New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-12-31
SEEK mo. liz" IN
TRUNK MYSTERY.
Police Trying to Trace
Dead Mans Mate; Thew
Worked Together.
IDENTITY CLEWS
IN LABOR CAMP.
Jersey Polish Settlements A.
Searched by Sleuths for
Murderer.

muTueTer.
second identification Of tho bo,,.
the man found i'm trunk on the sidn VI
In front of No. a Pitt street Monde.
made late last night. convincing ~.
lice beyond shadow Of a doubt ,b..
slain man was John Krcmen. ~,
laborer. ''lsh
II was also established thu, IT,
was employed until December 4
ooref by j. J.. Donovan. a contractor on
piece of road work four miles ou,.da
OF the village of Garrison, opposite W..
Point on the Hudson River.
Detectives learned further tho, u
was at the laborers' camp ou,s,da :,
Garrison as recently as SUNDAY. who, r..
had dinner with several Of his cour,r,.'
men still i'm Donovan's employ. A s.oord
Pole. listed on the contractors books -.
No. H." who lived with Kremen -
than three months in the bunk house
and was occupying a separate shack vii,
him for two weeks, was being souvh, b..
the police last night According 10 their
information he WIS in New Jersey
town. not far from New York
II. r. Ieni, who furnishes the laborer,
employed by the contractor near CARR.
son with food. and incidentally affords
lodgings for a few Of them. was in Non,
York yesterday. lie went to poIics
Headquarters, where he was closeted
with Deputy Commissioner Doughertv
Later he was taken to the Morgue, wher.
he identified the body OF the dead man
as that OF mo. lO2," one OF Donovan,.
employees, which was the number stamped
on small brass check found in tho.
clothing OF the dead man when the body
was taken from the trunk.
~ do not know the mans name Or anv.
thing about him. Zeni told the police
AT the camp the laborers were simply
known by their number"
4 telephone message from Daniel F.
COLLEEN. timekeeper for the Donovan,
company AT Garrison. was received nv
Mr. Dougherty Yesterday. Pictures pub.
lished in the morning newspa pers. Collen
said, lead him to believe that the brass
| check found in Kremens pocket was iden
tical with those issued by MIN to new en-
ployes 4 description Of the man with
whom mo. 102" lived until he left the en-.
ploy of Donovan. shortly after the middle
~ the month was also forwarded To Gar
rison. This man was described as a Pole
about forty years old. with blue eyes 4
sandy mustache and limping slightly when
he walked.
The description fitted Michael Molloy. o.
Maly. the man who identified tho body a.
the Clinton street police station on Mon.
day afternoon. in many respects.
Mr. Dougherty dispatched Lieutenant
Steinkamp and Detective Bernard Pnaster.
a Pole. 10 the road camp. Motley was
taken along that It might be ascertainsd
IL he was NO IL"
VI the camp the detectives we're unable
TO learn positively Of Molloys identity
only one person interviewed seemed GER
! tain Of this fact. This was Lizzie Gun
kowitz, a cook employed BY Zoni Others.
including COLLEEN. the timekeeper, who
knew the lsborers as intimately as any
one. was convinced Molloy was not NO
III"
There was no end OF identification Of the
dead man, however \ photograph OF the
body shown among the laborers brought
forth absolute confirmation that he was
NO 1902" There were none who knew
| his full name. however.
That is John" the detectives were tod
repeatedly. but Il was impossible 10 End
| out his last name.
| Despite the consensus that Malloy was
not kremens bunkmate. he detectives
| decided TO remain in Garrison last night
! and continue the inquiry to-day. NJ least
sixteen more persons had to be inter
! viewed they declared. The lead which
directed police inquiry to New Jersey va:
! not disclosed by the detectives.
| No. lO2 established now beyond douo
| 10 be kremen. went 10 work on the Car
rison Road on September 10. Or the IN
! Of this month he quit his job and Wal
| not seen about the camp uatil Sunday
the day before his body was found
Kremen said TO have had frequen
| quarrels with No. H.
! The police were strong I'm the behe
! last night that the Staying Of kremel
was caused by some grudge against hin
! by Garrison laborers. Inspector Fauro
was personally conducting scare
! throughout New Jersey. looking for
man who was a friend Of Kremen an
worked with him In Garrison. Severs
! detectives yesterday searched throug
many OF the Polish settlements. wher
the SLAYER might be stopping at present.
! Mr.. Dougherty admitted last night tina
| II he could find the last place krems
lodged before the murder il would be
| long step toward solving the mysteriou
case.
There was nothing learned al the an
topsy performed yesterday which in an,
, way assisted the police in their work.
anything. II only added to the mystery o
the case. Or. Edgar r. Ray, who per
/ formed the autopsy. said atterward ina
/ il Was his opinion that the man was suI
alive when placed in the trunk. DEATH
he said. was due To stransllation. Tn
neck was broken, which. he said. coul'
| have been caused by the forcing OF IN
body into the thirty four-inch trunk an
the closing OF the cover. The man ma
have been drunk when put i'm the trunk
Dr.. Ray said there was u possiblit
! that the man choked TO death by dis
| gorsing food
| To still further complicate matters. NJ
| Dougherty late yesterday afternoon sai'
he was inclined to the belief that kreme
was not murdered lie pointed out IN
| fnding OF the brass check. upon which h
relies In solving the mystery. and iron
the absence OF any marks OF violence Of
the body He holds that from his eNpe
! ,innca with fnreiIn crlminnls lhcir Gun