The sun., 1900-04-18
THE CROTON TROUBLES.
Inquiry Into Murder Of Sergeant Doug.
lass Begun by Coroner.
STRIKERS DENY KNOWLEDGE
The Italians When Questioned he
come Excited and Denouncc Ac-
tiop of Authorities In BRING
ing Troops 10 Croton.


Hudson, n. r., April IT.
Dressed ii tho uniform Of thr Eleventh
Separate company Of Mount Vernon, n.
u. the dead hady Of Sergeant Robert
Douglass. who WINS shot from ambush,
laN II little WoadcA shea IA the Croton
valley. Prior to tiic treaehpiaas and
| mysterious shoptin@ II tLp sGrsi int Tie
| sttiling Italians hJl i Ga9d dead af SYM.
ipAthl ainang ti.a people hple IN thai"
4 4 gl.t With t.0 contractors f1r tae eaii-
Istletieu "a t.sn uiHetl GaHl, Siaa t!A#
Iarligr MHS +liut It'll SSA.dtl5 N.ith tsle
Hell iere Ilas Disappeared.
| tlr soldiers camp %ilih has leeo
/ ithistned lamp AIU5iuY, SaS dee%,E
IluoalDg pElce. All through Ge ni4ht n
lilfizHlng lain f4l, al.l tla hip,. ald
/ deputies Who Melc On guard all ni.sLt
Neac Wet through. Tlla strikers kept t0
4 tleii' Hlr.s dHrins tlH forenoon, hatll III
l-dla ltalr and lila Eowery. None went
| Innat tat dam w9sE- ;nd no attempt Was
m4Up tu rgsnme work.
i t'araa6l i. IS. SeAarmciSter Of sing
Sins cann Apte and viewed The body Of
| the murdered scrs amt y thorough i'll
lvosti:uti0n Viii he aaie tv both tie
i NlA4N Hi+tt t5ttltlWfA aHGtibiltltS WIN "
hope ~ Discovering the person who fired
the fatal shot. 'lAe assaNsin is generally
believed to be one of the armed strikers
who lave been doing picket duty, watch
ing the movements of the troops and
Sheriff Molloy's shclifls.
The ring!eudcrs Of the strikers profess
to have no knowledge of amy plot having
been arranged To shoot the soldiers from
ambush. Generally when the Italians
were questioned they became much OK
cited and denounced the action of the
authorities i'll bringing troops to Croton.
They seem to be as stubborn as ever as
to giving up the strike.
Coroner Holds Inquest.
The coroner held an inquest at the
camp into the ease of the death of the
murdered sergeant. Captain and AS
sistant Surgeon III. Eugene Smith testi-
fed that he had made an external exam
ination Of the body and found it in Il
we'll nolirishcd condition. There was a
gunShot wound in the abdomen two inch
es below the umbilicus and three inches
to the right of the median line. The
bullet passed clean through the body
coming ont through the inner upper third
of the right thigh Shock and hemol-
rhage were the cause of death.
Corporals Mcdowell and Murphy and
three plvatrs who We're beside the ser
gcant when he was shot said tho MUIR
dcrcd man clupped his hands to his alb
dumcn and said: Boys, I'm shot Load
quick. before he fell. Corporal Murphy
said that lie ordered his men to lie dowl
and load. At the same time he cxlin
guiShcd lighted lantern he was carry
ing, and then they fired into the chunl
Of $hruhlelN near lN. l1t found no Oh,
there when Il search was made later On
NJ one Of them heard Il report u 4 riti,
u giIi, and no flash was srpn.
Corporal Mcdowell said he heard
dill thrtd which sounded like Shot jus
hclntr the sergeant fell The dead man
perletbook iidl III papers WAS foam
stuffed between the buttons Of his inns
coat, qnd almost Il quarter If it had heei
torn of by The bullet ~ missile whiel
Killed him The SURGEON said thHt fren
Til, appearance of Tie wound the sla
!. must have been fired frnm an elevation i
!, some 20 feet from whore the serg ln
!. Wa standing. which would ~ - shap
thar Tho shot came from the direction .
Little Italy.
!. 1hr coroner decided that death wat
caused ly il @unshat wound fired lly sofnt
Z unknown person and did not doom il nee
!. cssuiy q inpancl 4 iaiy.
l'hn feeding on the part of The soldiers
!: at the loss Of their colnradc is very bitter
!. and many Of them gave expression t
thrir feelings III no uncertain terms.
!, The body of Sergeant Douglass ha
}. been sent 10 his late home in Noun
Vernon 1t was accompanied hy Quar-
: temnastcr Lieutenant Fiskc, the may"
!. of Mount Vernon, .\diutant NJ. r. Car
mady. Corporal Anderson and Privat
+ punproof.
!. During the day there was slirtniD
!. lntwccn sonc of the strikers ANA some 9
3 hr employees Of the contractors Fiau
!. Baker, i section boss. was struck in th
face With Il stone and had several of III
:. teeth knocked cut
J. The Seventh regiment " Now Gor
har arrived here III command of Colonc
!, Appleton. General Hoe Is IN c@mtaan
). of all The State troops NOW here, Wlir
nunNrl about 2,uOn.