The Washington herald., 1912-01-08
SHOCKING CRIME
CONFRONTS POLICE

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man and his wife had been pierced h,
some sharp nstrument-something In IN
nature OF an icepick-and their faces 9TH
erwise mutilated. The crime was com
nitted. beyond a doubt while hundred
of persons were hurrying by on IN
crowded streets and many persons enter
/ ing and leaving the big tenement build
ing. The police have reason to beliey.
that the murder was done last Wednes
day. Several persons are under survelI
lance.
Futterman and his wife have been IA
miliar iigures IN the East Side dIstric
for long time. Here they were mar
ried and there they have lived for IN,
past sixty yearsA declining all requests
now weIl-tO-do business pen Uptown.
TO leave the crowded quarters and JON
them in more pretentious apartments.
Police without CIew.
There is absolutely no known motiv,
upon which the police can direct thei
search for the murderer or murderers
except that-A was committed In revens,
for some fancied wrong done by eithei
one Of the aged couple. Yet nobody coult
be found tonight who had ever heard Of
"Old Man Futterman having an enemy
That robbery was not the motive /,
borne out by the fact that the two mag,
nificent diamond earrings Mrs. Futtermar
wore constantly were still In her ears
when the bodies were found. There was
some disorder in the room. Indicating that
a struggle had occurred; yet none OF the
ell s.g La -.
In the upper drawer of a dresser had
been taken. And the deed was done in
the most barbaric fashion, that made
even the detectives, accustomed as they
are to rough sights" shudder.
On the bed, with the clothing over her
as though she were asleep, lay the body
OF Mrs. Futtermsn. The right eye was
gouged out, and there was a deep cash
on the same side Of the head. The fingers
were torn and ragged, and blood stained
the bed clothing. The police think this
part OF the mutilation may have been
the work OF rats.
Both Bodies MutIIated.
On the couch. with his back against
the wall, lay the aged husband He had
been killed in the same manner as his
wife. His head. too. was minus the
right eye. which hung over on his cheek
and his face showed a similar long. deep
cash. The murderer. apparently not sat
isfied with having killed the aged couple
had, with the aid Of a sharp knife. cut
away the skin from the lower part OF
the mans groin. He removed a large
section Of cutlcle. and n careful search
Of the apartment has failed to reveal any
trace Of the missing piece OF skin. No
instrument could be found. In fact the
job had been done so cleanly and so
cleverly that the police are at times led
to believe that Il was the deed of a
maniac. The appearance OF the wounds
In the head and the gouged-out eyes in
dicate that an ice pick and a mallet were
the tools used to bring about the hor-
ribls end.
AS soon as the detectives of the De-
ancey street station and Inspector
Hughes reached the scene, a few mo-
nents after the discovery Of the crime,
they learned that on the day the murder
s supposed to have been committed
burglars. during the absence OF Mrs.
Bessie Harris. who has the apartments
in front Of those occupied
by Futterman and his wife, entered her
'oops and rdnSaclSed them sf everything
II value. Much Significance was placed
IN this discovery temporarily. They
earned a few minutes later, however,
hat Solomon Greengold. a homeless,
boy, had been arrested
IN the same floor OF the building about
0 O'Clock the same night for soliciting
Inns A squad OF detectives was imme-
lately rushed up TO the rooms of the
rhildren's Society. where the child is
,eing detained. and put him through a
Irueling cross-examination. Nothing.
however, could be learned from the boy.
nd the police renewed their search along
ither lines.
Police Make Discovery.
The discovery of the bodies was made
through a telephone message Aaron Fut-
erman. wealthy srass goods manu-
acturer, living at So East lsIth street. |
son of the couple. had received early |
his morning from Mrs. Ida Missing, who |
ad not seen the Futtermans for several |
ays.
Aaron EHshed to the home Of his par |
nts in an automobile. He knocked in |
ain at the door and then hurried to the /
treet and found Policemen Arthur /
WE'LL and Cubberly. O'Neill was lifted |
D the rear fire escape by Cubberley. He /
-ied the window which opened on the 1
re escape. but found II locked. He then 1
saned over TO the other kitchen window
here was nothing TO be seen in the \
ltchen. Everything looked as though |
S occupants were away on a visit.
here was, however. a sickening odor
Ie walked through TO the other room.
here he found the bodies.
FuttermRn and his wife, came from
lief, Russia, nearly fifty years ago, and
pened a poultry market in Monroe street
Le was prosperous from the start and
his business until about five
ionths ago, when he retired to spend
is last days In ease.
Daughter Fights Police.
He had one daughter, Etl1a, a spinster,
-ho, because OF her peculiarities, did not
gree with her brother. She lived alone
t various roomtng houses on the East
ide. and derived her income from her
ged parents. The laughter was seen by
sighbors for the past few days lowering
front OF her fathers home. She del
AIRED that she wished to obtain money
ON him. 4 few hours after the bodies
ere found the daughter appeared at ths
ouse When che was Informed that her
arents were dead, her grief was pathe-
C She fought and struggled with the
1Iice to enter their rooms. II was only
rough the combined efforts OF five po-
yemen that she was led to the street
he was taken 20 the station house
The detectives, for hours, tried I'm vain
get a statement from her as TO when
le saw her parents last or where She
as living at present. She did not seem '
hear them. She moancd continually
II her parents, and occasionally shriek-
! so loud that she could be heard a