New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-06-07
KEYES MURDERED IN
ROOM, AUTOPSY SHOWS
uother of Man Strangely Slain
Woman of Wealth and Title
from Ireland.
LIVED ON MURRAY HILL
po,;ce Without Clews and Hold
70 Suicide Theory, Despite
Evidence of Mystic
rious Crime.
nvurdered." was the opinion expressed

.,,rrdored." was the opinion expressed
49,. hight by DR. Edgar T. Rays, coro-
-,s musician. who performed an au-
~ ~ on the body of Joseph Reyes, who
VS. found stabbed to death in his room
y. No 5S5 Third avenue, Thursday after
~ DR.. Rays said il was not possible
s,r a man TO inflict on himself fifty stab
ronnds. thirty OF which punctured the
~, lung and half dozen penetrated the
hart after almost severing the head
,.on the body, as was the case with
vsves. Any one of the wounds was suf
sasnt 10 cause death. the doctor said
In addition TO these wounds. both OF
vsves's wrists were so badly slashed that
!, would have been a physical impossi
KITTY for him 10 use them. The condi-
,on of the lungs also showed that the
s,ah ,hrusts were made after death.
Ksves. who was thirty-five years old.
,ame from a family Of prominence in the
Murray Hill section. according TO state
r,snts made last night by persons who had
know him His mother. was Lady Bev-
s,s who came from Ireland many years
,so She became the wife of William
ysves who was possessed of a fortune.
They made their home in East 18th street.
next 10 ST. Gabriels Church A daugh-
,sr Martha, who was older than Joseph
Ksyes. the murdered man, was a school
teacher
Mother Dead Two Years.
After the death Of the father and
daughter Mrs Keyes and her son moved
n s?d street, where they lived until Mrs.
Keyess death. two years ago. IL was
then that young Keyes moved back TO the
old neighborhood and made his home at
he rooming house where his body was
found
Mrs. Henry Carey. whose husband is a
physician at No DO East 2Oth street, said
last night that young Kcyes inherited
considerable sum of money from his
mother He was peculiar in his ways and
kept TO himself. The physician said he
had not seen him for nine years.
Mrs Margaret Gretter, who lives in the
Third avenue house. also told of Keyes's
tceentricties. She said he would kiss the
halustrade on the stairway when leaving
the house and also kiss the glass door
az the street entrance.
In Keyes's room were found a number
Q. paper bags, on which sketches OF wom-
ems faces had been made. The belief that
the man was living on an income is borne
out by the fact that he paid his room rent
TO Michael Tuohy. the owner Of the house,
two weeks in advance with new bills, as
though they had just been drawn from a
bank
Nothing OF value was found among the
mans effects. with the exception Of book
ihowing a deposit Of 81 900 in the Law
yers' Title Insurance and Trust Company,
Of No. l60 Broadway. This was depos-
tied in 1911 and had not been drawn on.
Women Heard Him Enter.
Little was known of Reyes in the
neighborhood of his home. His custom
vas to leave the house regularly at
o'clock each afternoon and return at
o'clock In the morning.
Mrs. Anna Smith and Mrs. Gretter. who
have rooms adjoining that occupied 5y
Reyes. heard him enter at the usual time
Thursday morning. but heard no sound
after he got in. wooden partition is al!
that separates the room occupied by
Ksyes and that OF Mrs. Gretter.
While still holding 10 the belief that
Reyes committed suicide, Lieutenant
Murphy, Of the East 35th street police
station last night was trying to find a
nan who was put out Of the hallway OF
the Third avenu house by Tuohy, the pro-
ptetor. an hour or two before the
murder. Murphy said the man was
found lying on the floor outside the door
Of Keyess room, and insisted he had
gone there 10 sleep. Tuohy described the
nan as being old and feeble.
The police admit they are without clews
worth while If a murder was committed.
preliminary hearing on the death OF
Joseph Keyes will be held this morning
tV C0ropar Inl1