Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-02-20
ANOTHER CAB MURDER
Mystery Over Death of Gotham
Actress.
PATTERSON CASE SIMILAR
Victim Had Been Playing at City
Theater.
'ATTERSON CASE SIMILAR
POLICE HAVE MADE ONE ARREST
Suspect Declared That Woman Fell
Down Flight of Stairs at a
Cafe Last Night.

NEW YORK, February 2o.-A
murder mystery with some feat
ures not unlike the famous Patter-
son case of two years ago, is en-
gaging the attention of the police
today AS in the crime which cost
Caesar Young his life and Nan Pat
terson, an actress, more than year
of her liberty, a cab and woman
of the stage are the principal feat
ures in the mystery of today. The
woman, Gussie Hart, was the vic
tim, and the carriage, according to
the theory of the police, was the
scene of her death.
Several persons who are thought to know
something of the manner in which the
woman was killed have disappeared. The
first intimation that crime had been COM
mitted came to the police when physician
notified them that he had been called TO
the house at 261 West Ssh street to attend
woman and found her dead. Her skull
had been fractured.
MISS mart mas DCen appearing in the
Child Wife" at theater in this city, and
had theatrical engagements here until May
next The police were unable to learn
where she was from the time she left the
theater last night autii several hours later
when cab stepped before the house where
she roomed In West 3Sth street Then
they say two men took her from the cab
and carried her into the house. and a few
minutes later the physician was called. He
was told that woman was H. When he
reached the room he found two women
and three men at the bedside. Miss Hart
was dead
Reported Family Lives Here.
When coroner, who was notified at
once, reached the room, none of the watch
ers remained The body of the woman,
with the head terribly battered was lying
undisturbed on the bed. and the walls along
the stairway. up which 1t had been car
ried, were smeared with blood. The police
are now searching for the cab and for the
two men who eargied the wOman's body to
her room.
Miss Hart told the landlady of her board
ing house a few days ago that her family
resided in Washington, b. C.
Later the police arrested Edward Muir
ply, dancing master, who said that he
was with Gussie Hart last night and that
he called the doctor. Murphy said that he
went with Miss Hart and another actress
about midnight last night to the little Sa-
voy, cafe and saloon at 2oJ West Both
street.
Fell Down Stairway.
They remained there drinking some time.
he said. Miss Hart taking only soft drinks
She was the first one to propose leaving
the place and as she was leaving, Murphy
said, she fell down flight OF twenty steps
She was unconscious when he reached her
Assisted by walters he carried Miss Hart
10 cab and took her to her room.
The police detained as witnesses a col
arad Nuaf faV al "a d
er at the house in West 3Sth street, where
Miss Hart lived, who IS said 10 have seen
her brought home. The police are also
looking for the other actress, who Murphy
says was In the party last night.
Miss Hart was about fifty years old. She
was well-knOwn as blackface comedlenne.
She has a son living In Cincinnati. a daugh-
ter died recently,