Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-12-06
-Four Mysteries in New
York in One Day.
Unknown Man JUMP s IN Front
Of rain---Marketnan
And Young Girl Figure In Separate Assaults
chinatown Furnishes Mystery.

ANS" YIN, DeC. O.-l HTGe VI 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. today
In two cases, the subway and China
town, death had come between the
victims and the investigators. In the
first the police have only the mangled
body of a man, who, before he hurled
himself before rapidly moving train,
had taken every precaut1on to conceal
his identity.
His clothing Enthusiastically new. bore
not a single distinguishing mark and
rot even a trinket was found in any of
the pockets. The man was about 40
years of age, weighing 10 pounds, was
five feet, seven inches in height, had
dark hair and blue eyes and the scrupu-
lous 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 train as it swung
into the 18th street and Broadway
station of the subway. His body was
literally ground to pieces.
The Chinatown mystery was the
death of woman, Lottie Lane, white
woman whose husband, Chinaman,
died a short time ago. Since then she
has been living in Pell street, i'm 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, u Chinaman. a white man and a
white woman. During the night these
callers summoned physician and noti-
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 suspicious. The police put the
three callers under arrest, and began
an investigation.
The central figure in the mystery of
the river is William Ballinger, aged %
years. a market man, 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
this morning, more dead than alive, by
a tugboat captain who had heard his
feeble cries for help. Ballinger said he
came down from Yonkers, yesterday,
with load of produce and after dispos-
ing of his wares. started out to enjoy
himself. He told the police that he re-
rlembered little from late last night,
until he was found struggling in the
water. At first the police were inclined
to believe that the predicament Of
Ballinger might have been merely the
result of an accident, but when the
surgeons in the hospital found that the
man had fractured skull an investiga-
ton was begun.
Mabel Weber. a 20-year-old girl was
the fourth victim. Found lying. bound.
gagged and senseless in the hallway Of
house in West 41st street where she
was taken to a hospital. For hours
she was unable to give the police any
information which would assist them in
locating her assailants. The girl was
found by milkman, who stumbled
over her PROSTATE form, in the dark
hallway when he was making his
rounds. early today.
Sometime after she reached the
hospital the young woman regained
consciousness long enough to declare
that she had been attacked by mid
die aged man. She again became I'M
conscious before she could give
description of the assailanr.
Sometime after she reached the hospital
the young woman regained consciousness
long enough to declare that she had been
attacked by a middle-aged man. She
again became unconscious before she
could give description of the assailant