The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1905-02-20
MURDER AND ROBBERY
ON STEAMER LARCHMONT

dence as ia Grove street, ana thither the
search was pursued
At ia Grove street Ia a two-tenement
house. Neither OF the families. however.
had lived there I'm 1903; but one OF the
occupants said that Mrs. Snow, who
had occupied the down stairs tenement,
had moved further up the street
Mrs. Snow recalled that there was a
John Hart boarding at ia Grove street
in 1893 and from one OF her children,
ascertsined that the Harts had moved TO
Bucklin street, in the Elmwocd district.
IDENTIFICATION COMPLETE.
Half an hour later Lorin u. Hart and
family were located at 253 Bucklln street,
and the Identification OF the dead man
was made as complete as 1t could be
without some member had seen the body
The description OF the body, the APP
parent age. height, weight and mole on
the chin, the underwear, the laundry
number on the waist-band OF the under
! drawers. the color OF the overcoat, the
hat band mark. I'm fact everything knowl-
edge of which had been denied or sought
10 be denied TO the press representatives
was repeated to the stricken father who
said that certainly IL was his son who
had been so cruelty slain
WELL KNOWN HERE.
Mr.. Hart said that John was the oldest
| Of three sons and was born at North
| Kingstown
When John was l3 years old the family
removed To this city and John attended
the Federal street school.
The boy had worked for Butman e.
| Tucker laundrymen. on Pine street, and
as assistant engineer at the Manufac-
| turers building on SaDtn street He at
one time was fireman for Nathaniel
4 Church at the American Fish company
| at Tiverton, had been a fireman on the
tugs about New York harbor at times
and had been on trips TO C,Tba and Porto
Rico I'm similar capacities.
Last summer he spent seven months
running the oil engine on the yacht
Vixen, belonging 10 Henry II. Rogers
OF the Standard Oil company
SECURED WORK IN NEW YORK.
on Nov Goth Jphn left for New York.
expecting 10 secure a place as an engi-
neer for the RAPID Transit company. but
raising the appointment he had made
obtained employment on tug engaged in
tn. removal of city garbage. and later
was hired as engineer OF Tug OF the
! ~ att Astral OH Co, Brooklyn
! He wrote to his mother three weeks
! ago today that lie was about to go with
a tow TO Philadelphia, and that upon his
return TO New FORK he would start for
home to bring her some money.
LOOKING FOR SONS RETURN
Mr.. Hart had been a cripple for three
| years having fallen from a building ON
which he was ioing some carpenterins
work and Mrs. Hart was confined "a
! her bed, having been severely injured in
n recent street car accident; and John
/ was extremely soNcltous 10 get home and
/ place n substantial sum OF money IN his
mothers hands, having been saving his
/ earnings for that purpose
Mr. Hart was looking for Johns arrival
| NJ any moment and the mother was anx-
| ious TO sec her always dutiful and
| thoughtful boy.
FAMILY NOTIFIED.
The family having thus been notified by
| the press representatives and the police
| Of the terrible nature OF Johns home
/ coming, one OF the members OF the fam
/ ily went 60 Monahan's and completed the
Identification OF the body.
The autopsy had I'm the meantime been
4 held and the death was declared 20 have
| resulted from n pistol shot wound. tine
| fatal missive having entered the left
cheek and lodged in the base OF the
/ brain.
| CLOTHING AND vALUABIBs GONE
From the location of the wound the
powder marks ana burns upon the pillow
l End the absence OF the clothing and val
udbles Dr. Pegrem said that suicide was
\ not 90 be thought ~ as it vas clear case
I of murder
! pr Pegram said. when he nrst saw the