New-York tribune., 1907-01-28
MYSTERY HIDES MURDER
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awakened early in the morning by the news Of
the tragedy.
Mr. Crabtree had an ugly cash on his fore
head which he said he received while hurrying
to the aid of his friend
MRS. JANEWAY a WITNESS
Another important witness will be Mrs. Mary
Janeway. sister of Mrs. Townsend. who lives
opposite the surgeons home. She says she
awakened by the screams of her sister.
who ran to an open window the floor where
the shooting was done. William r. Janeway.
her son. said that DR. Townsend seemed per-
fectly conscious when he said. Il think Silver
man shot me" The surgeon was also able to
say that he was awakened by the tinkling of his
telephone bell few minutes before the aSsail-
ant appeared This explained the cutting Of
the telephone wire In the physicians room. MT.
Janeway asked the newspaper men to deny the
stories that hts family believed the shooting was
done by person in the house
According to Randall. the chauffeur DR.
Townsend said 10 him after he was shot: Il
want you to remember what l am going TO say
l know that / will die. When he called me to
get up he asked me for my money and then he
shot me" II the physician said more the
chauffeur did not care to make it public
The police yesterday said that they are no
longer I'm doubt TO the motive for the shoot
Ing. This motive they did not make public. II
was impossible to learn from them what had
been done beyond the arrest of Silverman-
District Attorney John F. Kenny began an in
dependent investigation yesterday After he had
would work independently OF the Police Depart
ment and the coroner. Mr.. Kenny said he would
appear at the hearing and that he would show
where the police had not taken the proper course
IN the case
DISTRICT ATTORNEY WORKING ON CASE
1T is useless to call upon the police" he said
when a man is killed in Richmond Borough
and the coroner Is powerless. When crime is
committed We might well call the incident
closed because the authorities. who should run
down the guilty person. are not inclined to work
This Is Sunday. and the police are most con-
spicuous by their absence
Mr. Kenney was not inclined To attach much
significance to Silverman's arrest. seeming TO re-
gard IL as a part OF the police routine in such
cases He said that an arrest had TO he made
tosshoW that something was being done, but be-
yond that the arrest did not count for much
Unless the police and the Cur9ner Keep their
promises to produce some one who can explain
the mystery the District Attorney viii force the
police 70 show why SiIverman should not be re-
leased When he heard the statement said 10
have been made by the surgeon before he died.
and in which he relieved the hack driver from
suspicion, he replied that II was nothing more
than he expected.
All day yesterday many persons called at the
physicians home. To all OF the callers DR.
Townsends younger brother who is also a
geon said that Mrs. Townsend would be unabI
10 receive visitors for some time. 1t was said
that she broke down after her husbands death
Through her brother-in-law she expressed her
regret that SiIverman was arrested if he was
wrongly suspected
FUNERAL. WILL. BE HELD TOMORROW
The funeral will be held tomorrow afternoon
at St Johns Church, Clifton. the Rev Frederic
EccIeston officiating. DR.. Townsend and the
members of his immediate family have for many
years been connected with the church.
While all the arrangements for the funeral
have been completed conflicting statements
made yesterday To the probability of an
autopsy being performed. Coroner Cahill said
that 1t would be held to-day, while Or. Town
sends brother said that IL would not be neCeS-
sary to perform an autopsy, because the cause
OF death already known The police shared
the opinion that IL would not be necessary to
hold such an examination.