New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-05-25
womsn Visiting House Closed
for Season Finds Body
DanaIing from Skylight.
u.D BEEN DEAD HANY DAYS
porce Identify Man as Exon
vict and Are Confirmed by
a Friend, Who Rec
ognizes Him.

-, yesterday afternoon. The house
,asn. closed since Nav for the sum-
--- ard vas dark and quiet when Mrs.
sg-v entered it alone yesterday 70 air it
out
sbe went through the Two lower floors
.,.,i,e the windows. and then went 20
=. third floor. As she looked up at the
..r4ight over the hallway on the top
s,o- sbe vas startled TO see an unusual
,,i4,t hanging there in the dim light
"A, first 7 thought some one had hung
,s,- of trousers there Mrs. Surut
.,s "I wondered who could have done
/, could not see clearly AZ first. be-
,,psA the glass in the skvlight is fancy
AZ colorsd. and does not give very
.,,ors light. I stood g while and looked
=, ,hs thing until ! could see better.
-.sr saw feet. and then hands I was
,,--i6ed. because I knew II was 8 man
.s,ring there. But did not scream or
.,,,. inst went downstairs and told a
r.Hcsman'
When the police arrived they decided
.-nediatelv that the body was that Of q
sr-glar. trapped while trying - enter
,,s house He had come over the roofs
=. the reighboring houses. apparently.
.rd had tied 2 Ions. strong rope around
tas base Of chimney near the skylight.
,rd. after smashing Tire glass, had
loosered the hooks that had held 1t down
ard tossed the rore down into the house.
cauaht in His Own Trap.
The ssvnEht is large affair. about 1
sv feet. with sharp metal edges and
vsrv heavy He had opened II far
enough 70 admit his body and propped It
N with z piece cf wood Then he had
lowe-sd himself through the opening
thus made holding on 70 the edges by
his hands. and probably attempting %
throw his legs about the rope. 70 slide
gently down irt0 the house. when the
trap vas sp-uns.
His arm must have struck the wooden
rrop and the heavy weight Of the glass
cover came down Fun upon his neck.
The th'r edge q the metal was sunl:
deep into the back of his neck Dr Nc
Donneu Of the Harlem Hospital. who
vas called in ~ The police 70 view the
BODY said that the f-st blow of the fall
.ng weight which was over hundred
pounds must have rendered the man un-
Conscious and therefore he could make
70 effort % extri-sre himself before he
vas strangled % death He said the
nan apparently met his death several
i,ys ago The fingers of one hand We're
,asped in a rigld death grip about the
rpe and his BODY was horribly con-
tc-tsd and the plasterins on the walls
nsar hin was kicked fun 20 holes
s=srcn ~ the BODY after = vas
'Tered into the house by its own rope
lsti no doubt that the man was a pro-
fsssionsl burglar. I'm his pockets were
'ound . 22-csl.bre pistol q number Of
Dse cartridges a bunch of skeleton KEYS
,nd two wax candles. over his shoes
were drawn extra heavy voO,len socks. /
idevice often resorted 10 bv burglars 70
ngAe their tread while shopping through
ihouse 4 postal card addressed 70 r.
n.r,hsr.h., .,-s - -. -,-..s..-.- 49,
,s,. r.. ,--,..
va. 80 ,-
Identified BY Finger Prints
The Bsrilor sr,4-+s we're summoned
nm Polre Hesdovsr+e~s and thev took
tas dad mans ,Aaz,,vev,,er-s and eroe-
frr,s from his bs,5e The. eo,,-,5 FRAT
thsse data agreed With +bose r., e1a in
Ire csntrs1 04oa urder the name ~
George r Tarer alas George Tanner.
tTsnty-seven years old. q No 21s East
llith street He was LET out ~ sing Sing
''iy ast month
Vhen t14 bo5v was v.e,redl later bv
Yrs Bertha PtrLrer ~ No r72 Fast
l,li street she positively Identified n
as that Of Tanner She said that he
'aa an intimate friend ~ hers and
nat h disappeared from HIS home
@'urday Her story 20 the police
'ar'her vas that he vas an experienced
sssk. b. ma. ,.''''s .i~ past l7"
lsnsd Jose'h Yesik whom he was
ns IN for the business
,:., 81" ME detectives from the West
=, S.,esl police station were looking
.. .Ai7sl6' i7sl6' The name they found on
,.n,s '.-'s in The dead mans coat They
- name of J Yesik. who said he was