The evening world., 1903-01-13
Father of'NeWsboy Found Slain
In Central Park Says He Can
not Interest Authorities in>the
Crime.
APPEALS TO FRENCH CONSUL
taenry kruok Declares He Was Re.
pulsed When He Offered Names
Of Persons Implicated, and coro..
ner's Inquest Was a Farce.

Believing that the police have no de-
j1fre 20 capture and punish the murderer
or murderers Of his ten-year-old son,
Michael Kruok, the newshoy who was
etraneled to death in Central Park a
month ago, Henry Kruck, claiming
French citizenship, has called upon the
French Consul to take action.
The Coroner's inquest, held yesterday.
convinced Mr.. Kruck. who is a tailor at
Central Park West and Ninety-ninth
street. that the police, instead of maxi
ing ar effort to bring the guilty to JUS
tice, were going out OF their way to have
the crime forgotten. He sent this let
ter to the French Consul to-day:
ITO the French Consul:
ct wish to make a demand concern
ing the murder of my son, which hap
pened Dec. 10 at 9.15 P. M. in Central
Park. When my sons body was found
1t was still warm. 1t seems to me that
l the New York police refuse to make
an endeavor to find the ~perpetrator OF
the crime. I have the names of two
persons who. I am positive, were con-
nected with the crime, and It is nv
desire that they be arrested. The police
Ican furnish you with their addresses.
"My son was born In Nancy, north
OF France I supplied the police with
many clues and valuable witnesses.
which they refused to consider. Instead.
they have ordered me out Of their sta
ton houses. Now. Mr.. Consul, I want
you to do whatever you can, in your
oficial capacity, to aid me in causing
the arrest ana conviction OF the person
or persons who so cruelty murdered my
fHon.
81 am, honored sir. your servant and
Aomirer. HENRY KRUCK."
Mr.. kruck took information which he
believed would be valuable to the police
of the West One Hundredth street sta
zion and to the Arsenal in Central Park.
and he says that in both places he was
told that they did not want anything
more to do with the case and that when
he protested he was ordered out Of the
Dtation-houses.
Then he went to the Mayors Office,
an after waiting W days was unable
20 see either the Mayor or his secretary.
his grievance and send it in by ,n all.
This he did. and in a few days lie re-
.ceived a reply from the Mayor saying
3 had ordered the police to make to
In. the case. The Mayor promised to
submit this report to Mr.. Kruck as soon
as he received It. That was a week
2 and ne has not heard from the
"Tae police have treated me shame
fully said Mr.. Kruck, to-day. 81 am
convinced hat they. do not want TO
work on the case. I have beer, at work
on. 1t myself n have beer, able to get
valuable clues, and these l have turned
over to the police, or. at least, have
their stations; Sergt. Kelly, at the Ar;
senal, refused to listen to what l had
discovered. He told me ne was not in
terested In the case and did not want
10 do anything with 1t.
THE inquest was a mockery. They
would not ask THE questions i wanted
them to and the police hurried the thing
through very quickly. A policeman void
me after tho inquest that he hoped he
would never hear Of the case again:
They don't want TO lind ithe murder
er of my boy because 1t Will mean n
lrtle work and Inconvenience IN gong
to court. They don't want TO find tne
murderer because l am a poor man and
cannot give then ~any-graft, you call
'"But I shall continue. to work until
I get hold of the murderer and drag
hlm into court, regardless Of the police"