New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-09-26
MYSTERY N HIS MURDER
ANNAPOLIS NAN VICTIlT.
Vas One Of Tscain Sbado5cine
Woman-Com pauion arrested.


Frederick A. vsrdus. said - be = graduate
~ the Annapolis Naval Academy. vas murdered
ously assaulted IN front 81 No 257 West Fifty
hfth-st last night Who assaulted him and
what vas the motive for thu deed are ~ pres
ent unknown u the police. At the time q the
assault Nerdue --ho is = consulting engineer ri
The Holland Submarine Boat Compsnv. ~ Nc
TOO Broadway. VAS with Joseph Hansen. Of
No. - Wilson-sf Jersey CITY 2 detective in
the employ n the Mooney &, Boland Detective
Asencv. Hansen IS now under arrest a. rhe
West Fortv-seventh-st station as suspicious
person. while Verdue lied in Roosevelt TIospi
ral from fractured skun soon after reachine
there
i sprears that T-or5ue ard Hansen we're
shadov1ne somebody living in West Fiftv-ffth-
-. between Eighth and Ninth a7es Accord
ing - 2 man vho called AZ The west Fortv-se--
erth-st station and said he was the surern-
tendent q tho Mooney s. Poland Detective
Agerc-. verdue and Hansen we're sitting on
3 railing in front n 40 S57 west Flftv-ffrh-st.
when they we're approached by several men. rho
sprarg a. them and assaulted them with clubs
9Iarv Hamilton. q colored servant employed
81 Nc al Wes+ Fifty t1fth-st. however de-
clared thai she vas walking through Fifty
ffth-st. from Nirth-ave. when she saw Verdue
saunte~ing along. followed by tro men. When
in front If No $50 the taller Of the -ro struck
Nerdue O. the side &C the head with z club.
telling hin. His companion then sprang a. the
PROSTATE man. drew club from his pocket
and rained blows on his head and body. The.
they rushed TO the other side Of the street and
disappeared IN one Of the areav-ays.
large crowd quickly gathered including
Policeman Kelly. Ct the west Forty-seventh-st.
station. He called an ambulance from Reese
Welt Hospital. ana the unconscious man vas
Z s So ri
che Of two men that were seen lurking in the
neighborhood Of Eighth-ave. and Fifty-ffth-
s. for the last two DAYS and who had been
v-aylaid for some grievance and assaulted. Po-
nceman Kelly learned from several small bows
that Terdue and q man who HAD been with him
had given them pennies and the Youngsters
suspected that the pair were bent on kidnap-
ping So they ted Kelly. On Thursday the
lads told the policeman about the two strange
men ana o. their suspicious, and Kelly tod them
10 point them out N him They did So. bur
Kelly saw nothing in their actions 70 excite sus-
pioion. and he dropped the case
while Pa1rolr-en Rodihan and Gibson Of the
West Fcrty-seventh-st sta-ion. who were at
tracted 10 the scene or the assault by the crowds
that congregated about the injured man. were
trying 10 ind out vho he was Alice Donnelly.
srcu girl Of no 412 West FIfty-fftb-st
broke through the crowds and told Roo,aan that
she wanted 10 ind a man hat.
Where is the man asked Rodihan and the
girl replied that he was waiting for her in Bach
uarn's grocery store. al Nlnth-ave. and Fifty
ffth-st. Eodihan ran 20 the store and asked the
proprietor where the man was. He was told that
De had iust gene. and when the policeman
rushed 70 the street he saw a man hatiess yum
ming across &inth-ave. at Fiftv-eourth-st. He
gave chase and caught the fellow who proved 70
be Hansen. the private detective His face was
covered with blood hls right eve was discc!ored
and ne had every appearance Of having been in 2
hEat.
Hansen told the police that he thought verdue
vas detective attached 10 his Office. that the
TWO had been watching house in Fifty-ffth-
s. for The last two days. and that he did not
even know The name Of his mysterious partner
In NerdCes pocket was found the card OF .
Q. Sprague. the head Of the Sprague Electric
Company, who lives ar the Park Avenue FIotel.
He was told = Terdue's condition 5e said
Nerdue was graduate Of the Annapolis Naval
Academy. and well connected
Kelly found In Ne-duc pockets 2 number Of
Sins. showing when and where he ana Hanson
had shadove5 "a woman for The last two DAYS
in The r0-ehbcrhoo5 Of Elchlh-ave and Fifty
Gf-h-st. where they had q house under sur-
-cuarce
A. The station the colorcd woman. out Of nine
men placed fa line, Identified Hansen IS the
man she thought struck Nerd1e