Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-12-08
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MURDER MYSTERY
Two Men Are Arrested, but Po-
lice Lack Actual Data in
Jersey City Case.


JERSEY CITY, Dec. 8.-The arrest
finding of the body of Arthur j.
Doward. of 323 Ocean avenue, it is
hoped by the local police authorities,
will help to clear the mystery sur
rounding the death of the man. The
prisoners are Edward Rude, of TIA
Bright street, and Satvando Vento,
of 1862 Third street. Rude, who was
with Doward nearly all of Saturday
night, was held for further examina-
ton by Judge O'Brien. Vento was
placed under q severe cross-examina-
ton at police headquarters.
No actual clues have yet been OBJ
tanned, however. Coward was an en-
ployee of the Colgate soap. factory.
In spite of the fact that the body was
discovered early yesterday morning,
the police are still as baffled by the
case as when the body was found in
the hallway OF the three-story build
ing at 81 Grand street, in lower Jer-
how the government had Panama hat
sey City.
towards presence on the Sec
ond floor Of the house, 81 Grand
street, is questioned. Was he lured
there? Was he killed and robbed on
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derer or murderers? The first floor
is occupied as a saloon run by Michael
Gallagher. Several rooms are oc-
cupied by Sicilians on the second and
third floors. There are other vacant
rooms.
Always Carried Money.
The house is adjacent to the Col
gate factory where Doward was en-
ployed. Was robbery the motive?
At first 1t was reported that Doward
usually carried good-sized roll of
ing 1t in several downtown saloons
early last night. The best informa-
ton that could be secured by the po-
lice on that point, however, was con-
Trajectory. 1t was learned that after
being paid Off Saturday afternoon at
the soap factory he went immediately
to his home in Ocean avenue and later
turned up in the neighborhood of the
factory with only about "a In his
pockets. He was not hard drinking
man. The sum of $1.15 was found in
his pockets. One dollar of this was
a crisp bill found in the watch pocket
of his trousers. If robbery was the
motive this bill could easily have been
overlooked.
The body was first 1ound by one
Capperzio, a tenant of the house, as
he left his rooms to attend an early
morning mass at ST. Peters Church.
He thought the man was drunk and
merely stepped over him. On his re-
turn from mass the body was still
lying where he first saw it. There
was no sign of blood and he attempted
to arouse the man. Failing in this
and fearing the man was dead he ran
to the street and told Patrolman
MnnnIar, ~ hi oxnprinnna Ar that
time towards identity was not
known. He was dressed in new dark
clothes and new patent leather shoes.
The coat bore the trademark of a
Newark avenue clothier as maker
and the initials A. ]. D." Monohan
sent in call for a City Hospital am
bulance. The surgeon soon saw there
was no use for his aid. Subsequently
a workman at Colgate's, James
Bowen, identified the dead body as
that of Coward.
Could Have Climbed Stairs.
County Physician King, DIR. Hask
admit that it was possible for Dow
ard, in the event of his having. been
shot through both lungs, to have
crawled up a flight of stairs before
dropping to die. There were no pow
der marks on the body DR.. Hasking
says the revolver when fired must
have been at least four feet from the
body. and all the doctors interested
in the case say that the shooting
must have taken place at least three
hours before the body was found.
Coward was a widower and lived
with his father and mother. His
father is J. w. Coward.
The police were endeavoring today
to find out whether Doward wore his
hunting case gold watch when shot
down. They have not traced it.
There is @ suspicion that Doward
may have been murdered by an
Italian with whom he had quarreled
few weeks ago