The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-04-08
GIRL MURDERED BY 4 MOOR.
JACK TIRE RIPPER CRIME IN 4
THIRD AVE. HOSTELRY.

night. The wo man was rather email and
good looking, The man was short and
stout and wore dark clothes. He was hardly
more than a boy.
Mrs. Ber tina Ne well, who runs the place,
assigned them TO room T. on the second
floor. As they went up stairs they were
laughing and talking and seemed 10 be on
the most affectionate terms,
They we're in the room not longer than
fifteen minutes. Then Mrs. Newell Minnie
Smith, a chamber maid, and Edward Law
renee, who helps run the place. heard a
woman scream. 'Murderl' Murder
Mrs. Newell sstt the chambeTmaid TO zee
what was the matter. She told Lawrence
20 see II he could find police man.
The chambermaid just got TO tne door
when II opened and a man came out. He
was cufiless and collarless. He was just
buttoning up his coat Inside the room
the chambermAid saw woman lying
grooming on the floor, and she screamed.
VII an Mrs. Newell heard the chainbermaid
scream che locked the front door. The
man came down the stairs two steps at
time, buttoning his coat as he came. He
tried the door and found it locked. When
he turned around Mrs. Newell coolly con-
fronted him.
Il guess you'l have TO wait until the
police come, she said.
What does this meant he said, folding
his arms and trying to appear surprised.
1--WE done nothing. Let the police COME
s. Detectives Lloyd and Kennedy OF the
Mercer street station, who had been found
WITHIN a block Of the house R.Iiy,d.
Il guess there's been murder done here
and I've kept your man for you" said Mrs.
Newell Coony.
Tie man .efts 70 go urstai with tbs
d t. ctiv,s. He tried 20 get away TOW ard
the front door, which had Leen left open.
lie fought hard when frustrated. How
hard he fought was sho"n by the fact
that he lost seven teeth and got an ugly
wound on the face Ueiore he gave In.
finally the detectives pulled him upstairs.
In a little room Of the old fashioned house,
that has served as botel for a quar- ter Of
a century the detectives found the woman,
almost unconscious, with Glood running
all over the floor. She had on her clothes
With tie eXceI ton Of Ler oveTskirt, Goa [
and lat which we're on chair, TIE man 8
collar, cuffs and gloves " ere on the bureau.
Tb " ma Is right hand Was almost cut
on Sic Lad two wounds in tie aldo
men. One on the left side was a small one.
Tie other on the right side was seven mo. es
long and from il tie intestines protruded.
II vas the kind Of wound made when a
knife is thrust In and turned around. from
IL the cLamLeTmaid extracted a small.
triangular piece Of steel Al out an inch long,
tie broken point OF tie knife.
Tie rest OF tlie knife lay on the hoor be-
side tie woman. II was aLout seven inches
long, tie blade large at tie Lit and taEering
TO a point tie kind Of a knife cooks some
times use. IL vas covered nth blood
Lloyd bent over the girl and asked her
her name.
May Wilson, 7IS West Fifteenth street
she said feebly,
Then they asked her il the man they
had with them had stabbed her. The
girl nodded her head and tainted The
man, or boy-for that Is all he is--turned
pale.
L don't know this woman he said.
i was in room downstairs and heard
some one cry '.-urder.' rushed up here
Just as the cham beFmaid came and then
] decided I'd better get out
At the station house he told Acting
Captain Bourke that his name was James
Boyne, that he was a steward Of the
Avon Beach Democratic Club and that he
had a wife, who had given birth TO a child
only five days ago.
you've made bad mistake, captain
he said. How could l carry such a knife
around, anyway
Al bellevue Hospital the surgeons found
that there was no chance for the girls lite.
When she recovered consciousness eight
hours later, they notified Capt. BouTke
TO bring his prisoner up quickly. Bourke
In the meantime had notified the Coroners
office that the girl was dying and Coroner
was wanted 10 take her ante -mortem state
ment. That was at , O'Clock, No Coroner
alongside the bed gathered around four
nurses and asked the dying girl il she
realized roe was going to die
| know ! m badly hurt, she said. Then,
looking fiIedly az young Boyne she went on;
THAT man stabbed me, | met him at
81. l.
avenue. ] had never seen him before.
We went TO the hotel and after we d been
in the room about fifteen minutes / decided
10 leave. just as | was putting on my
things he came around behind me and
grabbed my arms caught hold Of the
knife, but he cut my hand, Then be cut
me twice,
The girl was too weak 10 answer any
more questions. She died Just an hour
later. Boyne was taken 10 the Jefferson
Market police court. and later taken before
Coroner Scholer who committed him 10
the Tomb without bail, on tha cha &c OF
murder.
In the Coroner's court he seemed to have |
his composure. He Ia half Moor, |
olive skinned, with dark hair and eyes. |
He wore good clothes. With him in court !
was Alfred @. Reeves, a lawyer, Of IS Will !
Beach Democratic Club Lawyer Mark |
Alter appeared to defend him.
Boyne is % years old He has been |
We ward Of the club for four months. He |
ives there with bis young wife, who " only |
Il yrars old. They were mar led two W ars 7,
90, and thfir first child was born five days |
lgo Mrs. Boyne is very i'll, and II il feared |
Rat she will not recover. Boyne was born |
n Morocco Of an English father and Moor
sh mo Their.
Although Boyne denied that he had |
rnown the girl, his lawyer, Mark Alter. ad- !
nitted that he had known her before and |
rave this hint Of a theory for the murder |
sBoyne and this woman had met before, |
md the result was enough TO drive him 1
insane, as IT would have almost any mar led |
nan In his circumstances Boyne was /
insane when be did what be did
Until three weeks ago there wss May /
wilson employed at Bath Beach who some |
Il Boyne's Acquaintance think may be the |
woman. Last summer this Nay |
wilson worked ss a waitress az Donovdn's
Hotel at Ulmer Park Boyre knew her.