New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-09-24
MANNED MAN SOUGHT
AS SLAYER IN STREET
Police Get CIeWs Through Which
They Hope to Learn Identity
of the Victim.
GIRLS CLOTHES IN ROOM
Witness of Shooting Says One
Arm of Man Who Used Re
volver Was Missing
at the Elbow.

Although the identity OF the young ltal-
ian who was shot 20 death on Monday
night AT Third avenue and nth street
following a quarrel with a girl about
seventeen years old and an older woman,
remained a mystery YESTERDAY the pollce
| laet night said they were confident they
/ had two clews that would lead to clear
/ ing I'D his identity. as well as In the
arrest OF his murderers.
The police said they believed they had
/ found the young mans home ct No lsl
Third avenue. and that an eyewitness
Yesterday gave them an accurate descrip-
/ ton " the man who did the shooting AS
a result of this a general alarm was sent
out. ordering all policemen TO keep
/ lookout for a man with his left arm cut
of at the elbow.
Fritz Theophn. who keeps rooming
house at the Third avenue address told
n Tribune reporter that he saw the dead
man when he lay In the street and rec
ognized him as one OF hts dodgers Thoo-
phil later repeated this statement TO the
! police.
The man came and engaged rooms
from my servant girl, Clara Schrader'
about three weeks ago" Theophil SAID
He was accompanied by a young girl
about seventeen years old who ne said
was his wife They left every morning
early. saving they were going TO work
and did not come back until late al
night.
we saw very little OF them. and did
not even know their names. They tolu
us once. but Il was a strange italian
name and none OF US remember II. All
know is the girl said the mans first name
was Giuseppe.
They were very quiet. We never heard
/ them quarrel or anything Ike that ana
as far as know they only had TWO
visitors one was woman and the
other man. who looked very much Ike
the dead man The girl once told my vile
that the other man was her husband
brother. and that the two men were jeaI
Gus over her.
ct would not be surprised n this u
what led 70 the shooting. / think the
other man wanted 70 get the girl TO leave
the one sne said was her husband. ! no
not think now they were married. We
I have seen neither OF them since the shoot
ing"
AZ soon as this story was told - mo
police they a. once took Theophil 10 the
mo-gue After long look az the deaa
mans face. he said
THAT ~ surely either the man VINO
/ lived I'm nv house. or tho one the cir
said was M. brother They looked very
much alike"
, -. -. --b.orbV hOuae the
/ ri-. LETT her clothing consisting or
/ brown sweater vest. pink low-cut DRESS
n black hat and quantity ~ lingerie.
/ The police Fet watch over tho room
When the man was shot be was talking
with girl and ar older woman. i""
dosc-,pfior oS these women. given ~ ~
eyewitness o. the affair tailed with tho
oesc-iption TheophN gave ~ me RrI
,ldro- and the woman who came n vl'it
her
These women and the mar now oean
,..ra oua-relllng when the second man
appoa-ed and shot tho women com
ra,ion The girl tried 20 90 70 mo
wounded man. calling him Joe. hut III"
oid.- woman threw her arms about ne
GIRLS neck and dragged her away Wri'e
,,o r,,u-dere- fed down side street
Tho nolice said the most important
,,,,-,.,o-,s,,c Of the murderer as de-
I sc-,bed was that his left arm was missing
a, the elbow. while IN other respects MS
anpenranco agreed with the description
r,vop bv Theophn OF the visitor 10 ms
,e,spts-an Italian. under thirty VII"
biao1 hair. high cheek bones and OF me-
/ dum height. 49,.
- ~. deed mans pocket were found
cards. one bearing tho name Mo'e'
parrows. a lawyer, Of No. go broao"HS'
and the other the name OF oarner
Andrew Guerodo, OF no zoo Last Io'h
stree, Both Of these men looked at inc
hodv AT the morguo. but did not recognize
g The slain man wore cheap tie clasp