The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-07-13

ON Friday night with the bloodstained
clothes found mt the foot OF Lincoln avenue
early ON Saturday morning
The inspector said that. aside from the
coincidence OF the time of the Roxbury
murder and the finding OF the clothing there
was little or nothing to show that the same
person had hand In the two affairs but
he still thought that the two were copnected
In some way
One thing on which the inspector based
his theory was the belief that the murderer
OF Roxbury was accompanied by a woman
Inspector Titus said on Saturday night
that Miss Thomasch, the manicure who
was Roxbury's companion at the time
the assault occurred, had told him that
she thought the assaiant was accompanied
by a woman, but when questioned further
had admitted that it might have been a
man in his shirt sleeves. Inspector Titus
gave the imI9ession on Saturday that he
didn't take much stock in the story that
a woman had accompanied the assailant,
but yesterday he seemed to have changed
his idea. .a'..
He made it clear that ne believed that
woman was with the man who dubbed
R0xbury and that he thought that she
might either have been murdered later
by the same man or bad been hurt in the
struggle with Robbery and had thrown
her bloody clothes away:
One theory. advanced was that when
the man had found that he had injured
Roxbury seriously, he realized that the
woman might be- a witness against him and
had thrown her body into the river after
killing her Another theory was that in the
fight that followed the attack on Rox-
hurry he used the umbrella, which he later
carried home and that he injured her neck
with il; Roxbury's umbrella was covered
with blood.
The police learned yesterday that when
Roxbury and the woman were walking along
River avenue near where the assault Oc-
CURED, they saw a man and what appeared
TO be n woman walking toward them IL
was then that Miss Thomasch became
alarmed at the lonely look OF the road and
that she and Roxbury turned and started
to retrace their steps Soon afterward the
assault occurred.
This new phase would show that who
ever assaulted the dead man did not FOL
low him up the lonely road and that the
attack was apparently made on the spur
Of the moment.
It has also been said that the assault
may have been made by some friend or
lover of Miss Thomasch, who was jealous
of the attentions which Roxbury paid TO
her; that the dead mans watch was pulled
OUT OF MS pocket Ill We HlIuSSP bAioV
there was no robbery. There is little evil
dence to support this theory. As far as ia
known, Roxbury was never particularly
attentive to the woman.
The police were also busy looking for a
man who answered Miss Thomasch's de-
scription of the assailant and who bore
evidences of having been in fight
The knuckles of Roxburys hands were
found to have been bruised and skinned,
giving evidence that he had done his best
to protect himself and the police feel sure
that he must have marked the man who
attacked him. They learned also that Ro1-
bury was an expert bowler and was very
strong.
Coroner Berry said that an ex-convict
who lived near the place where the as
sault occurred was being sought by the
police. Miss Thomasch. who lives at 20O4
Washington avenue, The Bronx. refused to
see reporters or to add anything to the
story she told to Inspector Titus. Coroner
Berry has not yet decided when he will
hold the inquest.