The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1912-08-28
STRANGER SLAIN
IN BATTERY PARK
VICTIM OF FEUD
Lured to Death Few Hours
After His Arrival From
Chicago.
HUNT FOR MURDERERS
Soldier, Only Eyewitness,
Thinks They Escaped
in Subway.
HUNT FOR MURDERERS

Captain McKenney. In command OF
the squad of detectives who are trying
to md some trace OF the men who
stabbed well-dressed foreigner to
death last night In Battery Park, said
this afternoon that the one clue which
they hoped would put them on the right
track had fallen through. Charles
Wefnschein, driver OF the ambulance
who said earlier in the day that friend
OF the murdered man had asked him for
. ride In the ambulance after the stab
bling last night. when closely questioned
by detectives. denied tho story.
Several detectives have been sent
through the foreign colonies in the city
to gather In any suspicious persons, and
four men have been detailed by Capt.
McKenny to trace the rebate ticket Of
the Pennsylvania Railroad. which was
the only paper found in the murdered
mans possession.
The detectives had hoped to obtain a
description from weinschein OF the man
who said he was friend of the dead
man. and through him make positive
Identification. The police are convinced
that the murder was the result OF a
feud. The fact that the stabblng &C.
Cured shortly after the arrival In the
city I the victim. and that all his
money and jewelry were found on him.
support this theory. the police say.
According to the police the sla In
man arrived from Chicago only a few
hours before he met his death.
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dead man had two diamond rings and
one ruby ring. lie wore about his neck
woman's thin gold chain. In his
pockets were bills In various denomina-
lions to the amount oil $7d.
SOLDIER ONLY EYE WITNESS TO
THE MURDER.
From the meagro facts In possession
OF the police. the murdered nan was
seen less than five minutes before he
was stabbed standing In the park talk
ing to two men. Chester Helman y
private OF Company X. Twenty-nintn
Infantry who WAS on his way across
the park to boar the Governors Island
boat II the only eyewitness to the
murder. He was several hundred feet
away when he heard q cry. and looking
In the direction whence II came saw
the tnree men all running toward the
subway. One staggered and fell got
to his feet again. and then toppled
to the ground where he lay still. His
companions disappeared tho soldier
thinks In the subway. but the police
say to-day that they ran toward Broad
way.
Holman hurried to the fallen man.
A wound two inches and half In
length under the heart told the story.
When DIR. Ferguson arrived with an
ambulance from ST. Gregory's Hos
pital the wounded man was breathing
his last. He died In the ambulance
Just as II reached the hospital on Gold
street. without becoming conscious.
WAS PROBABLY lURED TO PARK
BY ENEMIES.
The stabblng occurred within twenty
feet OF an all-night lunch wagon. The
police explain the absence OF witnesses
to the murder to the GOODNESS OF the
night. The park. usually crowded In
summer. was almost deserted last night.
The murdered man was about thirty
years old. Ave feet ten and a half inches
tall. weighed 1866 pounds. and was dark
and smooth shaven. lie wore brown
striped suit, black shoes and socks and
a white and blue striped shirt