New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-11-14

this colored man lettering about the house in
the last week."
No They had never seen him before to-day
Mr.. Green said that his uncle's household con-
sisted of his two nieces, himself and the SER
wants.
The story this negro tells" asserted Mr..
Green, lis perfect humbug and fiction from A
to z"
No funeral arrangements viii be made until
the arrival Of Mr.. Green's brother. Oliver Green.
who is coming from Chicago, and will be here
to-day. A nephew. William O. Green, comes
from the Far West. and can hardly reach here
before Tuesday
Dr. oHanlon, under the supervision Of Coro-
ner Jackson. performed an autopsy last night.
1t disclosed only two bullets, which were recov-
cred, one in the brain and the other in the base
Of the spinal column.
From the autopsy the conclusion was officially
reached that the cause OF Mr. Green's death
had been hemorrhage and laceration OF the
brain caused by a bullet Two bullet wounds
were found in the body. one of the bullets
passed through the anterior wall of the abdo-
men. leaving the body through the muscles of
the back. just above the kidneys. The other
bullet penetrated the left temple, traversed the
left hemisphere Of the brain and the anterior
lobe and lodged beneath the pier of the right
anterior lobe.
Coroner Jackson last night called a jury to in
vestigate the murder He said he considered the
action due to the man who had done so much
for New-York and who was of such promi-
hence. BY L o'clock the following jury had
sembled in the Green home. and the official pro-
ceedeings were under way:
ALFRED E MARLING. real estate. No. AZ West
ROBERT WALKER. lawyer. No IS West Sew
enty-fourth-st
ty-t1rst-st-
JOSEPH L HILTON coachman No. p East
EoTteth-SL
JAMES wELTON. retired No. 50 East Forty
frst-st.
WALTER G. WHITE. lumber merchant. Murray
Hill Hotel
THEODORE T BAYLOR, lawyer. Murray Hill
P W. RADCLIFFE. undertaken. No. sl6 West
Nineteenth-sJ.
NORWAY WILLIAMS. lawyer No. 80 West
Eighty-eghth-st.
THOMAS l. FARQUHAR. insurance. No. 15s
MaGisOn-ave-
JOSEPH s. sCOFIEI.D. railroad agent. Murray
WILLIAM H. HAsKINs. physician. No. q East
FOrty-lrst-sJ.
The jury. after viewing the body heard the
testimony Of William 4. Burns, who witnessed
the tragedy. He said:
1 was standing at the northwest corner of
Fourth-ave. and Fortieth-st 1 heard a shot,
followed by three others. and I ran across the
I said: What's the matter? I saw that Mr..
Green had been shot, and I called to the people
in the street to stop the colored man. The col
Ored man went back &c where the body was. and,
stepping over Mr.. Green's feet, he said: There
he IS. I done it
The coroner's jury was dismissed by Coroner
Jackson 10 meet at his Office at 1870 o'clock
day. Late at night Coroner Jackson directed
Acting Captain Daily to be prepared with all
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day He also instructed him TO have Annie
Bray and any other witnesses he could find at
/ the inquest. Inspector McClusky had men
last night looking for Mrs. Davis, the coloTed
woman whom Williams had mentioned in his
stories.
Among the callers at the Green house in the
evening were ex-Judge W. VI. X OIcott, John
Bigelow, George @. Hayden, Elbridge 7. Gerry,
William A. Butler, Mornay Williams and some
relatives Of Mr.. Green Norway Williams was
Nj Green's personal counsel Mr.. Olcott spoke
highly Of Mr.. Green's ideals.
SAYS IT WAS ANOTHER GREEN.
Herman Ridder, OF The Stats Zeitung." said
last night:
Williams must have been insane The only
explanation Of the affair seems to be that some
man named Green was suspected by Williams
Of meeting the woman Davis and the negro
saw the name OF Andrew H. Green in the papers
or heard il mentioned. and then, like a crazy
man. shot him. The negro did not know Mr..
Green and shot him in the anger Of crazy man,
thinking he was the Green he wanted to injure."
Frederick W. Devoe said:
I am very certain that Mr.. Green never knew
the negro Any statement to that effect is alb
s0lutely false. and you cannot make the denial
too strong. 1 was associated with Mr.. Green
for forty years, and I know all his movements
and n bi-s and his secrets. II he had any"
Dr.. Edward =. Fisher, Of No. 1S West Fifty
second-st, by whom Williams was employed as
a furnace man, made the following statement
last night:
" I had never noticed anything abnormal
about Williams. and, though he has been In my
employ for five years, I never heard MIN make
2 threat against any one, and did not know
that he had any enemies. To my mind the man
showed no indications Of insanity 1 really
knew nothing OF the negro outside Of his work
here. I even did not know where ne lived he
never mentioned Mr.. Green's name TO me, and
was not aware that he Knew him even by slght
He never showed any violence IN any way w men
he came 10 the house this morning he was very
cs1rn and went about his work as usual. I can
not understand his act
Al he house OF Henry VI. Tilford. No "a West
F-if+v-secOud-st.. IL said last night that
Williams had been employed there furnace
tender for the last two weeks The servants had
noticed nothing unusual in his conduct
At the house Of Francis Forbes, No. West
T-if+y-sixth-st il was also stated that Williams
Rad been employed there. but he had acted
quite naturally. the servants SAID, ana d1o not
appear at any time 10 be under mental stress
LYMAN s Andrews, Mr. Green's private sec
-arsry first learned Of the tragedy at his Office,
at No pa Broadway. In commenting on 1he
affair he said:
safe for Nj Green to go about unprotected he
VS. eirb+v-three and his activity constantly
led him into danger in the crowded streets 1
was 10 have met him at his home al o CLOCK
OF the murderer I know nothing, Deyono Ine
rlIrnor that he had been coachman for MIS-
William B. ogden. Of No 260 Nadison-ave- MI
Green was the executor OF Mr. Ogden's estate
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