New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-02-08
BODY IN BASEMENT
MURDER Il MYSTERY
oman. IN Rude Craze y OF
Positively Identified.

~
..,-.--- identified. was aiken from a az
80 grave II the basement o. al @t'SI !
- f,,,se Il Nc. is West Ssth street :
80 The room. where The WOMAN 20,
- hr-ies since Thursday, was oceui
-7 Friday morning ~ Augustus ''i'Sl'
,o- The janisoF. and his VIE
r.. vlor7g- had been strargieo' si'o'- nc
saturated in chloride OF II11e' aF1e 'i'ei
,= 5-+o the shallow recess, Whlef a.
- nv TIE boards Of the dining room
80 Ms. Johsnsou has been Illssi'=
80 wednesday afternoon
-sriror moved his scant furHisilli- :
-.,- 4oo~ Of & tenement mouse a ~
= 80 74sgh street on Friday me ponce
b.. v-ss helped by Emllya SarapGu- q
-, servant, who vas arrested a.
--.,r witness yesterday afternoon ~
.-- * now being sought ny the ponce
-. ,-----7 Of The murder, accorolhs 70
-.,-a IS either Sofa Peterson ~nose
7-ss = one time employed II Lake
and recently received several
-5 dollars. or Ms. --ona1~on, tfe
ME af the jEHlto--
- -fe police acted on nuHloeT
-Fe case quickly developed INTO
mystery. Captain zimmerman, OF
-. -ea+, street police station. found
sss--sr, who moved the furniture
- -s-fror's apartments This man
-,5-a 10 vest I46th street, where
<-.-,= F-r7iira Sa-aQuu. While The de-
.-s-a N tle rooms q man who
- sis name a Peter LoiseL- appeared
- .ba s5oposit5on that Loisel vas the
=s-=-0- n the man who had &C
---,s--ie5 tra El-I 10 the West oath street
.,-sa and moved TIE furniture tapta' IN
-.----e-r-s- took him 70 the police station
--s-s ne r-ss discharged While LolSel IS
- -s fz being watched 10y several de-
-r--irzs-
a-t-- .r-e examination Of the girl he
--.-s r---s .esre-S which brought 71e
-. NJ Alexander -a-7pson into The case
ms s-res-eE GA rhe express receipts. a
--.-s-e Alexander Thompson. who vas ln
-. z-7-z--r navy va~d last Noven2 Der
- l.-rzr u have visited Miss Ssrapul-
z-- -z--zf-e5 = rer friends that ~ "aS
re- brother
s---re- clev which should aid he police,
.-.- mink IN establishing the Identity Of
ne murdered woman IS d marriage Sei I'M
30 dated jersey Cl-E. August L. l+1a ia
----- --s names Of Sc-s Andersen ana
August Peterson are given Other papers
e--rs5 that the woman brother ciea IN
road accident. and that she OBTAINED
-zrz-z- Thousand dollars IN settlement q
-z-szz =-r=- There were 10 papers 70
,----- any light Ga tn Identity o. the
amman 5- &c indicate mat she was MIS-
.rn-z=11-
The -7---0r was formerly employed - No
az seventh a-enle, vheT= ne lived VIII
MS vie u--if January. wnen he went 70
u--E ar ire West sz.h street house Before
ne -s-. The seventh avenue house ne said
7rrr-5.-z re- he police. that rs Tife had
received E5-7
Mss Es-z--1 vas =mpio-ed hy the
z--z- who owned -re house where Jcnan-
s-- vas 2 1sn--c-. Letters found in the
rooms which she occupied vher The police
arrested her showed that s-e had been N
r-----u---z--c- with Alexander Thompson
- marine before e-= came II this cou1-
t-- @--- IN ana. This Vas IN November.
az an w-s- Thompson received tsr let
-=- r. IT. marine barracks n Brooklyn rs
a. 17-= T-o-= = her 81 the West 18TH
z--s=- address.
While ne police were trying 70 ferret
--e uzsr history Ct TIE Etrl. the marine and
--e -z----- --=- learned that Two men. one
q S--- nay have E-zed with the desc-1p-
---- Ct -z- -lo posed = z cousin OF -hs
-sz5 woman II --e Seventh avenue house.
entered --= basement where the woman lay
H--e5 Ca Sunday night Bo1h we're under
re influence # liquor and engaged n
-E-- with ne present EaCITor. Theodore
F1sE-5er. -E ue1 were finally driven
f--- --@ house
re 5a---1--s wife was last seen b. : Mrs..
keen. VINO moved into the house On
7sz-szcz-- afternoon Then she offered to
-sz- me family Er-eu- On Thursday
Jchz1z11 SAID MS wife had Eone 20 S1e-
5sr s-5 that ~ would follow her That
7-E-- nan who gave The name Of lamp
sr- called s- -Le express of7oe. q Nc 80
.c---B-z avenue. and asked Thomas Gun
---lz- t- cal ar -Es apartment.
E-e- Cunningham called RI found
Ts-pzor" and Mss Sa-apuu packing the
--Es -oev arranged 70 have the NOV
II zone m IKE following morning. When
t1@ van -e- came 70 -he place, TIE CIR,
NO Vas Introduced as me z-lfe Of lamp
Fa-- was z-T there. she vas also prezenr
When ne furniture vas taken into the new
sS9as q West -zs-1 street
TIE tenants NJ me Seventh avenue house
s-1 ths YES ---- street place reported 20
-e E--.--H ma -rz- 7ere cften awakened
-Tg-- By 1gr-, n which the 3anitor ap-
17s-=1 -r r. 2 principal On Wednesday
= ~ Thursday morning shots were
7ss-1 In the Tsz- --vh street house. 4 re
7--e- TT TIE Tribune found nine car
'1Ess ~ corner % the rom of the West
~-1 street house
t7e exact cause II death vii be deter
-rne5 r7-5s-. when N sutorsv XII be
maze - ~ O---1-1o-- -7-g-r e-.-,irs5 IRE
sz- eT-a--- The PeTforzrIous IN the
1=zd winch appeared u t,e bullet wounds.
07-respor5=6 win -he SIZE Of the cartridges
.'16 In --e -zFr1 street house. while :
MARKED -.dee II the @esb about ire neck
a-7ssed -Hs police with re sr-znguIatlon
Their