The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1905-12-06
FOUR N. Y.
MYSTERIES
Violent Deaths Reported in
That City Yesterday.
MAN FISHED FROM RIVER
One Man Hurls Himself Before Moving
Train--Lottie Lane Found Dead, Sus-
picious Circumstances--M Mabel
Weber Fourth Victim.


New York, Dec. 6.-Three of New
York's great highways-the river, the
underground railway and the street
and that dark section known as China
town." where mystery is ever present,
each furnished police mystery yester-
day. In two cases, the subway and
Chinatown, death had come between the
victims and the investigators. In the
first, the police have only the mangled
body of man who, before he hurled
himself from a rapidly moving train,
had taken every precaution to conceal
his identity. His clothing, Enthusiastically
new, bore not even single distinguish
ing mark, and not even trinket was
found in any Of the pockets.
The man was about 40 years of age,
weighing about ITO pounds, was feet
% inches in height, had dark hair and
blue eyes, and the care with which he
was dressed indicated that he was not
a laborer Beyond these meagre details,
however, nothing is known. The man
jumped directly in front OF the train
as 1t swung into the One Hundred and
Thirty seventh street and Broadway sta
ton of the subway. His body was lit
orally ground to pieces.
The Chinatown mystery was the death
of Lottie Lane, white woman, whose
husband, Chinaman, died a short time
ago. Since then she had been living
in Pell street, in the house Of Mock
Duck, one OF the most notorious of the
Chinese leaders in New York, who is
under arrest awaiting trial on charge
of murder
Lottie Lane had three callers last
evening, Chinaman, d white man and
a white woman. During the night these
callers summoned physician and mott
fed the police that their hostess had
tainted while she was entertaining them.
The physician, who found her dead when
he arrived. regarded the death as sus-
picious. The police put the three call
ers under arrest and began an investi-
cation.
The central figure in the mystery Of
the river IS William Ballinger, aged 2s
years, a marketman, who says his home
is in Lambert avenue, Yonkers. He was
dragged from the East river near the
upper end of He'll Gate early yesterday
morning, more dead than alive, BY tug
boat captain who had heard his feeble
cries for help.
Ballinger said he came down from
Yonkers Monday with load OF produce
and after disposing of his wares started
out to enjoy himself. He remembered
little from late that night until he was
found struggling in the water. He had
a fractured skull.
Mabel Weber, 20-year-old girl, was
the fourth victim. Found bound, gagged
and senseless In the hallway Of the
house in West Forty-frst street, where
she resided with two girl companions,
she was taken to hospital. For hours
she was unable to give the police any
information which would assist them in
locating her assailanr. On recovering
consciousness for a short time, she said
she had been attacked by a middle-aged
man.
Mrs. Magma H. De Beaulieu, the nurse
who was shot Monday night by a man
who then killed himself, died early yes
terday The dead man is supposed to
be James Holmes of Brooklyn. What
motive prompted the tragedy Is not
known.