Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-08-01
Suspected of Knowing Some
thing of Bonfire Mystery.
WERE SEEN IN VICINITY
Woman's Handkerchief and Pins in
Pocket of Prisoner.
GRoCER's WAGON DESCRIBED
Victim Not Mrs. Moskovitch-Ferr
Gateman Gives Clue-Some
of Many Visitations.

NEW YORK. August 1.-After long
chase early today two men were arrested
by the Greenpoint police in connection
with the bonfire mystery of several days
ago, in which an attempt was made to
burn the body of an unknown woman.
The men we're seen near the vacant lot
on Calyer street. where the charred body
was found in an oil-soak ed mattress They
describe themselves as laborers from
Chenille. Conn. and gave their names
as Julian kurinski and Wallenty Bor-
kowski
In Kurinskis pocket was found a WON
ans handkerchief and several STICK pins
which he said he had bought Both men
said they were Poles. The victim of the
bonfire is thought to have been a Pole.
THE police assert they have evidence
that the lonely lot in Greenpoint has
been the scene of night visitations by
strange men in a vehicle similar to the
grocer's wagon which is sought for. The
story the authorities are investigating in
the hope of finding new clue was told by
Michael Kronolski. who lives near the
place where the body was found.
Saw GrOCerS wagon.
kronolsk said he saw wagon drive up
to the lot adjoining Whale creek and two
men got out. They carried bundle re-
sembling a mattress to the center or the
lot, where they appeared to pour some
thing over it, then setting it on fire.
Kronolski said he thought nothing OF
the occurrence at the time, as 1t was a
common one.
The police claimed to have learned sufh-
cient to make them believe the dump has
been used for some time by malpract1-
TONERS and unauthorized undertakers as
a place to get rid of bodies by burning
them.
But the facts in the case were against
all the theories the police put forth. The
slain woman was not the victim of a GRIM
jnal operation. and it is not probable that
an unauthorized undertaken would have
carted her corpse to the dump in gro
GERS wagon, on the sides of which, it is
believed, appeared the name and location
of the grocery.
Not Mrs. Moskovitch.
The possibility of the murdered woman
being Mrs. Mamie Moskovitch. who
was reported missing from No. 1877 Du-
pont street Williamsburg. Thursday
last, was eliminated yesterday after
noon Mrs Moskovitch has never borne
any children. The slain woman had
been mother several times. Mrs. Mos
kovitch has two teeth missing in her
upper jaw. Not tooth of the murder
victim is missing from either jaw.
On tine strength of the story told by
Mrs Moskovitch's cousin and neighbors
the police kept on with their search for
the woman and her husband: They ad-
mitted that they were mystified by the
failure of Mrs. Moskovitch to communi-
cate with her relatives and friends.
A general police alarm gives this de-
scription of the wagon which was seen
to drop the corpse wrapped up in mat
tress in the dump:
Look out for a light. single horse
wagon with dark body and yellow
shed, having the word Groceries in ye!-
low or gold letters inclosed in a half
circle on each side of the shed. Drawn
by young bay horse. Efforts may be
made to repaint the wagon another color.
Keen close watch for all freshly painted
wagons"
Drivers Hand Shook.
1t was believed until late yesterday
afternoon that the wagon had been
taken across the river to Manhattan on
the 415 am. Greenpoint ferryboat. A
statement made by j. Pasterhold. a gate
man on the ferryboat Alaska, would
make it appear that the crossing was
not made until 5:1J.
Just before we pulled out from the
Greenpoint side on the $40 trip said
Pasterhold, "a covered grocery wagon
drawn by one horse came aboard the
ferry. There were two men on the seat.
The driver paid me the fare-1S cents.
AS / handed him the change his hand
shook SO he could hardly take it,
said to him: Your hands trembling;
what's the matter? He answered,
We'll. I've been driving fast and it got
me all shaken up He seemed excited.
The first three numbers on the
license tag were Su3. I think the last
number was Z, but I'm not sure on that
noint