New-York tribune., 1913-12-30


stein and the two promised to Keep
an eye. on it until the men returned
After an hours wait they became Gu
rious and called the police
After the body was discovered 1t was
taken TO the Clinton street police STA
lion. where throughout the afternoon
hundreds of East Siders were permit
ted TO look upon the face of the DEAD
man in the hope that some one would
recognize him.
There were many who recognized
Kremcn as a laborer working for CON
tractors as a house wrecker
Identified as kremen.
II was not until along toward even"
ing however. that a positive identiica-
tion of the man was made. Michael
Molloy. of No. PA Sd street, after care
fully looking at the man. said he was
John Kremcn, with whom he at one
time roomed at No. 1O1 Ridge street.
He then worked. Molloy said. as
driver for contractor named Nolk'
Later he was employed in Nolk
stable. Molloy said he last saw kre-
men about eight months ago at PER
kins Falls, near Charlestown, W. Va
and last heard from him from Rem
ington. Ohio. a suburb of Cincinnati.
He was working as coal miner. tie
was then living with sister at house
no. 81. in Remington. His sister
name is Rose.
Molloy's identification was apparently
made positive when he recalled thal
Kremen had a scar on his rlSht arm
from an injury received five years ago
in west Virginia. There was also a
scar on the left side Of the abdomen
which the police believe was caused by
a stab
But for the clothiers' trademark on
the coat and a brass tag 10 which was
wired a key there was nothing tound
in the mans pockets which helped any
toward making his identity known.
The trademark read "N. Sebulsky
Brothers Vicksburg, Miss The tag
ia Of the kind used by contractors When
employing laboreTs. II was learned
that the tag which bore the Initials
j.. f. D.. No. 102" belonged 10 the
contracting rm of j. f. Donovan, or
West Brighton, Staten Island. This
company has a house wrecking job at
Eleventh avenue and 2ith street, III
which these checks are used.
Dr. Edgar T. Ray. who made brief
examination OF the body. said the man
had evidently been drinking before he
met his fate.
The police. who are being assisted in
their work by Assistant District At
torney Joseph O. Skinner, are unable
10 agree on definite theory as TO the
motive for the crime. That which is
given credence over others is robbery.
They contend that while kremen was
never known TO have any great amount
of money. he was known TO live eco
nomicany and then take long periods
Of rest and live on the money he
saved. His pocketbook was empty.
The trunk which was used to dispose
Of the body was 30 inches wide. 2214
inches high and 81 inches long II
was manufactured, according TO two
trunk experts who examined it, by the
Petersburg Trunk and Bag Company
of Petersburg, Va. But for the tin
corners, which were slightly dented, the
trunk was comparatively new. Its
tray was missing, and detectives are
hunting for IT, Finger print experts
carefully went over the surface Of the
trunk in search of evidence, but with
out success, because Of the frequent
handling before the trunk arrived at
the police station.
Detectives were busy all Of last night
investigating addresses at which
Kremen might have been a lodger.
Il am rather sceptical about the
identification" said Inspector Faurot
late last night. 1T is too obvious.
When Molloy's sister arrives in the
morning we may be more sure"
Chief Of the traces of the man is the
brass check. 1t is expected that posi-
tive identification will be made through
II to-day.
Other Trunk Mysteries
one of the unsolved trunk mys-
terles" Of New York was the murder Of
Moses Sachs, a jewelry peddler, who
was killed June IS. 1910 The body Of
the man was left in hallway at No.
81 Goerck street. the same day. A little
girl saw two men place the trunk in
the hallway, and when it was found
that no enc claimed the trunk it was
taken 10 the police station and opened
Sachs. who lived at No. "a East Goth
street had been in the jewelry business
in East Houston street. but after he
sold out he went from door TO door on
Inc East Side selling his wares. His