The evening world., 1907-07-12
CHORUS GIRL IS
MURDER VICTIM,
CORONER SAYS
Slain in Cowardly Manner,
Says shrady, of Elsa
Won Dessauer.

When the inquiry into the death OF
the former chorus Girl. Elsa Won Dcs-
sauer who died this week n, J. Hood
Wright Hospital OF fractured aiculi.
was snlI far from finished, Coroner
shrndy announced this afternoon tsat
he had already heard enough TO con-
vince him the young woman waa tho
victim of a cowariiy murder He added
that he would ask the police to re-
double their Efforts tp capture the young
Italian broker. Carlo Rossi. who Is ac-
cused OF having beaten her tn his Am
s&erdAm avenue apartments on the even
Ing OF July 4
Despite. the ciaims of Rossi's
brother tand his friend that the de-
ceased hurt her head In fan. am
m.tted." said the Coroner. 81 do not
hslterc the girl. knowing she was dy-
ing, would ever have accused Rosr.
wrongfaliy. and the testimony OF. her
tsgstet and W the physician teipato make
out strong ctrcumstHnrtat case ngutnst
the fugitive. He should be apprehcnded
At all costs
To-day for the first time the name of
the NTH member of the fatal Fourth o..
IulyZ dinner party which the Rossi
brothers gave to the Won Dessaner sis-
ters came out The extra member of
the party was Vincon1o Will. wine
importer. who lives in West Hoboken.
and who had his Offices at Carlo Ros-
SIS pdace OF business No 50 Baxter
street
learn WINS name and TO find him He
gave testimony this afternoon before
the Coroner. along with the fugtuve's
brother Salvatore Rossi. who Is being
detailed on technical charge. and tho
dead girls sister. Mathildo Won Des-
sauer. a modiste.
Men Tell Now Story.
Mathilde won Dessauer repeated the
story whioh sho told TO DR.. A A.
Beatty, til attending physician. and
which Elsa, in her lucid !ntervsss. also
had told him. According TO Math!lde
Won Dersauer. Carlo Rossi beat her
SISTER until he fractured her K<ull and
burst the t-rir, in one of her ears be-
cause she repeiicd tiis advances
Salvatore Rosa! and VIII gave a dit-
ferent version in their stories to-day
They said that between o'clock In
the afternoon OF the Fourth of July
than a gallon OF Moselle and chianu
and that Elsa Won Dessauer became Won
much affected by II,
Carlo Rossi, they said. became alarmed
she had emptiei whole bottle OF the
red wine without stopping. Soon after
taking this big araught soEEhc two
snea witnesses said. tho girl became
They say she fell out OF a chair VIE.
and then roiied on couch ON wI5isF-
she had been placed, striking her head
with great violence e., asa.ns. radiator.
for 7the frightsul injuries to the riri's
scalp, ear and skull
During the examination OF salyatore
much excited. She repeateSiy tSi~ ,n,a rs,y
rti7ted him with the words
you are lying: that 4. not tan-ss..ss, :.
Finally she jumpel up and cried out
to the Coroner:
Girl Accuses Witnesses.
Please don't believe word they
" Who kiifsd my sister tsit fs6 III
truth. While Carlo Ro1si haa E.Iss
locked in the bedroom he tried to r1iS
treat her: and when she repulsed him
am sure he struck hor with vas,
he had carved himself and broke her
skull
I'VE heard her cries. but we had 10
break down the door before we coala
get to her. and then she was covered
with wounds and unconscious.'
DR.. Beatty gave testimony which
went far to coufirm the Coroner In the
opinion that-t4fe s4tl had dad as-a pa
-gufr of -rtoient- ase.t4it @1.ti ti-f.st -fsat,,
an accident. The phy sfc!an said in his
opinion, the wounds on the siri@s head
were caused by blows with aome bflnt
He did not ,hink they
could possibly have been produced BY
Il fait.
No trace of Rossi has been found
since he disappeared from his fiat at
No Sol Amsterdam avenue three days
ago when ne learned that the girl was
wing 1t is behaved he Kot-on a ahip
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