The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-01-20
MURDERED IN
COLD BLOOD.
Aged JsweIsT Beaten 10 Dsih
by Unknown Robbns.
Old Man Before Being KilIsi Had Evidently
Been Tortured Ii Order 10 Compel Hin
10 Open The Safe.

rochester " Y, Jan. 2o-The murder
! ot kernard T.. Brown. one of The Oldest
ana hest known jewelers. of the city. x.as
| reNealed few minutes before oclocls
"st night. Brown was found in q chair
In front of the tsll safe IN his store Mi,
sknll cfushed and his body otherwise mu-
| dilated
m,1r4arelt IlS aqt Den , hnlnd aud gagged aud his
] whole poli0e force hsd beon tar-ted loose
| "Pvn 'he ,asei bilt they are without the
iocafed ,fif;hhfo, ,;f9Nn. own leNelp, store Is
OF (, t9e he basieN thqrp5gfhife9 81 tGe csity
AT the culainr uf Sta te and coriniftan
| sustts. wide hIsht Of stairs leads up
| ~ iihS bbtNs'ry store The stairway IS
ts nrst hight g. tns 9t fSngs 10 ISe 'ns 5Sp snd %
| - I'm front' ~ the entrance Ia Hrowu's 4
| 1swtlry store
| IA has beeu located th ro fur ave-, q.
auafltr OF aicentuFy. While he had con-
| siderable trade in jeWclrN ana silver ana
gold articles MIR, Browns principal line
| were too busy 10 do C6nscaIientiN. he
had a large stock constantly on hssyd and
a great deal OF mGnsy Ia the sare which
slaVus ~ the north Side of the ruofn.
Jonh Kaqpei, night watchman dis
covered the crime Raquet mas several
ms list mat he VISITS &C regular intervals
during tina night Al was hts first call
iast night az Mr. Browns store The
the door, but a gieani from the omen sfoVs,
door showed him "A portion or the Interior
is walked over to clOse the stove door
way Then he struck a light Without
waiting to take secohd iook he puIl.d
inc burelar alarm ana ran 20 the street
The entire he,dauarters' force Of police
came tumbltng over themselves down EX-
change street To the -Four Corners What
they Saw was aged Mr.. Brown Sitting IN
tlT ha tai on l,af.-
ana long gray Yhtskers matted with
blood, and the top OF his. head literally
sr%ihsss oot ed, IN rs sSalG have IsllSn g the
that he fell over against &C..
The OLD mau wss gagged armly, q hand
IL xs9r q steneG Sebtna "iS n 1T bT.
feet were tied together. The blood had
spattered all over the store furniture.
There was no sign OF q blndgeon or hanl-
mer' but the police professed TO b. able
10 say that hammer had been used.
one OF the things first discovered was
within reach had been stolen. The onlS~
article OF value missing was "A $3.50 dia-
mond pin and hts keys The stone had
been hune ~ the noor The show cases
had been disturbed Not an article had
been moved from the spot where ~ had
been mothodicaly placed day amer day by
the old ieweler.
The ~palice at once started upon the
theory that the murderers had gaEEed and
the safe 10 force him Ia open "a fer them.
He evidently had refused 10 do this. Then
probably they tried torture To induce bim
10 tBnfess the combination, and. failing,
they killed him in cold blood 10 avoid DE-
tection. The fact that murder WIS
committed makes the police bsiioNe IL WIS
somebody that Bruwn knew. and that
they thought by ending him They would
stand better chances oI escape; Pernaps
he could have escaped death by opehing
thp safe blt the chances are he wousd
have been murdered In any event
sIRa murder was committed. IN all prob
ability some time IN The middle ol me
afternoon e. w Oviatt, the manager
OF the Building, says that he was in rhe
store and lsft Brown there az O'Clock
Yesterday afternoon. The aged man must
have left there shortly after Mr.. Oyi9t'
AT dinner and that ne left the house ahoit
o'clock yesterday. afternoon lte1 was
acrustomcd- Ia 90 directly TO the store AZ
ter leavip~ home they said.
In all probability a was while the Jew
eler was nome With his family ihAt me
murdercrs got into the sture, Inc uoot
showed nu signs OF having been opeht9;
The only place where adElltiapge coulu
have been gained was through lne tIH,ls,
som. which was open, and which would
admit 4, mans' body.
The work room i'm the back shows eNi.
dence OF having been visited. several
drawers being pulled our. pouptitSs- tLS
ueaoons were Obtained here. as hantnets
used in silver working were I'm the craw-
ers Probably the muruerers were hsiuV
when Brewn arrived, ,, -
Within y minutas after tne niloi1s s,nls, "a "a
the bodv state street was denseiy pafkeu
with ncorie a. far az the -Four corners.
The peopie on their way from Shrcl
stnuued ttr-ir y p tife-swfql news, severn
women tainted Mr.. Brown who was =.
'oers old had heen probably the best
known of any Of the local jewelers. Tor al
most half century, ana was "eaitt13tt.
merqiic. and The police took charge of MS
store