Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1904-05-21
MYSTERY IN
FLORISTS DEATH
Police Believe George Kreuger Was
Murdered.
SAID HE FELL ON GLASS

Philadelphia. May 10. - George F.
Kreuger's dying words are fatty con-
tradicted by the police authorities of
Lower Merton township The Mar
berth nurSeryman. they declare. was
the victim of a cowardly murder. He
was stabbed in the side by an unknown
assassin. but why or where the deed
was committed is a mystery to the in
vestigating forces.
Kreuger's feebly-uttered words. as
he lay in the Bryn Mawr hospital. had
but one explanation for the gaping
wound in his side that caused his
death. Il fell on some glass. he NUT
tered until death sealed his lips for
ever. Chief Chambers and his sub
ordinates have tried to reconcile this
utterance To the facts as they. one by
one. come to the surface. But their
labors have so far failed to corrobor-
ate the accident theory set up by
Kreuger's last words. The six green
houses comprising the Kreuger nurser-
les at Narberth were carefully search
ed. but not a broken pane or bit of
shattered glass could be found in or
about them.
Kreuger's acquaintance. though
closely questioned. are equally at sea.
Every spot from Belmont Driving Park
to the Kreuger home and for some dis
lance about has been well secured by
detectives and others interested in
the case. but no spot of blood or indi-
cation of accident is TO be found. Dis
carding altogether the possibility of
suicide. the authorities are working
on the sole remaining clue-that Kreu-
ger was the victim of murderer
Their efforts were concentrated on
the question of identifying the slayer.
and the motive impelling him TO the
crime. Some reason of extraordinary
potency. they declare. induced the dy-
ing man TO cling to the broken glass
story. If he was murdered by thief
or personal enemy. Kreuger would
not shield the assassin. Neither would
he deceive any one as to the nature
of his wound. The sensational theory
of duel advanced by some light-brain-
ed persons is equally absurd. say the
police. kreuger was single man.
had no love affair. and no enemies so
far as the police can discover. Conse-
quently they are cropping in the dark.
and the mystery grows hourly more
obscure.
Coroner Kane of Norristown,
and several doctors performed an
autopsy on the body at the Bryn
Mawr hospital where the man died.
They discovered that the wound was
about seven inches long and penctrat-
ed the lung and stomach. II could not
have been inflicted by anything else
than long. sharp knife. they de
clared.
Ii Kreuger was stabbed during row
the police cannot understand why he
refused TO tell the physicians the
truth instead of declaring. even with
his dying breath that he had met with
the accident by falling on broken
glass He is not known to have had
| any enemies He was widely known in
that part of the country and generally
liked
Charles Kreuger. the brother of the
dead man. who keeps the flower stand
at the Reading Terminal is i'll as a
result of the tragedy. and his mother
also is suffering from shock She is
confined 10 her bed and both are I'M
der the care of a physician. They are
as much mystified by the case as any
body. Mrs. kreuger is half craze and
constantly calls To her dead son 10
tell who stabbed him.