned over to the police On Thursday, are
Dot %. the morning aner Hardy disaIpsaTel.
near where the cards were found. because tho
man who found them saiiso. Ii WAS supposed
at first that tho cards found hal IAN where
they were found since Oct. -. and that tho
finding OF them aud IN" hat aud pocErtbuON
so near toC-, her liked the spot where the muir
der was committed
more careful examination OF the visiting
cards aud III" Pullman ear rsc- st yesterday ed
ever lain whsre hey w"ro found for twslvs days
Heavy rail- StoTmg have fallen at Fort Ham
nton in those twelve days. and IL rainsd