New-York tribune., 1902-12-05
LEYH'S BOY DISAPPEARS
po1ICE CAN'T FIND ONLY WITNESS OF
MANUFACTURERS DEATH.
,,o1enN TO BE ANALYZED-SEARCH FOR a
MAN WHO LEFT EMPLOY AFTER QUAR-
REL. SEVERAL WEEKS AGO.

Although there seems to be no doubt that
George F Leyh. the aged truss maker, who died
- his home, No. 73 Broadway, Brooklyn, on
rruesday after drinking some beer was muir
AIRED the police have been unable to establish
that any person had a sufficient motive for
.be deed. Neither have any arrests been made
a., the case although several persons are being
nstcaed sharply. Until the contents of the dead
mans stomach and Of the beer left In the glass
,ron which he drank are analyzed. it will be
.,,rossible TO say which poison caused Mr.. Leyh's
aasfh Indications point to cyanide Of potas-
shrm but Mr. Wuest, the coroner's physician
bo is making an analysis Of the stomach,
-b;nks that the Innings of that organ would be
corroded if cyanide had been used The stom-
b shows however. that the poison used was
ma of the more powerful irritants.
No sters had been taken to analyZe the beer
-, "a last night as Coroner Williams says the
contingent fund, which is used for those pur-
noses is limited. 1t is probable that the DIS
-,c+ Attorneys office will be called upon to
-a1zze the beer. The bottle from which the
.s+a1 draught was drawn is nearly full ana the
.,,,,bler which was used is about half full Both
show a heavy brownish-white sediment al the
bo++ou1 What has dried on the neck of the
,+,Ia and the sides of the glass has crystalllzeo
srd gIistens.
pobar+ westphal. a fourteen-year- boy,
.4ose home is at No 257 Stockholm-st-, and
10 had been employed by Mr.. Leyh since
or+oher s seems TO be the most interesting
5eure in the case. He it was who usually went
.o the cellar and brought UP the peer lor ms
en,nloyers daily luncheon Although III hi'
,eternent TO Coroner Williams the boy oehleu
,bst he had brought UP the fatal potte OH
T,esday. one of his companions is reported 10
+.,-o said that Westphal told him he did bring
InNx-a
no Robert was with the old man when NE
,,sre5 1be beer. saw him drink a part OF &
eIaseful tasted the peculiar stuff at the re-
crast of Mr.. I,eyh. and then saw the latter rali
n1er in his death struggle. NO one else was ~
the house at the time. Isabella hesh 'ii'
daughter. had gone across the street 10 jew
e1lers a few minutes before, ana "aS ii-
called back by the WestphaI poso s..,,aner men
The coroner. detectives ana ne" step - al
,a5 Questioned the boy so much that he was al aI
most in a state Of panic yeSterudy g. a,t to
1,.t-s store at No 13 Broadway They We WEI
1ool.inr for Westphall. When ne saw .its ~ naS
how ran out through the hack oooi aio ioIred for
- the fence Although the police Iooheu r b
~, a his home and elsewhere, ne coulu ~ 80
fonnd 1t was evident that Weslphaii h'
come thoroughly frightened evh who
The police have learned thaI Nu bes - oftan
-as old was eccentric and crapoeo' anu - &C
ouarrelled with those about MN ats s was
has f,ee11 learned, none of these qua.i Ino,ring
:e rs .l+tourt> the police are now 100 ioofN -,
Fer man who left MIR. Leyh's employ al'er io'
words some weeks ago .b-;<+x and al
.o,,,1 b;s tr1ss and bandage making l pusliiT I
had fallen off considerably in recent .scT,nula
l,5 lid hz- considerable money hls @ az lee
nae i@au - na1scad at bout S150eoo In adol'loi
- his he carried a heavy life insurance
Westphau said yesterday that MI, MI he drank
grumbling al bout his luncheoh
the fatal beer . +h,,es tn eat he
"a - and then went down in the ceildl
"oeiu Va - ~ 1osf hottie of beer was the way
sau 80 mt Il He poured out half glass @ ano
drank II. then made face and nrougas as ~ cneer
g. ne 70 taste IFS bitter and tastes LII vi. .
- IL .s5 -i1nn I began to have an ooo Ieeh1is q
in n7 mouth Then he fell down IN SOFT OF ar or
7 .-artei- run out to get MISS lsaneIh ho 1ni
@ stai .Lo .+ree+ and was so dizzy that fei
dnNn stairs.