The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-11-06

Boston, Nov. SIN the Investigation
into the mysterious death OF John J.
Aperie. whose body was found at Plum
Island some days ago, state OFFICERS
Hammond and Neal learned Monday that
ip August last Aberle had lost s7c"' all
the money he possessed In the world, In
stock speculation. Where this money
was lost the pofics wuuid be very glad
TO learn So FAR they have not the
knowledge.
They think that II this could be dis
covered they would be able TO obtain
some clue to Aberle's movements when
in Boston. lie had three brothers and
swb sisters residing IN Cambridge aud
Scmerviiie. He visited them seldom.
Thc last time waH on the evening OF
Oct II, the last time he ever was seen
alive by any OF hts relatives
DIDN'T TELL OF ILL LUCK.
on that evening he left the home of
mis- sister Miss Christina Aberle. at Is
palermo street, Cambridge, saying that he
might not return for six months.
He did not tell his sister OF the III luck
which had overtaken him. lie was ex-
ceedingy reticent about his business AZ
fairs when he visited his relatives. and
never told much of his movements.
He had worked for firm of coopers
ON Ninth street, Cambridge. Being
naturally saving, he accumulated, dur
ing his long service tor the concern, the
5000 which he lost in very few days
on the stock market. He was getting
On I'm years then. being somewhere In the
vicinity of 80.
After ne LETT the employ OF the cooper
age he used to work on the cranberry
hogs on Cape Cod. That was about all
the work he was known to do.
whether he worked there this fall is
not known, but the state police ana
the brothers and sisters OF the deceased
would very much like to know.
Aberle was a tall man, smooth faced.
very bald. and was deaf and dumb. on
that account he carried lot OF Slips oi
paper and n pencil In his pocket. When
he had occasion TO ask question he
wrote In on one Of the slips and handed
another slip for the answer. A number
of these slips were In his pocket when the
body was found Several had writing OF
them. one OF them containing q curious
collection OF letters and figures, fac
slruile of which the Boston Journal pub
lehed on sunday last. The other con
tained these words:
Steam Heat. 175."
IN has been suggested that this wa'
the response to one OF Aberle's inquiries
AZ some hotel where he asked for room
with steam heat In IL. The other In
serfpfion n not yet explained although
IL NAV have been a nonsense Inscription
made BY the children OF Aberle's brother
when he was visiting in Cambridge.
THE ROUTE TIE TOOK.
when the state police are now snx
feus 10 know is the route Aberle tool
when he left Cambridge. Oct. III for th'
last time There is absolutely no. trao
Of him from then until his body wa
picked up on Plum island. with som
evidences which led 90 the belief tina
he had been murdered. No one ha
come forward 30 say he saw the mar
who must have been noticeable on &C
count OF his inilrmity.
The state police frankly say that
fs poSsible the loss OF his entire for,un
al his age would he sufficient 70 anec
his mind He might have wandered :
the spot where he was found and die
from exhaustion. Were " not FOR cel
lain other conditions which have shrouc
ed the case IN mystery this might be s'
cepted as the full explanation OF IN
death OF the unfortunate man
MARKS ON THE BODY.
Rut there were marks on the bod
which caused great deal OF interest
he taken by Medical Examined Hurd
eves IA was not a cut OF sufficient dept
"a hsvs a fatal effect but might hay
stunned him. IL would certainly ha'
bled. but nowhere In the vicinity of u
spot where the body was found was the
suy sign OF blood Neitber was thcre ~
on the clothing.
On ,bc neck there were distinct mar
which Impressed the medical eNafnin
as having been caused BY the grasp
"a m.n'r hand. Then there wern brlis
an Tie hands, tile arms and the legs 4
bodv lay several hundred feet from 7
water. but it had not been IN The "a'
st all. =.
,,,ttoned down TO the second butt
ron, The bottom. The insidep ocket
,be vest looked as II a. might have ca
risd a pocketbOok. from the oulsins
The bottom, and there were marks AZ
ION which looked as II the pocket b
been used. Any ono who desisheH ~
hing Aberie OF his pooketbook, II k'
a. shat pocket. could have secured II
,,nnut,oning the vest as far down ne
r,as ,,nbuttoned when the body
found.
40 MONEY ~ POCKETS.
several articles were found In the %
ats. including n watch, hu's'h" cnsin
esryied when he was last seen AZ "a
hvIsre vas missing. He had no mo
rhatever IN hts pocket. tobacco pou
Is, rhieh he carried HE loose change
founS hut IL was empty. one or
tyinkets which he prized hsniN, "ns
ths,n a portrait ~ss missing. Ins nl
scr. az The family incllaed 30 think ,
what was missing was taken FRO"
Another thing looked upon "a 80
what significant is the tact that no "
81 The scraps or paper on which nc