New-York tribune., 1901-03-20
SEES CRIME IN CABUS CASE
CORONER SAYS WOMAN'S DEATH WAS
SUICIDE OR HOMICIDE.
HE SCOUTS THEORIES THAT DOG OR
APOPLEXY KILLED HER. AND
SHOWS a KNIFE.

Coroner Bausch and DR.. OHanlon. Of his
Office at the home yesterday of Mrs. Caro-
line Cabus. the wife of Joseph Cabus, the con-
tractor and builder who died under strange
circumstances last Sunday night. 1t
ported at that time by the police that the wom-
ans death caused by attack from her
pet fox terrier which said 10 have bitten
her jugular vein while she lay in an epeptic
fit the kitchen floor
Coroner Bausch said that death had been
caused by slow hemorrhages due to three deep
wounds in the neck. These We're inflicted with
a sharp instrument. he declared
The dog had nothing to do with her death.
and apoplexy not the cause" added the
coroner. 1T is a case Of suicide or homicide.
which will not be able to determine until fur
ther investigation has been made. From the
facts now at hand. the former, probably. The
husband was not at home from 10 o'clock in the
morning until after the death Of Mrs Cabus."
Mr.. Cabus. when seen at his home. at No. 352
West Eighteenth-st.. yesterday. said he in
Harlem the afternoon before his wife died.
II went TO see Robert Smith about loan."
he added, but that is a private matter, and
think has nothing TO do with the case. My
wife's brother. James Brodhead. OF No. 125 East
Ninety-sixth-st with her until late IN the
afternoon
Coroner Bausch said that he would order
autopsy TO be held at the Cabus home this
morning between and 10 o'clock Then. he
said. II would be determined whether apoplexy
had anything to do with the wcn1an's death"
Several small arteries. the coroner added,
had been severed The wounds found on
the throat. he declared. were three IN number.
two on the right side. each about three inches
long and inch and half in depth, and one
on the left two inches deep and four inches
long. He drew from his pocket knife such as
is used in a kitchen for pairing vegetables. The
blade was about four inches in length Ee said
the blade. when introduced into the wounds
fitted their shapes perfectly, and he was GER
tain the cutting had been done with the knife
he held.
Whether Mrs. Cabus used the blade herself.
or whether il in the hands OF an unknown
person. remains to be discovered said Coroner
Bausch. The knife found beside TIE body.
The coroner thinks Mrs. CabuS would hardly
have been able 10 infiCt wounds so deep and
with such clean cut edges
The physician called TO attend the woman on
the night OF her death" the coroner continued,
might have used surgical instruments 10 re-
made an effort DR.. Henry j. Fischer. of
No 245 West Eighteenth-st. who was called
Sunday night. but he not at home at the
time Dr. Fischer seen later and refused
10 affirm or deny published statements said 10
have been made by him. and said he would say
nothing except TO the coroner. He Is reported
10 insist that apopleXy was the cause of Mrs
Cabus's death.
Mr. Cabus and Mrs. Elizabeth Brcdhead. the
mother of the dead woman, We're closely ques-
toned by Coroner Bausch yesterday afternoon
Under oath Mrs. Brodhead told the same story
before. Mr.. CabES told or every move he
made from the time he left the house until he
returned home. but the coroner refused 10 tell
the substance OF the statement
After the autopsy this morning the investiga-
ton win be continued until March "a when the
inoueSt will be held