The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1911-07-28

small black lag in which he had an ap-
paratus he hoped would benefit his hear
ing, H. had dinner al the hotel IA usual
and John Matthews. the night elevator
boy. recalled having taken him ,ipsta
some time between and y. 30 o'clock that
night.
DISCOVERY or THE MURDER
Vest rday morning al 7o'clock Everton
Standard. "A hallboy who dist tributcs the
ne wsjnpcrsai the doors of the apartm ments
went To the tenth floor front, laid Judge
, Whitmans papers at the door Of the
Judges apartment. loc. and turned 10
drop Mr.. Jackson's paper. He noticed
that the door Of Mr.. jackson S sitting room
was half open
/ The hoy thought that was cdd. but he
didn't think enough about il to make a
report downstairs. nor did he glance into
! the apartment.
Rosie MoCue. the tenth floor maid. came
down the hall at SIJ o'clock or there
ahouts. saw the open door and walked IN
thinking Mr.. jackson had got up early
I The apartment is a suite of Two rooms and
bath. th" sitting room facing Forty
fourth street and connecting with a sma II
bedroom which has bathroom iinm.di-
/ ately to the rear. The maid was half wav
! into the sitting room when she saw fee {;
! projecting from under the he'd
! She didn stop To investigate. She ran
out and called Standard. who notified
Manager Courtayne ,hat some thing was
wrong in the jackson apartment. Up
came toultayne in a hurry. looked briefly
/ and hurried ont 10 telephone the police.
MIR. JAcksoN sTRuCk AND 'HokED.
/ Dressed only in pajamas and with his
| feet bare Mr.. jackson lay face downward
| The body had been showed part wav
under the bed. Later on Coroner's Phys-
, clan l.ehpno said that aopYrantlv Mr..
jackson had not been killed much before
A. ~. lie had been struck terrific blows
with black iack probably. There WAS
a wound OH his forehead to tha left cf his
right ey" and a similar cash and bruise
to the right of the eye extending 10 the
temple. His left lower jaw was fractured
/ Around his throat were the imprints Of
the strangers fingers. Nails had bitten
in deeply. He had been gagged with
washrag which bore on one corner
/ the trade name Dsisy. The cloth was
not a part Of the hotel equipment. II had
haen stuffed into his mouth with great
| force.
rouIHr FCT MS LIFE.
He had made u fight for his life. The
upset condition Of the bedroom as well
as his wounds indicated that clearly.
Deputy Commissioner Dougherty said
he didn't believe that the man or men
went there to murder. but that Mr.. Jack
son showed fight and they he'd to kill
him to get away undetected. II was, said
Dougherty. the panicky fear thai grivs
a crook at times and drives him to do
things he never thought Of doing
/ There were detectives. though who
didn't agree with their boss. They said
II looked like a plain case Of killing a
man first ia order to prevent any possible
outcry They thought. that whoever
entered the apartment moved sitentS
to Mr.. Jackson's bed hammar-d him
on the head as he Law with upturned face
gagged him to make sure that he couldn'
give an alarm If he recovered from ths
beating and then hastily robbed the
apartment.
THE EoRGERY THRILLING IN THE CIRCUM.
STANCES.
Mr. Jack sons clothes had been on this
back of chair. The thieves went through
IN" pockets turning several insid. out
Just how much money they got couldn I
be told, because nobody knew how much
the old man carried about with him not
a great deal, his business associates and
his brother thought. Whatever of money
he had was taken. From his shirt they
took the cum buttons. ripping them out
of the buttonholes. His gold watch anc
heavy gold chain We're missing yesterday
when the apartment was examined II
- not known certainly that Mr.. Jack Sol
. had them on Wednesday night the hote
people having an idea that the watch wa'
fonier had been ransacked In the tor
drawer three small pasteboard. satii
lined cases such as stickpins are kept II
were open. The pins, il there were any
were gone. The middle finger of his lei
hand looked as if a ring had been takei
from il and il is thought also that Mr.
jackson had other rings, some of which
were valuable.
MONEY AND JEwELRY OVERLOOKED.
But what the thief or thieves didn
get was s33 in cash and several pieces %
jswelry that We're locked in a trunk Tha
oversight prompted the detectives TO he
lieye that no high class" professional
had hand in the Job.
Mr.. Jackson's brother, DR. Frank W
Jackson, and a nephew, Charles jackson
who lives in Westchester. went 70 the Iro
quos early in the afternoon DR. jackson
said that il was not to be ina gined that hi.
brother had any enemies Ii was he be
lieved. a case Of thieves who killed to k eey
from getting caught Last night DR.
jackson went TO the Morgue and mad,
arrangements 10 have the body sent tc
the undertaking establishment of r
Butler at 1917 fremont avenue. The Bronx
From there it will be taken to Westchester
The funeral of Mr. Jackson will he al
ST Peters Church West Chester, az 33t
p NJ on SATURDAY..