The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-07-12
BEATEN TO DEATH BY ROBBERS
ROXBURY'S WOMAN COMPANION
TELLS OF THE ASSAULT.
They Were ON Lonely Bronx Road. She Says.
when Two Men, or Man and woman,
Attacked Thenl-She Ran and lie stag.
xered Home-Died There OF His Wounds

Attacked Thenf-She Wan and He stag
xered HOme-Dled There or His Wounds
George w. Roxbury, a tea faster living
, at 1917 Crane place. The Bronx, was hit on
the head and robbed by two thugs in River
avenue, near i06th street. on Friday night.
A woman who accompanied him. ran away
when the assault occurred, and Roxbury,
although his skull was crushed by three
, blows, walked more than mile TO his home
in dazed condition with blood streaming
from his wounds.
His companion, after leaving him, told
several persons about the robbery and then
disappeared. She was found by the police
late yesterday afternoon. and after telling
her story, which the police believe, she was
allowed to 60. The assailants had not been
arrested at late hour last night.
Roxbury, who was 40 years old and was
employed by George W. Lane 4 Co. of
% Front street, was married and lived
with his wife and four children. His wife
and daughters went to Asbury Park about
the middle of June and Roxbury usually
spent about three nights week with them.
The other nights he slept at home and.
while his family was away two members Of
a neighboring family. Harry and Lillian
jackson, kept house for him.
Tho Jacksons knew that Roxbury was to
he at home on Friday night and they waited
for his return on the stoop Of their own
home, two doors away. just before 10
o'clock Harry gave his sister the key to
give to Mr.. Roxbury and went upstairs.
A few minutes later the girl, who Is about
% years old, saw Roxbury stagger up the
street. As he oame nearer she could see
by the moonlight that he was holding a
blood-covered handkerchief to the side
Of his head His clothes were bloody and
so was an umbrella which he carried and
which was smashed.
What's the matter, Mr.. Roxbury2" she
screamed.
"Oh, that's all right, that's all right
was the only answer she could get.
Miss Jackson let him into his home and
then sent her brother for doctor. Rox-
bury went into the parlor. began to take
of his clothes and asked for some witch
hazel. The girl couldn't find it, so the in
jured man got it for himself, rubbed some
of it on his wound and then started to I'M
lace his shoes.
To her questions Roxbury answered
incoherently, and she could get no idea
from him Of what had happened. When
DIR. Hurd Of 1851 Anthony avenue got there
he found that there were three separate
fractures, two on the top OF the skull and
one on the side, the blow which caused
the last having cut the left ear.
The surface Of the brain, it was found
| ter, had not been cut by the blows. nor
4 har ha
centres, and 10 that fact was due his ability
to walk 80 far.
DR.. Hurd tried TO learn what had caused
+ the wounds, and though Roxbury appar-
emily understood the questions he was
! able only to make incoherent sounds He
soon became unconscious and at about II
o'clock DR.. Hurd was satisfied that nothing
could save him, SO he left the case in the
hands of DR.. George Furguson and went
| horne without letting the police know Of
! the case.
Roxbury died at a little after 1 o'clock
yesterday morning and then Dr. Furguson
! tslephoned to Police Headquarters and the
| fremont station was notified. Policeman
Seaton notified Coroner Berry later and
| half dozen detectives were put to work
| on the case.
An examination OF the mans clothes
! showed that his watch was gone. The
, and the fob pocket was torn. The wallet
| In which Roxbury carried his money was
| still in his pocket, but 10 contained only
! nine cents and trip ticket to AsburyPark,
As near as the police could learn. the
thieves got about $40, No change was
| found In any Of his pockets. The brim of
his straw hat had been broken of in front
| by the blows which had crushed his skull.
| As soon as IL was daylight the detectives
! started out to trace the route which the
! injured man had followed. That was not
difficult as there was blood on the ground
| street, to Jerome avenue, to lelst street
| and up River avenue to the middle OF the
! block between l85th and 10th streets.
River avenue is a street which WAS laid
| alongside of the bed of marshy creek
about year ago. There La only one house
| gas lamps or electric lights. The roadway
is built on an embankment and is fenced in.
/ Between l85th and 1e7th streets the de-
tsctives found pool Of blood at the side
| of the road, and blood on the fence indi-
Gated that the injured man mad leaned
| upon ii.
The broken brim of Roxb,ry's hat and
! two links OF his watch Chain were found
| nearby. Later the detectives learned that
! Peter Coogan, the janitor Of a fiat Mt l87th
street and Jerome avenue, had seen man
! covered with blood staggering up jerome
| avenue at about 0 o'clock at night. Mrs.
! Annie Brennan, who lives below Jerome
avenue, had also seen him. Coogan, after
he saw the injured man, started to in
vestigate and met T. William Yates and
Albert Schultz, who occupy adjoining
houses in l67th street, near Jerome avenue.
| With them was a woman.
Schultz and Yates had been sitting on
| the steps of their homes when the woman
ran UP apparently half fainting. She
dropped on the steps Of Yatess house and
gasped:
MY friend is being assaulted by some
men. I think they're going to rob him
They struck him and hit me- and l ran.
know was a coward, but was afraid"
The woman led the two men down River
avenue to the spot where, later, the de-
tectives found the pool Of blood. No one
was in sight.
THANK God, he got away from them!"
the woman cried
Then she went back up tho road and met
Coogan The men asked her name, but
she would not tell them. She asked to be
escorted to Jerome avenue and tho men put
her on a northbound car.
The family of the dead man we're sum-
n1oned from Asbury Park, but their atti-
tude only perplexed the police and the
Coroner. When Capt. Byrne OF the Norris
ania station went to the house he was told \
that the family didn't want anything done
about the murder, as the man was dead,
and that was all there was TO IL. They
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