The sun., 1905-10-13
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4 man wna aha, and killed In It,le fco'n
rn lhe iof, ncot ~ iip THIRD syctuc eaf'v
yesterday mmninr and his hcdv wss ou'
N, Nv The murderer IN tho hopc ~ hldihf
tho Ufltne
Ilie fnurtlctod inan saa Thomas cofcotnn,
who uv Ia n few wrcka ago wa 4 Ticket
rhnpper IN The Third svrnyr elevated
railroad The tolce hoievr that Jnc,b
Frederick Hucf. ~ elevator man ~ tho
tninn sutiafc Hoiel n tho nuftirrcf "
wa IN hls room that the shocking crifnc
wsa petpclrnind
Re yer, although caught almost rod
hsntesl. peraisted all day In denying his
g,llt 10 tho authorities n" was com
,nitted 10 the Tornt~ lsst might Nv Coroner
Scholcr, charged with murder
Bauer Ia u native Of WUrrnbcre Ger
Innnv. lie ia about " years old, stoop
shouldered low hrowed and fcpu's're IN
arpearanc, He has been IN this country
thirteen years and for sir years has been
employed at the Union Square Hotel He
performed hi= ti,itie= there vel! and the
proprietor was astonbhed TO hear that
he had been charged with murder.
The police, however, were not surprised
They have run across Bauer before, AZ one
Of the type that hang about Third avenue
Two months ago he complained that ne
had been held up and robbed. One OF the
things he was robbed Of was gold brace
let which he wore on his wrist
Bauer has roomed for t~o years In the
little three story building at iie Third
avenue. The rooms are LET By a Mrs.
schreiber. The top floor. under the caves,
has been cut up into six little rooms with
partitions scarcely thicker than paper
All these rooms are let TO men. The house
Ia one door from Fifteenth street, In region
infested by such characters as Bauer.
Just where Bauer met Corcoran isn't
known Corcoran who was 27 years old
and we'll built man, left his home early in
the evening to roam about the neighbor-
hood He was with friend, John Grout,
who Is employed in Fiss, Doerr CarrolIs
stables. The two, it appears. had 10
of drinks In the saloons in the neighborhood,
and then Grout went home, leaving Corcoran
still roaming around
None Of Mrs. Schreiber's dodgers heard
Bauer come In with Corcoran. To get to
his room it il necessary to climb up two
narrow stairways. Bauers room is in
the front and at the end Of the hall, and it
is sea rcely big enough for man to turn
around in. In the room next to Bauer's
was George La Mole. He is young fellow,
built like an athlete. He had come with
his brother from Danbury on Sunday night.
Bauer's room is separa ted from La Nole's by
a partition, in the middle Of which il door
the upper part of which is of painted glass.
.nIt I N<,las had f,yn
PLAYING cards with him. At II o'clock the
friend left and La Mole went to bed. This
is the story he told the police as to what
happened after that:
AT 2:s0 O'clock" said La Mole, "I was
wakened by what seemed to be a quarrel
in the next room. l heard somebody say
That's my money. Then the other man
said:
81 s my money, you - - Then
there was pistol shot.
"All of this seemed like dream. | knew
it wasn't any dream when l noticed the smell
of powder and saw some OF the smoke come
floating in through the crack in the door.
/ was lying on my left side and didn't dare
to move after that. | heard something
heavy drop to the floor. Then heard the
door open and somebody go tiptoe to the
sink in the hall.
He was there only minute. Then he
came back and | heard sound Of breaking
bones. The man went out a dozen times
to the sink. ! could hear him mop up the
floor several times. Then heard him push
something into the hamper that had seen
in his room that was too big for it.
Il could see the shadow of the man through
the glass in the door.
For few minutes there was stiffness, and
then | heard the cracking again; Just as
though somebody was breaking chicken
bone, and then whatever was broken off
was thrown on the floor like hunk of beef.
Il could seem to see just what was going
on, but | couldn't move. | had no weapon
and was afraid to turn over in bed, for fear
that it would show that i was awake. FL
nally heard the man go out and the door
looked at my watch and it was half-past
3, | didn't dare to move even then.
Pretty soon heard the man come back. |
Then heard him start to work again. |
Then, 1 heard him lock a bag. After he
again, / looked at my watch. 1t was
@ o clock. | listened for ten minutes He !
didn't come back, so ] jumped up and |
dressed and ran out to the street:
La Mole, pale from fri ght, found police
in East Twenty second street. He. ran
in there breathless and stammered his |
terrible tale. Detective Kenny was there,
and together La Mole and he ran down
Third avenue to the house; they were just
in time. Up the little narrow stairs they
dashed the house was still unawakened
by the tragedy As they turned into
the little narrow hall leading to Bauer's
room the door opened and Bauer came
out. He was dressed in dark suit and
had on light overcoat and cap. Kenny
grabbed him
Look in the hamper" cried La Mole,
shrinking in the doorway.
Kenny did so. He pulled up the cover
and there was the trunk of mans body
wrapped in some of the victims clothes.
Ii was without the arms or legs. The legs
had been cut off just above the knee. The |
had tried to cut the right arm Oft |
by starting behind the shoulder blade, and
finding this was impossible, had cut the |
flesh off untilhe barred the bone and then had |
broken it Off as man would break a stick
of wood. The left arm he had managed in
a somewhat more skilful manner.
Detective Kenny opened dress suit case
lying on a trunk near the hamper. Wrapped |
UP in the same manner were the two legs |
and one arm. The room was soaked with |
blood. On the top of the hamper was a
bloody razor. On the bureau were another |
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