New-York tribune., 1908-08-31
SLAIN BY THREE MEANS
4 WATCHMAN MURDERED.
Beaten, ChoAced, ThrozCn Into Brook
on Nesc State Road

OH ANCO D tuLC 1lONl.
Clubbed until his skull was pounded into
pulp. choked with strap tied tightly around
his throat, and then thrown into brook. was
the fate which was meted out to Frank Brady.
lonely watchman the state road. between
Tarrytown and White Plains, late Saturday
night The murder is regarded by the authori-
ties as the most foul crime that has been COM
mtted in Westchester County in years. Sheriff
Lane. who is working on the case. has one sus-
pect under arrest on whom he believes he can
fasten charge of murder
That Black Hand agents responsible for
the death of Brady there is no doubt Revenge
is believed to have been the motive. Brady was
employed as a night watchman by Mallory Il
Murray. contractors, who building the new
state road between Tarrytown and White
Plains, which will form boulevard between the
Hudson and the county seat The work is being
hurried that the road will be completed when
the westchester County Fair and Horse Show
opens next month at the White Plains Fair
grounds, which is some distance from the scene
of the murder
Brady in charge OF the roadway where
it is run up near the lane leading to the
Knollwood Country Club. the membership OF
which numbers many New York milliona1res-
On Friday Brady had night off, and an 1tal-
ian was placed on guard On Saturday night
Pasquale Giovanni was put watchman. as
it was not known whether Brady would return,
but he did return. He ordered the Italian
watchman away and that was the last Of
him alive.
Yesterday afternoon Frank Hope son of Peter
Hope, White Plains grocer. was hunting for
frogs in brook which crosses land owned by
realty company east of the Knollwood Lane,
when he came across the body Of Brady, lying
in the brook
BELT STRAP AROUND NECK.
Coroner Squires of ossining. and Sheriff Lane
were called and they hurried to the spot In au-
tomobiles Brady was found lying on his back
in two feet of water. Tightly drawn around his
neck was a black belt strap similar to the kind
worn by Italians 1t was tied so tight that it
cut into the flesh. The top OF the mans skull
was crushed and there also a ghastly
wound in the forehead, which had the appear
ance of having been made by a blow from
hatchet.
Following up their investigation the officials
found the spot where Brady had been struck
down. About fifty feet from tire knolwood en-
trance in the torn UP highway were several
pools of blood Nearby was watchrian's ciuo'
which had been broken in two PIECES by the,
blows which lad been rained on the Waterman
head. On the opposite side of the roadway were
Brady's hat his supper and several bottles Of
beer IT was evident that he had been cruelty
slain before eating his supper, and while walk
ing along the road. From the pools OF blood.
footprints led to the bushes north Of the state
read through the bushes and across vacant
lot for distance of fifteen hundred feet. along
which the body had been dragged Probably the
murderer had dragged the man by the strap by
which he had been hauled to the brook, into
which the body had been thrown. If he was
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waters of the brook, which covered his body.
Sheriff, Coroner and deputy sheriffs immedi-
atey started to hunt for Pasquale Giovanni. who
was the last person seen near Brady, and he
found in shanty run by padrone named
NicoIo. at Elmsford about a mile away. Pas
quale said he had been sleeping near steam
roller at Elmsford ind mad not been near Brady.
Another italian --nown only Joe told Sheriff
Lane Ii wever, that he had seen Pasquale walk
ing in the direction Of the section of the road in
charge of Brady late on Saturday night.
MAY BE BLOOD STAINS.
Sheriff Lane examined PasquaIe's clothing.
and found several large stains which looked like
blood on his coat. To-day Coroner Squires will
ask the District ATTORNEY to have a micro
scopical examination made of the stains to de-
termine whether they those of human blood.
Both Italians were locked up in the White
Plains Jail pending investigation. Nothing was
found in Brady's pockets except bottle of
whiskey and 1t is not known whether he was
robbed not. 1t is generally believed he was
murdered out of pure revenge for driving away
the Italian watchman who had taken his place.
Suspicion points to Pasquale because yester-
day morning he took away the lanterns which
Brady had SGT out on Saturday night. and
which he knew IL Brady was alive he would look
after. For some time many Black Hand out
RACES have been committed in the northern sec
ton of Westchester County. Following the
looting of three mansions Of wealthy New York
ers in North Castle the holding up of several
women in Scarsdale, the blackmailing of rich
italians in Bedford and Croton who refused to
pay tribute to the Black Hand Society, resi-
dents of Chappaqua and Scarsdale formed a
vigilance league, and also decided to establish a
consta buary corps to patrol the dark and lone
some highways.
It was only a couple of weeks ago that stage
filled with women and children bound from
Silver Lake Park to Manhattan. held up by
masked foreigners in Central avenue, between
Hartsdale and Scarsdae, and the occupants
were ordered to give up what little cash they
had after days outing at the lake.
Brady was a poor man. 1t was believed he
did not have an enemy in the world. He lived
at Irvington-on-the-H Hudson. with his wife and
children.
PENNED IN RY FIRE