The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-01-14
PRISONER CLEARS UP
The TRUNK MYSTERY
Admits He Left Body in street.
But Denies Committing
East Side Crime.
POINTS TO TWO OTHERS
Search for Man and Woman
Police Think Knockout
Drops Killed Victim.

The reporters gathered yesterday after
noon In response to an invitation IN
Deputy Police Commissioner Dougherty's
Office. The Commissioner, his eyes spark
ling. lighted "A long black cigar. Then In
exultant voice. with Inspector Faurot,
head Of the detective bureau, at his side,
the Commissioner said
We'll. boys. we've solved the trunk
mystery. We've got the sport tina,
walked alongside the pushcart and
dumped the body OF Ivan Martysewicz in
front OF =, Pitt street two week. ago
yesterday morning.
We've arrested Victor Muravlof. a
machinis'. better known az Victor Pax.
and he is held by the Coroner on -
charge OF homicide. our belief is tha,
Martysewicz got knockout drops in beer.
and while we must await the ANALYSIS OK
tn. contents of the mans stomach. il
looks as II the man was killed unin,er
tionally while an effort was being made
to rob him.
ITS nice it'll" detective story" con-
tinued the Commissioner, rs h. looked
up at Inspector Faurot
Only Two Clues, lie SAYS
DO you realize that when the mon
started out under the direction OF MYSELF
and Faurot they had two vague cIu,s
In addition To- the body itself? Thev
were the brass check marked j. T.. T..
TO- AMI the new cheap trunk With
these two clues the whole thing has been
worked out, and just as Coon as We
have arrested another man and can get
woman We are looking for We will have
| everything cleaned up.
You fellows know o! course how I'VE
| traced the brass check to the ]. T.. Dono-
van Contracting Company at Garrison,
but you do not know that among the
loose. wet paper lying in what was iOa's
| shanty We found u slip of paper marked
IL. Sherry street We concluded TINT
the address WAS Cherry street, and there
We found a former friend OF the dead
] man who identified the body as Marty
/ sewicz.
with the identification settled, W.
learned that Martysewicz had sent some
money to his relatives In Poland. that
| he had at Christmas time some money
! gold watch and a little bit OF jewelry
/ We could get no further. but Detectives
Challor. who knows Polish Magee Pfas.
Il
hard.
| I'VE relied next on the trunk in which
| the body was found, We sent to the
| factory anu got the name of every agea,
| handling those trunks in this city, hut
| We could find none OF them who had gold
he trunk In question.
| Woman Tells Of selling Trunk.
"Challon. however. ran across Mrs
Henry Goldman OF o42 First avenue who
| remembered that on Sunday she had
| sold a trunk to three men. They haggled
over the price OF $3.50 After carrying
| ( away one OF the men came back and
:>t new key
Through that woman We got the adj
| dress of Charlie Draniewiecz OF 529 East
\ Eleventh street who was supposed 10
| live IN fiat there with two men and two
! or three women In the meantime, how
| ever. we had become convinced that the
| pushcart which the men who carried tn,
trunk had used did not come from Sheriff
street, and Challon by persistent work
came across Abraham Musikow OF IA
| East Eleventh street. who always kept
| records OF letting out pushcarts
| "Musikow told US that man who
| said his name was kolenko, which is an
| other name used by Draniewiecz. and
| woman had come to him on the daS
| that the body was found and had hired
| n puBhCArt Inc woman uepOslteu We
| as security for the cart and when It wa,
returned she collected tho deposit ant
paid 10 cents rent.
/ Our clues now" said Dougherty. as h,
| looked across the big table at the re-
porters gathered about him, nov pointed
Il to Draniewiecz and the woman. We KEEP
watch on the fiat but 1t was APPARENT,
empty.
| "Meantime We discovered that
| woman, Mary Bodner, had been arrested
on January on the complaint Of "A MAI
who said the woman had stolen money
gold watch and some jewelry from him
That woman now IL locked up In thu
TOmbs.
4 Capture Prisoner NJ Fiat.
"Thlngs kept looking up right then,
continued the Commissioner. land stein
kamp and acting Capt Cooper kept watcl
on that fiat Draniewiecz seems TO hay,
been warned away. but last night at Il
o'clock Muravlof appeared at the fiat an,
We nabbed him."
| Here tho Commissioner stopped AM