New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-05-23
USES RIFLE TO KILL
A BOARDER IN HARLEM
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cried, Wv nos lneTe'
The officers told who they were ana
q xed to he admitted.
You get away from that door or III
shoot" was the reply.
The detectives gathered around the
door and tried persuasion, but every re-
quest that they be admitted was either
ignored or answered by threats. Finally
the besiegers decided they were wasting
time, and they burst through the door.
They found Geib sitting in a chair fac
ing them. He was fully dressed, even to
his hat on his head, and as the detectives
charged into the room he arose quietly
and looked at them. He had no weapon
and the detectives saw no firearms In the
room. Geibs face however, was
with blood, and his hands,
clothing and shoes were spattered with it,
Rifle Found in . Trunk.
Merrill stood guard over him and Biz
mInsham and Moore searched the room.
They found a new leather gun case on
table but no other sign of weapon
They insisted that Geib hand over the
KEYS TO a trunk in one corner and re
produced them after a moment. Inside
this trunk the detectives found new
Winchester rife of heavy calibre
Geib looked to be unconcerned az ne
watched Moore and Birmingham at their
work. and when they asked him who had
ho cd
must have been a man who ran into his
room q short time before, caught up his
new rife and ran out again. lie said
this man returned the weapon. and that
he had Just put it in the trunk for safe
keeping when the officers appeared.
Geib was handcuffed and taken 10 the
West 12jth street police station. He
gave his name age and the name OF his
parents. at Stamford. He said that he
was the son of DR.. Henry Geib. Of that
town and that he had come 10 New York
six weeks ago TO see the city. He said
that he had not worked for eight years,
and got money from his parents for his
support. Every question or accusation
relating To- the condition Of his clothing,
however. was ignored by him.
The lodging house in which the shoe; e.
ing occurred is kept by Mrs. Marie Wolff.
She said that Gcib apparently had 10
occupation. but that she knew nothing
a bout him. She said Boylan had been
one Of her dodgers only three days, and
that he came from Providence. where he
had been in the saloon business. Neither
heard the two men talking together Or
seen anything which indicated that they
knew each other.
The police think, from the position n
the body and the direction taken by the
bullets, that the man who shot Boylln
stood in the doorway OF Geib's room and
fired as Roylan went up the stairs with
his bag OF buns, using the heavy rife
which they found in Geibs room.
Kept Firing After Victim Died.
Twelve empty cartridge shells were ~
ing on the floor about the body. and u
was evident that the murderer had stood
over his victim long after killing him
and again and again loaded his rife and
bullets into the PROSTATE body.
Coroner Feinberg and +. NJ. MELON
aid. of his office, had long talk with
Geib, and they say he convinced them
he was insane lie denied any part ia
the shooting, and it was with the great
ha bp 10 IL
to discuss the matter. After his cXani
nation he called for 4 telegraph blank
and dictated 4 short message to his
mother in Stamford saying that he was
in prison, but not mentioning the Charg
on which he was arrested.
The conclusion of the Coroner thai
Geib was insane was believed 10y the po-
lice to be borne out by papers which
they found in Geib room and the testi-
mony of a family named Gibbons, In
West 1921 street, where the prisoner
roomed last winter. lie left there a
short time ago. and 1t is believed that
he moved directly 10 the house whero
the murder was committed last night.
Coroner Feinberg found q large red
blank book in Geibs room containing
many pencillcd notes, including, under
the heading Things ! VIII Not Do"
the following
| will not ride in an -" train. except
that IT is absolutely necessary.
! Will not cross Fifth avenue below
12Sth street
| will not 20 where there ia fro nor
person is burning to death. Nor will
watch a fire.
] Will not go out on the Fourth Of July.
J VIII not use food chopper unless II
is fastened to table
Under the heading Things VIII Do
were the following notes:
| Will ride in IL" trains, and will sit
near window. ] will read a newspaper.
Coroner F'einberg learned from the
prisoner that he had been I'm several
asylums for persons suffering from vari-
Gus forms Of mental disorder, and he
said he had the characteristics Of a NOR
phine user.
tBy Telegra; n 10 The Tribune
a member OF family that was once rated
as one OF the wealthiest I'm Stamford His
mothers first husband was Edward +.
Leeds, a manufacturer. who died In a
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