Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1902-09-29
SEVERED HEAD
ANDIPDT IT
IN FIRE
WEALTHY LONG ISLAND MAN IS
BRUTALLY MURDERED FOR
HIS MONEY IN NEW YORK
TENDERLO RES0ET.

NEW YORK. Sept. 27.-James B. craft,
a wealthy resident O. ~.lencove, l.. /, was
murdered today and his body decapitateo
In a tenderloin resort known as the En-
pire Garden cafe n West 18th street,
within a few doors of Broadway.
All the evidence goes to show, say the
police lat Craft, who had been making
the rounds of the tenderloin, incautiously
displaye. a large amount of money in the
Empire and was killed by one Of the
walters known as Thomas TObin, for the
purpose of robbery. The police also Say
that knock-out-drOps were first admins
tered and that then the victim was drag
ged into the basement and killed with a
cleaver.
SmeIt Burning Flesh.
. The odor of the burning flesh attracted
the attention of the occupants of the up
per part of the house early this morning
and led to the discovery by the detect
ives of the nude and headless body of a
man in the basement. The charred head
was discovered a few minutes later in
the furnace in which a fire had been
recently made with the evident intention
of destroying all possibility of fdenu-
ficatiop of the remains. Later the BODY
was identified by Walter Craft, of Glen
cove, as that of his father. The muir
dered man was about 81 years of age and
was a manufacturer of refrigerating ma
chinery in Cortlandt street this city.
Tobin, who is charged with the murder,
was caught hiding in the house. The
police also arrested Alexander McAner-
ney, the bar tender; Robert Kelley,
porter in a Chinese restaurant in the
building and several women who were
known to be frequenters of the place.
The police said tonight that Tobin's real
name is Thomas Kelley and that he is a
brother of Porter Kelley. They also
learned that Craft attempted to get a
check for s1.250 cashed before he went to
the Empire.
A woman named Mamie Moore. who
is known to have been in the place with
Craft who is held as a witness, made an
important statement tonight which the
police declined to make public. She is
said to have implicated McAnerney as
an accomplice of Tobin.
There are now 20 homicide cases in the
Tombs,> including Molineaux and the re-
cent acquisition, Young, the alleged muir
~erer of Mrs. Pulitzer.
At the examination at the coroner's Of
fee, the police declared that they found on
Tobin, McAnerney and Kelley letters and
papers belonging to the dead man. In his
story to the coroner, McAnerney said the
man who was killed exhibited a big roll
of bills an Tobin suddenly told him he
lied and struck HIM over the head. He
dragged him down stairs and as he pass
e. through one of the lower floors he
picked up a cleaver and struck the uncon-
sclous man across the chest.
fy Chopped Off His Head.
81 followed him to the. cellar" McAner-
ney continued. II watched Tobin drop his
burden and begin to hack at the mans
neck. He chopped and chopped and when
.ne head refused to come off, he began
m saw If n the cleaVer. He suddenly
turned rounu and discovering me he said
he would cut my head off, too"
AS McAnerneV related the story, Tobin
jumped to his feet and said 1t was Nc
Anerney who murdered the man and not
he.