The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1905-08-11
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WHERE lls HE rs FOUND
By H's3,gife' 5,'' Who May be Made
1sManIasIby the Shock. The Dead Man
Had Been Robbed Of a Dla-
nsond Setting In Ring
that he Wore.
New York has another murder mys.
terry. Brought home in a covered ex-
press wagon and dumped in the vesti.
bule ofghis house by two express
men, the body Of James A. OlarY, a
real estate broker, worth $3.50, 900,
was found Thursday by his wife when
she returned from a shopping trip. The
wife stumbled over the corpse as she
entered tho vestibule and Is now on
the verge Of insanity.
An investigation of the case was be-
gun immediately, with the result that
there is a strong suspicion that Cleary
was murdered. He wore two and q
half carat diamond ring, which some
one had tried to tear from his finger.
Quitting The finger, but failing to get
the ring, the robber took some instru,
ment and bent back the prongs Of the
ring, stealing the diamond.
The case Is g deep mystery, and a
half dozen det ectives have already
been put to work on 1t. Coroner's Ply
sician Riegelman believes Olary died
Of alcoholism, but his friends say he
drank sbut little, and the doctor has
not yet held an autopsy, and conse.
quently the police are not willing to
accept the alcoholism theory.
The circumstances surrounding the
returnof the body to the Oleary home
In the express wagon were partially
cleared up, but the detectives expect
that before they get through they
will learn enough to show THAI MUIR
der was committed.
Oleary, who was forty two years Old,
was In the real estate business with
two brothers at No. 198 Varick street,
and lived at No. 1924 Woodycrest
avenue, the Bronx. He had made a
grehtiS deal Of money In the Bronx
boom, and Is widely known.
Thursday morning he left his home
as usual and Mrs. Cleary went out.
She eturned at O'Clock and as she
LEM ed the vestibnle she stumbled
lsaE Throw W.-sa. the outer
was Mortified to see the body of her
husband
whats the matter with you, Jim,n
she asked, anxlously, dropping to her
knees There was no answer. An odor
Of whiskey was In the vestibule. She
shook the body for moment and then
felt the face. 1t was cold.
"Oh, Jim, you re deadl" she scream
ed, rising and rushing from the vesti.
bule. The horror Of the situation had
daWned on her, and her shrleks brought
the neighoors to the windows, and in
o few moments dozens OF them were
at her side, trying to quiet her. A
ply s.cian was summoned by a neigh
Dor, who thought she had gone insane.
Finally some one entered the vestibule,
and, seeing the body, understood.
Former Police Captain Brown, who
lives directly across the street, was In
the crowd, and he began an investig
alton at once. 1t was learned that an
express wagon had backed up to the
door and child had seen Oleary car
tied up the steps by two men.
A search for the express wagon was
begun at once, with the result that
Harry Black, Of No. SO Sedgwick ave
ue, and James Wilson, of No. 2455
Eighth avenue, were found to be the
men who had carried the body up the
stoop. AT first 1T was thoughu that
these men could tell the story of how
Cleary had lost his life, but after hear,
ing their stories the police accepted
their statements They both admit
ted carrying the body into che vesti.
bule and leaving 1t there, saying that
they believed CLEAR. was intoxicated d
and that they were doing him kind,
ness.
I'VE were driving along Ogden ave.
nue., said Black, when we saw Cleary
sitting on a low stoop in front of q
candy store at No. 1854 Ogden ave.
nue.
II happened to know him by sight
and thought he ought to be home. We
looked on 1t In the light Of a joke tC
take him home In an express wagon
so we lifted him into our rig and drove
to his house.
Carrying him up the steps we rams
~ A
answer, but there was no one at home
and after making him as comfortable
as possible We left, never having tn,
slightest suspicion that 1t was any
thing but case Of intoxlcation. -
Both men were closely questioned
about the ring but they denied abso
lutely knowing anything about 1t
They said they had not noticed If the
diamond was in it, or IL the finger
was injured when they found him.
They said they were positive thai
he was not dead when they left him
and that he was breathing heavily
Ike an intoxicated man. Cross. exam
nation failed to bring out any furthe
information.
Their story was partially substan
tiated by others who saw Oleary OF
} the candy store stoop, and though
he was intoxicated, and the express
men satisfied the police that they hat
told all they knew.
I.
Chandelier Fell.