The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-01-08
ELDERLY COUPLE
FOUND MURDERED
AND hUTIttIE1
New York Police Baffled IN.
Effort to Even Find Mo- q
tive for Crime
REVENGE IS ONLY
ONE IMAGINABLE
No One Can Be Found Who
Has Ever Heard of VIC
tins Having Done n
Any One Harm

my oktS AA4A ~ ID
NEW YORK. Jan. 1.--One Of TIL
most battling mysteries. one thar eSeNS
the mind OF SIR Conan L,oyie wOui1%
hardly trace in imagination for ha18s
Sherlock holmes. confronted th0 Do
lice OF New FORK tonight i'll the o14~%
coyery OF the murder OF an aged Au4%
we'll 10 do couple in their tNo-f00s
apartment in one OF the lower East SlQ1-
tenement houses-one of the mos
thickly populated sections Of Ne13
York The victims of the tragedy
were Isaac FutterInan. eighty years
old, and his wife. Rachael, seventyss
two years Of age. - -. - w
The scene Of the crime was In tie
rooms OF the couple on the rear ~ !
the second floor of No. 10l Norfolk
street. Here IN the small bur neat and \
well kept apartments, the lives c.
these two old persons were taken IT,
the most shocking manner. Ono eye
each OF the old gentleman and hi0a
wife. had been pierced by some ahnxaess
instru In the naturGS
of an ice pick--and their faces Others
wise mutilated. The crime was Csfls
mitted beyond doubt while hundredEs
of persons were hurrying by on tn
crowded streets, and many people en~
tering and leaving the big tenemsMe
building.
The police have reason to believe
that the murder was done as far bach
as last Wednesday. but It IN another
mystery OF the case. and an incfdeufM
Of city life that the crime was H0os
Uncovered until today. Several pekAS
| sens are under surveillance. A. laEG1H
number Of detectives have been thrown
In on the case. but no arrests hsvQ
been made.
Familiar Figures in East sids.
Ftitterman aud. his wife have bee N
familiar figures in the East, Side dta1S
trtct Tor 4. lonx time. shere thay En
married and here they have lived fD1s
| the past forty years. declining all r4%Sis
quests OF their SONS and grands0Ea
who are now well to do hnsineSa men
up town." to leave the crowded QuaxM
tiers and Join them in more pretIntiouns
apartments. 1%
I'VE are content here" said the oI&s
man, less than two wrecks ago. whens
again urged to move up town. aW0s
have made our money right here: 81
has been good enough for us for forty
years and it is good enough for Tho
iemainder OF our days"
There Is absolutely no known mo-
| tive upon which the police can direct
their search for the murderer OF mur.ls
! deEeFA. except II WAS cDUfInItt00a
t in revenge for some fancicd wrouI
done by either one of the aged coupsoIs
| Yet nobody could be found tonight who
| had ever heard of ''Old Man" Futter-
man having an enemy. That robbery
| was not the motive Is borne out by the
| fact, that the two magnificent diamond
| earrings Mrs, Futterman wore COM
| stantly. were still in her ears when thu
bodies were found. There was some
4 RI r. ts,1s r. ~
struggle had occurred, yet none O.
| the silver. nor any of a good sum %
money IN the upper drawer OF dress
| scr had been taken.
| Done in earbaric Fashion.
| The mission OF the person respon~l
sihle for the crime, the police deducekz
| was solely to kill. And the deed Wa
done in the most barbaric fashi0rE
One eye Of each of the victims hs&
been pierced and gougcd out in nor.
| rfble fashion. and the mutilafion a.
| the victims, coupled with their AE0s
presented q sight that made even tho
detectives, accustomed as they are
to rough sights" shudder 4SS
On the bed with the clothing ov0Gg
her as though she were asleep. lay
= the bedy~-ef AIRS. Fsateerfsaan. - 14sr1
right eye was gouged out and there
was deep cash on the same sid4
Oh The ucAu, inc uH8tT8 were t0tM
and ragged and blood stained tn
bed clothing. The police think thu
part of the nutilation may have hes
the work of rats.
On the couch. with his back agafnn
the wall. lay the aged husband. HI
had been killed in the same mannGs
as his wife. His head. TOO. was minuG
the right eye, which hung over on ~
:. ch neck his .fase showed 4 zhffrfit1f i0r1S
deep -Eas-The- murderer appafen&1
not satisfied with having killed IL
aged couple, had. with the aid OFT
sharp knife. cut away the skin frc1
the lower part of the mans groin. H@
removed a large section of cutlGlM2
and a careful search of the apart
rnent has failed to reveal any ef&1
Lot the missing piece ct skin. No It
strument could be found. I'M fact. t1l11
Job had been done so eleaniy and
oleverly that the police are at tanl
led to believe that It was the deed
q maniac. The appearances OF
\ ;weunds, in the head,s and the. EQM4t(
out eyes indicate tnat iii 1eaa w
and a mallet were the tools used
bring about the horrible end.
Clues Produce Nothing.
As soon az the detectives, MuFpA
| Hayes. Cohen. Captain toye. OF tl
Delaney street station. and fnapG
tor Hughes reached the scene. q IL
moments after the discovery Of
crime they learned that on the IN
= the murder. 10 supposed tor31G~e ~
committed. BURGLARS. during Vie
sence Of Mrs Rersie Harris. who
the apartments Immediately IN a.
Of those occupied by FsutteFH1aR
his wife. entered her rooms ana H.
sacked Il Of cvsrything Of W11
Much significance WINS ptnccd. Olf7t
discovery. temporarily. They lee1N
q few minutes later. however,
seven-year- old boy. had bssn as
ed on the same noor of tho hadS
about ten o'clock the came ntGA
u anllctting AlEna. nQsiA0 ~
4 lives was immediately rtfsh9d n
n tise TUuSux 1t tae shti1Esn I1
whAra the child ~ bMluG Aeen1
nut him ihgNnGA r GNel M