New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-10-17
DIES IN LONELY HANY
Coroner Believes Aged CaretakeT
Was Murdered.
POLICE CALL CASE SUICIDE
Victim Had Lived OF Old Brook
Estate on InwoOd Hill for
Thirty Years.

The dead body OF William Burgess The
srs5 c7re-aher 81 the old Brook estate
which s,verloozs the Hudson River ~ @loTh
greet. on the lofty blur OF Inwooo Hil'
vs. found 81 O'Clock yesterday morning
- -l,e tiny sfanty which the old man used
Is 4 shelter
The l,odv was sitting upright in a chair.
-Ae head hanging over the right snouioer
-nd the right hand extended toward the
floor Within reach Of the stIfened ringers
or TIE floor lay revolver, with one o. the
I've cartridges discharged An eNaflifla-
-fon showed thar the bullet had entered
re head Just behind the ear. and. ranging
inward. had emerged AZ the LETT temple
Although the police Of The hinEsor'oSe
station are inclined 10 believe that the
-sa,chman committed suicide. coroner WIN
-e-lo--orr after making a careful inspec-
zion Of has wound and the hoor and "ino""
Of rna Shan-y. gave r. as his opinion maj
. ,-ae some other hand than his that fired
The fatal bullet
vy-fr1fa-7 burgess had been the CaretakeT
rr -l,a r-aax estate for more than thirty
scars The estate is an immense tract OF
land covering many hundred acres and me
sr1- where the supposed murder occurred
IS "a lonely one. Large trees throw d pan
al darkness about she little shed occupied
~ -fr aaretak-r. and the Old Brook man
sion. now unleu0t from age and Vlcancy
- Fam, rva hundred Yards distant.
John Mcconnell has been lrin- in the
mansion house with his wife aud children
-s.e~r1v and ii was he who first discovered
--a FfaIc~e body. Mcconnell was IN me
1-abr .f paying his rent every month 10
F.e~.a--. and had become much interested
ir she wareh-nan.
.-a-1v yesterday morning a ETocer.s boy
asked Ar NcCor-uick = he had seen Bur
-a-- recently for the old man had not been
1.-,r5r- his supplies ar rhe store since
-fru.rd7r They rhcu went down 10 me
7.r-f, sharty to make an iu~estisatjon &C
.a-alu- ~ Mccormick. Burgess was &C
,.-,z-arD.f IN pin an old newspaper IN front
OF PIN. single window in The cabin when
.,o- -.. wen, ou1. taking il down when nc
returned The newspaper was IN place
r77- The KEY was in the door. and McCor-
mick entered \ glance served 10 snow
srat Tho Waterman WAS dead
re -elenhoned 20 the Ein-sb-idEe station
.nd ur. snyder. 81 Tordham Hospital was
called. He said that The man must have
r-len killed instantly by the wound IN ms
lead Mounted Pafrolnan curlcT reported
& as "A case - suicide
When coroner Wiutc-bottorn arrived
however. he examined the shanty with
-~irr-- care. and then announced ms theory
- murder Early on Friday morning. Nc
.-l--niak told the Coroner. he heard com
morton on The grounds. and when he went
,-t into the garden found traces OF human
footprints.
Burgess was apparently wen sli'l'4itt.
~---b money. and Mccormick said that on
~ ezdsv ne saw q roll OF hills III the care
sk-r-s hand. ONLY "A few cents were fourlu
y the dead mans pockets when ms oooS
WIS found Yesterday morning
Il was learned later that Burgess, VINO
vas separated from mis- family. had wife
Erd TWO daughters living al No s5l " es1
--s-- street one OF the daughters VINO IS
8 teacher AT Public School q. 81 Broadway
and Dyekrnau street. when asked last night
-a- information concerning her father sim
1ly Said
n -please consider my feelings and closed
" door
coroner Wiure-aortom said le mad dis
covered small blood stains or the window
r,aues of the shartv. and therefore he be-
-H.A-el that the old man was murdered. as
81. could NOT have moved after shooting
himself IN SUCH a vital spot