The evening world., 1911-05-13
POLICEMAN JUDGE,
LONG MISSING, IS
g FOUND IN RIVER
Mystery of His Disappearance
on Dec. ?, 1910, Only
Partly Cleared.
BELT AND CLUB GONE.
He Had Been Doing Duty on
the TaXicab Strike When
He Vanished.
BELT AND CLUB GONE.

IN tne WHler n DOuy Wnlcn was luent-
fed as hat OF Policeman James J.
Judge. OF the Bonx Park station, who
mysteriously disappeared shortly after
midnight OF Dec. 2. 1910. For months
the disappearance of the policeman has
been one OF the unsolved mysteries OF
the Police Department.
Every day since Dec. Q a uniformed
policeman from the East Twenty-sec-
oud street station journeyed to the
home from which he was missing and
inquired II the wife had any tidlng,,
This faithful performance was supple
fnented by tours through vacant fats,
into dark cellars and to all of the pos
sible points where n al waylald
and killed by a gang. might have been
left.
For ten years Judge had lived at No.
Si East Thirtieth street. Then, shortly
before his disappearance. he and his
wife took the fiat at No. 20 East
Twenty-seventh street.
Put on Strike Duty.
Judge had helped tine wife Ak up the
new place in his spare hours and was
a familiar figure In the neighborhood.
About the time of his change OF home
the chauffeurs OF the various taxicab
companies We're on strike. Judge was
brought from the Sixty-eighth Precinct
n placed on special duty at the office
OF the New York Taxicab Company, Mt
No. 662 West Fifty-seventh street. His
hours were from 4 O'Clock in the after
noon until midnight, and 1t was a part
OF his duties to go with machines
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strikers.
He left his home after dinner on Dec.
2. After finishing his work he came
back to the Cosey Saloon. at Third ave-
nue. and Twenty-seventh street. where
he had two drinks OF whiskey. 1t was
a cold night and the policeman had
been much exposed. After taking the
two drinks he left the saloon and
walked into the street. That was the
last time he was seen alive by any of
his friends.
Joseph Burns. fifteen years o. age.
OF No. $50 First avenue. was sitting
to-day on the old bulkhead AT the
Twenty-ninth street terminus at the
East River with John Carson and
Joseph Catoldo. two young friends.
They were waiting to jump on an old
sand scow when young Burns saw the
body Of a man floating In the river.
Boys Call for Help.
MAN overboard!' shouted Burns.
"Man overheard" repeated his COM
panions at the top OF their voices. Then
they ran for a policeman. They found
Policeman Reichenbach of the East
Thirty-ffth street station. who called
capt. David Collins, in charge OF the
Volunteer Life Savings station at Bell.
yue, and his assistant, John Mccain,
The three men manned a rowboat and
pulled for the body.
From the boat the policeman could see
the shield and precinct number OF the
dead, policeman. The shield bore No.
ess9 and the collar the brass '6s'' OF the
Bronx Park district.
A rope was placed around the body
and Il was towed down to the Morgue
where the body was searched. The cap,
bolt and club were gone. but they found
the revolver. keys and N.69 hat the
policeman had carried.
Mrs. Ellen Judge, widow OF the 20,
lceman went to the Morgue with two
ness. She identified n black diagona
s,,t he had worn under his uniform
during the cold weather.
No Mark Of Foul Play.
Coroner's Physician Schultz per
formed an autopsy during the after
noon and found no Indications OF fou
play.
There were no marks on the hea.
and the skull was intact. There wer
some slight discoloratlons on the body
which were due. the physician said, I