The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-11-15
GARDENERS MAY HOLD SECRET
NETGHBnRS SAY Mrs. HAMILTON
KNOBS MISTERIOUS SLASHER.
I oiice Think the Assassin May Have been
seeking the Mother Of Gardner, who
Recently Won a Suit Against the Rela.
lives Of Her Deceased Second Husband

no man "ho ITO W sr. '','o wnii''''
~ "aruner nom, III i'''' "," VA
day nen' anu "no r"''eu '"' VI '''
neighoois VINO went 10 ATS "dioner
assistance iaS NOV ye' oeei' aux" anu
the ponce. a,tr naro any WORK. nave no
enc as 10 MS i,i'h'i'y'
'hcS nave however, TWO 'heor'es a. 10
MNa' ,ne man was al'er' accorulhe 10
bo'h theories the Hi'ruoer n he'her
luhauo nor .,nei' alu ne was nov trying
TO ma Mrs' "iiah H. uafai'er' 'he young
woman "hom he scared hai ou' oi her
WIS
Vne Oh .hese pohce 'neories II NAV 'ne
man was iooShle LOT MS own wlie' VINO
!'it nun 10 hVe WIN man haiiieo "arohe,'
hut not tne "iIlaH' IL "aruhe' Vi Da'h
avenue ana Day Ni'''h street,
Inc other ho'o"' a'o 'he one "h'ch
the ponce tniih 10 '"e iiore lcasoiap'e'
u 'ia' .iio .iasn-' was ,ooh'i.s ior "iiiia''
~. uaiunoi nio'h.i me an, ,iahiii.oh'
oi $40 I"s. ihi'' -. e'l,e'' 'hai''ia',an'
VINO I.oh'y No,i sioo'oVv ~" sur "s"'''''
Inc Relatives OF her second huspilu
Capt. Leavey of the Bath Beach police
station. his two wardmen and Detective
ss,o.an,s \I,,I,,av md pr;ce of tina Rrook-
,,,n uaadona,tsra worLad IN tho oas. nj,
IyH hooofu"' ' "o'"'N va 'o S""' al
day yesterday, IL was SO much OF foozle
that Inspector Mclaughlin went to Bath
Beach himself to investigate But none of
tho no,ca oNsc;als could GET at arvtb;,,
-, IS
iTais 'aisioN' -'ooo'y az WIG 'aiuhei
household gave them any ASSISTANCE. 1hey
ere convinced that young Mrs Gardner
"a telling the truth when she said that
lad no idea If the in,r,der's idcnti,v
-, - -
my he siouiu coiiie W nei nome.
N the other hand the detectives thought
&c, Mrs. Hamilton might have thrown
Line light on the o,leer cast, If she had been
- ;rol;nad Tho p.i,hh,rs ,,rood Ill
~ 'i''ne" IA" "s'0'" WIN
them.
Frederick Folster, a son-in-law OF John
Mcmahon. the neighbor who was danger
.-.s - ~ f.e .''0
mysterious stranger OH 'ne udruiler prem
.ses, said;
We can't help thinking that inasmuch
I'LL. ,bree of The pe;gbbo,s wors ssrinmSlv
in .'', ,.e; p' 'e ne'!Do M'e seltousiy
Hu'' WIN |ihS W Pi''eS' '"e paiui'is'
'"c family ought 10 heip the ponce all 'hey
can in running down the assailant. In
that they don't know a Thing about il"
Mrs Hamilton went so lar as to tell the
detectives and other inuuirers tia, She had
never been engaged in any lawsuit and
her.
The man who has made all tho ,roub,e
and who has given to Ratb Roach a mvs.
tery was i'm tie neiphborhood once before
That was about four weeks ago On ina,
occasion he went first 10 the house of a
neighhor Mrs (;oldinp He told her that
he wanted 10 find Mr. Ann Gardner
Mrs, Golding said thai she knew no such
person. but to7d him that there was n Mrs
Nora Gardner living in the corner homse
Then the caller described the woman ne
was looking for as a person about 80 wears
old, tall, and with gray hair. The descrip-
ton fits Mr.. GARDENERS mother, Mrs. Hamil-
ion and Mrs Goldine fold him so Then
the stranger left to go TO the Gardner
home
There was something about the man
that made Mrs Golding suspicious He did
not help matters any by picking up a stone
on his way 10 the Gartiners' front door
When Mrs. Golding aw that, she ran round
10 the back door of Gardeners house and
warned Mrs, Gardner not TO answer the
bell.
After ringing and knocking for ten min
uies the man went away. Mrs. Gardner
had seen him through the blinds on that
first visit and recognized him when he ap
peared again on Thursday night. He
Jaw her on the piazza on his first visit,
but paid no attention 10 her. lie kept
insisting on seeing Mrs. Ann Gardner.
That alone SATISFIED the police that he was
not seeking Mrs Gardner, but the other
woman. whom he had described 50 ac-
curately month before and with whose
first name he was familiar.
The weak spot in this theory l. that tho
fellow evidently did not know that Mr..
oiardners mother had married again and
that he second husband was Hamilton.
This second husband vas George Hamil-
ton, a Scotchmtn and well-to-do contractor
and hull der. He was found dead in his
ha,htub ID ny three wears ago al his home.
us East Thirty-tirst street He left no
will and the relatives Immediately began
80 fight for his fortune of something over
Sl'0oGO The widow claimed everything, on
the ground that most Of the property he
ionged TO her before she married Hamilton,
The first decision was in favor OF the hers
in Scotland but Mrs Hamilton carried The
care to the Court of Appeals, which reversed
the decision and gave 10 her the whole
estate. II was lust after this decision of
the Court Of Appeals that the mysterious
strans ger made his first visit to Bath Beach
in search of Mrs Ann Gardner
Mrs. Hamilton went 10 her sons house
az Bath Beach Yesterday after the excite
nent of the night before had died out A
little.
The neghbor, connected the 'front.'
porch stabbing incident with the lawsuit
and the stranger know ledge of the older
Moman's personal app,aran,c age and first
name Then they iuml~d To- TIA. con-
cluson that the visitor wa somebody who
wanted To- satisfy a personal l,rndCe for