The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-04-15


that had been In the beyel were 49,
where Inspector McClusk4 of. the Deisctiys
Bureau, Capt. Becker and number OF the
formers best detectives, who had been
hastily summoned. made careful exanma-
The slssd nan Was S -fa,t 0 inchas 10
heieht. splendidly develope< and pet een
rs ma 70 years Of age. He had blue eyes
q dark curly moustache ami long, chi riy.
btach hair. The front Of hie forehee@e N
qhite bald. b,n tn the back his hair n W. NJ
ssSs!ly THICK and comes down owe" DIE
akin soft and smooth. His hands also
wprs esft like those OF man not use 70
manual labor and the hnses nsim ,r e
we'll kept. He had a high forehead and IN
Oriental cast OF countenance.
THE MAN NOT A LABoRSR-
The clothinS on the body was ipexpen I.
sive, but neat. II consisted OF an overcoa
uf black cloth, a brown tweed coat and
Wnistcoat. black and white striped fIou-
sers, q blue and white check shirt, white
green and black checks. He wore white
socks Of light weight, black laced shoes
and . pair OF overrhoes with rubber soles.
In the pockets Of the clothing were an
o1f>fashioned silver watch chain. ruooer
date stamp containing all Of the numerais
and all OF the letters Of the alphabet and
= cent, but no paper or letters al any
kind In one pocket was q. small crucihx
81 ebony, wood and brass. a close ex-
animation Of the clothing failed to show
any marks by which the man could be
Tho Coroner'e once was notified TO in
restigate the case without delay. and the
body WAS sent to the Morgue where Core
more carefully. Then the police began
n hunt through the barrel
.coMs" ON SCRAP or PAPEs IN THE BARREL.
In The barrel was a motley collection OF
articles, which might mean much or Mite
Tho bottom Of the barrel was filled with
.awdust Of the kind generally found on
barroom foors, only II was blood SOAKED
Mixed with the sawdust were pieces 81
onion and other vcgetab and a number
OF cigarette boxes and cigar stumps.
All old collar made by Troy. firm, bear
ing the laundry mark M. A. X. IT,;
ratr of brown suede gloves marked LAIRD
and four handKerclsfs were also found
in the barrel. Three OF the haadkerchiefs
were La &c and coarse and evidently be.
longed to men. The fourth was small
and had pink border and had undoubtedly
belouged To a woman. II WAS OF cheap
material, worth about five cents. end cling
ing to Il was the faint odor OF some cheap
perfume.
A fragment Of paper was also on the
barrel. On twas written IN Italian; Come
-you understand that IL il most urgent.
This writing was in a woman's hand. The
paper had lieen partly burned.
THE N6TE WRITTEN Br WOMAN
The barrel had evidently been used in.
some saloon or cheap restaurant a.
q refuse receptacle. Ihe sawdnst ana
before the man was killed. and the barrel
was solved on in a hurry by the murderer
~ convenient for carrying away the body.
Whether the note from the woman be-
longsd 10 the man IL is hnpossib!e to tali
but II IL did the police are inclined to think.
that it was the means Of Turing the man to-
his death and indicates that a woman ar
we'll al men wes mixed up in the crime. -.
There was little about the barrel itelf'
by which il could he traced. on one sad. !.
men said, showed the grade Of the barrel /.
Below this are tbs letters w. t. incloeec.
in . diamond, and written IN pencil u the
number -336r and next to it another hGllre.
81 oyer. which is what appears to be
The police thought this might mean
$40 Third avenue and they sent detectivee
10 that address in both Manhattan and
Brooklyn. but at neither pl co was any
thing Known OF such 6 SsG h.r .,.d ,o,
sugar, and Detective Ssrgeant Cs.ey. hac
men from both the Arbucirie and HAsp-
meyer refineries In Brooklyn look NJ IT.
The man from Arbuckles' was sure that tbt-
h" Ts H:s mot from a. thosh
tho barrel was one Of $50 ma<se sboHt
wear ago BY the Brooklyn CoopesAGe Com.
pany. These i50 barrels. he said. had been
shipped TO different points In Pennsyivania:
Where II had been since he could not, OF
course. teli.
NO sI0N OF DEATH sTRUe0Lu.
DR.. Wsston's examination at the hOvRue
Of the body OF the murdered man revealed
a number OF things that had not bssn no
iiced al first. The fact that the collar
clearly across the front had been tskaa
by the police to indicate that . raSor or
sharp knife had been used by the mans
Dr.. Weston found seven distinct stab
mock and four on tie istt side. These s,ab
wounds varied in depth from ons-eiShth
Of an inch to an inch and half. None
Of them could possible have been fatal.
Why tbsy ws!e nfiscted the police ospno.
an opportunity to aght his assailsnts, thess
slight wounds might be explained by the
fact that for a time he was able 70 keep his
murierers on. But there In nothing about
tbs man TO indicate that he resistsd e ~;
HE less are not drawn up. There y moth
ing In the appearances Of the mapt face,
either, TO indicate thst he fought hard be-
fore death.
PIE WOUNDS THAr cAUsnp BRATH.
0ns Of two stab wounds In the tAfeat
cssssa dsath. One Of than. probably The
first, il Q wicked cut. which tore the ski
badly. The knife went In about ave innhes.
Tho other wound night alonQntdn o. u 10
sbept thrsa inolsss dssp and weaaad sase
cSs,Sc simost instant death.
Instead Of pulling his knife ont after In
A,ctine these wounds, the murderer evi-
dsntly tore n TO cns aide. which aeoostnta
for ths throat being practically cut nom
60 TO ear.
Feon The wounds on the body Dr.. Weston
oanns to the conclusion thsA tie dad naA
vas attacked Unexpectedly and wa. cut
shGhkly esverel tiInes before no realized
~ daneer. Detose he oosald do anyekSiAG
10 ppo1Srt hinseaf the fatal thrust ves
given cad hs fell over.
Thae thsrs was moro than one aesailAnt
In. Weston fesas certain, and the police
areo tAo& more Than ono man was en-
GSesa IN the murder. d.. Weston found
two Very small scASs On Tie ls(t stc1e Of Ne
daad mans fecs, and n sverythinE ease
fail Ne. fesls certain that ths9s vii lead
TO the Identification Of the man.
rollm RrvALs HuN1 Iu8 MuRD1kzas.
By4 O ciock Yesterday morning hundred
de3ectivea were working on The myUt@y.
inspector MoCusky called out al Of his
heaf men who vers not sagaGed In other
work and ssnt them out - Try. and and oue