The sun., 1902-09-28

are not believed to have been with Craft
A. any time and the Coroner allowed them
10 60 after taking their dispositions. So
T. seems reasonably certain that Craft
had only women "a his companions when
he entered the Empire,
SAT IN A RECESS Al BACK or THE HALL"
A, tho time they went to the Empire
all Il L.e other places. according To the
polls rulc were closed. The Empire had
madn a show Of closing, but according
- q custom known TO all frepnentcrs Of
the block, entrance was obtained 10y going
into the Chinese restaurant in the sase-
mont. passing out to the left into dark
ball and then mp a flight Of stairs to the hall
Of tho Empire drinking room This drink
ing room il very large and runs the entire
dpp,h Of the building The outside hall
runs alongside it half the depth, and at
tho ord of the hall il the bar from which
drinks are sent in by a waiter through
ths entrance door AZ one side Of the hall.
So thcre is jog or cecess in the drinking
room back Of the bar 4 door back Of the
bar opens into il, but this l. closed and the
back of the room i not visible from the
bar There are two long rows Of tables
I'm the front part of the drinking room and
two more rows in the rear. one Of these
rows being in the recess and not visible
10 p.rsons sitting well forward. II was
a. The second table in this recess that Craft
and his party sat down. Craft Immediately
hagam ordering drinks for everybody. and
Tohin, an fx-highwayman, who IL said TO
have hoen sort Of floor manager, acted
a. uaite' arSi served them
rHF WOMEN DEPART ONE ny ONE.
Gradually. according TO the story told
yesterday hv McAnierney, the bartender,
who made several trips into the room from
his post 10 sea what was going on, the party
broke mp. The Burnett woman departed
FIRST. and then Stella Davis. leaving Mamie
Turner alone at the table with Craft
After the others had left, Craft, accord
Ing TO he story the police have, insisted on
Toxin pulling up chair and sitting down
with him Tobin was not averse, and called
70 McAnierney that he would have 10 serve
the drinks MCAnierney SAYS that he
served several drinks. and that Craft paid
for them out of big roll Of bills that he had.
McAnierney says that absolutely nothing
wrong was done while he was az the table.
and that he didn't think anything wrong
was contemplated. At q O'Clock in the
morning, he said. Craft insisted that they
have another drink, and suggested that
while he was getting them McAnierney
bring one for himself. The bartender starr
ed away Ia gai the drinks he says, and a>
he did so the Turner woman got up and
said she was going out for a few minutes,
hut would he back McAniernev is very
cure tha, the woman left the place.
DONE FOR.
A. any rate he went out into the hall,
got behind the bar. fxed the drinks on a
tray and started back into the room As
he 60, into the hall doorway, he says. he
saw Craft lying unconscious on the floor.
right under his feet and Tobn standing
over him Tobin, he says. must have
dragged the man a distance Of fifty feet
tn gat him where he was from whore the
bartender left him. but McAnierncy de-
clsres he had heard no noise and hadn't
any idea that anything had happened
until he saw Craft stretched out on the
floor.
What tho devil have You done?" the
bartender says he asked Tobin
None Of your damn business" Tobin
replied Keep out Of this or It will be
the worse for YOU"
DR,diED AND FLUNG DOWN STAIRS.
MCAnierney says that he saw Tobin
going through the mans pockets and TAX
ing things out and made up his mind that
Craft had been drugged and that nothing
worse than mere robbery was contem-
plated He watched Tobin for several
minutes and a. there was no sign of life
in Graft, he spoke To Tobin again and asked
him what he had done
without a word, he said Tobin picked up
Craft. feet and began pulling him on, into
the hall He hauled him over TO the narrow
staircase leading down into the hall of the
Chinese restaurant in the basement and
McAnierney says that he heard the mans
head humping on each step a. Tobn ragged
him down the stairs He followed Tobin
and saw him take Craft to the rear of the
Chinese restaurant, through a swinging
door to the head Of the cellar stairs and
then pitch him down the stairs.
Craft lay still az the bottom Of the cellar
steps and MnAnieruey concluded that he
was dead He was going TO advise Tobin
to get away quick, when Tobin rushed past
him into the kitchen of the Chinese restau-
rant and came back a moment later with a
large cIeaver, which the Chinese cooks
used in making chop -uey. McAuerney
says:
ToBIN HACKED orr THE HEAD.
Il didn't know what he meant TO do
until he GOT To the bottom Of The cellar stairs
and after hunting around for awhile came
hack with a short block of wood He put
he mans head across ia" block of wood
and tilted ii back, leaving he front Of his
neck exposed Then he raised the cleaver
and brought il down ON the neck. almost
tainted when | realized that he was irving
TO chop the mans head of. Three times
he chopped at the mans neck and then
a. the head would not come of entirely,
he began to saw with ii. ! yelled down
a. him TO stop and he looked up and said
to me,
Get away from here or I'll cut your
head OF. too
Then he went on hacking away az the
head. ! felt sure he wouldn't hesitate
TO murder me, too il | interfered with him.
40 ran upstairs and got bottle Of beer
meaning to hit him over the head with ii
when he came upstairs. He saw me stand
Ing there waiting for him and gave me
look that frightened me 80 that | decided
to let him alone So | went back upstairs
and SAT there trying 10 get my courage