The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-11-02
DID BE MURDER His FRIEND?
AUGUST BENNETT FOUND STAND
ING OVER DYING FRED BEY.
Ills Clothing Covered with Mod as n He
Had Reen I'm q Ftkht-Says q stranger
Got Into . Fight with Bey and stabbed
Film No Knife Found Near the Scene.

Film Ne Knife Found Near the Scene.
MoNrcLArR, N. j., Nov. August Ben
nett, "a years Of age, Of 80 Franklin street.
Newark, a a prisoner in h Montclair
Jail to-day on a charge OF murder pre-
ferred by Chief OF Police Henry Gallagher.
Bennett, the chief alleges, at 7:l5 o'clock
this morning stabbed to death Frederick
Bey, whose home was at 1874 Parker street,
Newark. The latter wa 20 years old. Ben
nett denies that he murdered Bey. He
made the following statement to the police:
Il left my nome in Newark last night to
attend a dance at Fabian's hotel in Cedar
Grove. where ! remained until after mil
night. when in company with Bey, / started
out in the direction Of Montclair. We had
reached a point just over the Montclair
line when we met a strange who jostled
Boy and an argument ensued. h men
clinched and In the mixup the stranger
pulled a knife from his pocket and stabbed
Bey in the left breast. The assassin then
fed. I was doing what I could to get my
friend on his feet when an officer appeared
on the Gene"
Officer Michael Corcoran found Bennett
standing over Bey shortly after 2 o'clock
this morning, n sent in a call for the
Mountainside Hospital ambulance. The
man was still alive, but he died before the
ambulance arrived. emmett was placed
under arrest. Detective Charles Hummell
Of the Prosecutors office made a search
for IN knife this morning, but o n could
be found. There was no weapon on the
prisoner when he was arrested. The police
say that at the time of his arrest his clothes
were covered with mud and dirt. They
believe that he had engaged in a fight with
Boy and that finding himself worsted stabbed
his adversary.
James O'Dowd. a milkman OF Caldwell,
who has a route in Montclair, was held up
by tvso men shortly before , o'clock this
morning. They asked for a ride to Mont
clair. which request O'Dowd refused. He
rays the men were intoxicated and were
using harsh language toward each other.
The point where he encountered the men
is but a short distance from the scene OF
the tragedy: Whether they were Bey
and Bennett is yet to be ascertained.
Bey and Bennett were silversmiths en-
ployed in Tiffsny's factory at Forest Hill
n. J. Working. in the same factory with
the men was Frank Fabian, a son Of the
hotel proprietor at Cedar Grove. Young
Fabian had arranged a surprise party
for his sister and had invited Bey and Ben
nett to II.
According to the story told by Bennett,
both he and Bey drank considerably dur
ing the evening and were not sober when
they left the hotel. He denies that any
quarrel occurred between them. He il
unable TO explain the cuts and bruises
on his face, but believes they were the re-
suit Of falls while cropping his way along
the country road In an intoxicated con-
dition. Benefits parents live at Sag
Harbor, L. I.
The prisoner was a~rraigned before Re-
corder Host at noon to-day. He waived
examination and was held without bail.
James Bey, the father Of the lead youth,
lives at Succasunna, y. j. He came here
this afternoon to take charge OF the body.