The evening world., 1909-02-19

On shooting, | guess they fired fifteen
shots before they stopped and went
away into another stretch OF timber,
"All four men seemed to be well
dressed; that Is. as far as ! could see
They had on black oVercoats. At the
time / thought they were shooting with
rifles. but Of that I wouldn't be sure, |
didn't think any more about It after
they went away, as 1t is quite common
to see men shooting rabbits and SPUR
! rels in that neighborhood
Edward Gruber, proprietor Of the En-
gewood Hotel. believes the murdered
man and his four assasins iunched at
his establishment few hours before
the killing.
lie visited Englewood Morgue this
man was one OF a Jolly party OF five.
He recalled distinctly that the big. fne-
looking man who appeared to be the
life Of the little party had worn cor
duroy cap. A corduroy cap was found
near the body OF the slain man.
All Came from city.
Those five men" said Gruber, were
all well dressed and had every ap.
pearance Of prosperity, They ordered
tie best wine | had In my hotel for
| their lunch and they ate and drank a
| good deal. They talked mostly in ltal-
| ian, but from what they said in Eng.
lieh nd he,
all came from New York. I thought a,
the time that they had come out 10
Fnglewood to look at some real es-
tate. When they left the hotel they
went In the direction OF the woods
where the murder was committed
On Monday last Inspector McCaherts
got letter without signature telling
him that II he would send his men &c
the woods east OF Engelwood they
would make an interesting find. Nc
Cafferty sent this letter to Chief Titus
The letter contained elaborate !nstruc'
tons Of how TO get to the wood where
the body was. II gave so many turn
!ngs and twistinss, however. that when
Titus tried to follow the Instructions HI
wandered wide OF the place. Nichola:
Carr, a mason. discovered the body yes
terday afternoon
Shot Down by Gang.
The body. which Is now In the Engel
wood morgue, is that OF man about
thlrty-eght years old. HIS hair anc
mustache are black and had recent!
been trimmed. The teeth are pertec
and the hands carefully kept. Thu
clothing was OF excellent quality anc
new.
There are nine bullet wounds in thu
body and the manner in which the bull
let's entered show they were fired By
different persons from different angles
The finding OF two silyerhIlted dag
gers within one hundred feet OF where
the body lay injects an additional ele'
ment OF mystery into the strange crime
There were no initials on the daggers
and they looked very new. There were
no stains on them. nor was there a
knife wound on the body.
Bullets From All Sides
Two OF the bullets that were fired
into the murdered man pierced IN,
heart, one by way OF the back and tht
other through the heart. Other bullets
| mad struck In the neck and shoulder.
from different angles and one had ripped
| through me abdomen and passed out o.
the back When the bullets are re
moved al the autopsy the calibre Of tbs
weapons used will he determined.
A handkerchief with the initials IF
NJ" in one corner was found near the
body. only s. cents and pearl-hand
led knife were found in the clothing
Marks on the fingers OF the right hand
showed that two rings had been torn
from them.