Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-12-05
POLICE WERE BUSY
New York's Three Modes of Public Travel Furnished Work for
 Blue Coats To-day.

New York, Dec 5.-Three of New York's great highways, the river, the underground railway and the street, and that dark section known as Chi natown,'' where mystery is ever pres ent, each furnished a police mystery to-day. In two cases, the subway and Chinatown, death had come between the victims and the investigators, IF the first the police have only the man $led body of man who, before he hurled himself before rapidly nov ing train, had taken every precaution to conceal his identity. His clothing, unmistakably new, bore not a single distinguishing mark, and not even a trinket was found in any of the pock- cts. The man was about 40 years of age, weighing ITO pounds, was five feet nine inches in height, had dark hair and blue eyes, and the scrupulous care with which he was dressed indi- cated that he was not laborer. Be- yond these meagre details, however, nothing is known. The man jumped directly in front of a train as it swung into the 137th street and Broadway station of the subway. His body was iltCloiIy SlOuuu lO pleCcS.
 The Chinatown mystery was tho death of woman, Lottie Lane, a white woman, whose husband, Chi naman, died short time ago. Since then she has 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 now under arrest awaiting trial on charge of murder Lottie Lane had three callers last night, Chinaman, a white man and a white woman. During the night these callers summoned a physician and notified the police that their host ess had tainted while she was enter taining them. The physician, who found her dead when he arrived, re- garded the death as suspicious. The police put the three callers under ar rest and began an investigation.
 The central figure in the mystery of the river is William Ballinger, aged 2S years, marketman, who says his home is in Lambert avenue, Yonkers. He was dragged from the East river near the upper end of Hell Gate early this morning, more dead than alive, by tugboat captain, who had heard his feeble cries for help. Ballinger said he came down from Yonkers yes- terday with load of produce and after disposing of his wares started out to enjoy himself. He told the po- lice that he remembered little from late last night until he was found struggling in the water. At first the police were inclined to believe that tue predicament of Ballinger might have been merely the result of an accident, but when the surgeons in the hospital found that the man had a fractured skull an investigation was begun.
 Mabel Weber a 20 years old girl, was the fourth victim. Found lying, bound, gagged and senseless in the hallway of the house in West Forty first street where she resided with two girl companions, she was taken to a hospital. For hours she was unable to give the police any information which would assist them in locating her assailan'
 Some time after she reached the hos pital the young woman regained con sciousness long enough to declare that she had been attacked by a middle aged man. She again became uncon sclous before she could give descrip ton of the Nssailant