The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-09-09
THIEVES ROBBED BOY
 OF FORTUNE
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 whether Biukowitz had stolen the bonds and was killed by confederates or otIl -; who knew of the theft, or whether he was Kidnapped and mur- dered by daring hold-up men. Re
 ports from Connecticut differ as to
 whether the boy was slain at the place where the body was found, or
 whether the murder was committed at some other point and the body
 taken to the woods.
 pr. William J. Fischer, medical
 examiner at Milford says the murder
 was not committed there. but that the body was thrown from an automobile
 into the bushes. From New Haven
 came the report that Deputy Coroner Wynrs of New Haven County has
 learned that the boy was alive when
 his body was left by the roadside.
 The young man was 21 years old
 at the time of his death. He was
 graduated from Public school No. 20,
 New York city, d few years ago, and
 had a line school record He stood
 high in his studies. his department
 was excellent. and he made a mark
 in athletics Running, Jumping- base
 ball. basketball and boNing-in all
 these sports he eNcelled the average
 boy of his age.
 Because of his skill in boxing the
 boys of the neighborhood had nick
 named him Johnson" after Jack,
 the dusBy champion of the time; and
 that was the reason the police said
 he had the alias of Johnson. In con
 nectiou with his boxing ability. his
 friends said last night that if he was
 wayIaid and robbed of the bonds he
 must have made a good fight before
 he was subdued The condition of
 his body when found also indicated
 that he had given his murderers a hard struggle.
 Last year the young man worked on railroad in New Jersey as a switchman and at Trenton his arm was caught between two cars and badly injured. He was i'll in a hos uftal for several weeks and his arm bore permanent scars from the acci- dent His mother said:
 He was good boy. and he never associated with the bad element on the east side
 The youth wont to work as usual the morning of Aug. F. which was teh last day his mother saw him. As he went out the door he kissed his baby brother goodby. The baby's name is Reuben and he is one year old The other children are Dora. %; Hyman, a. soldier IS: Meyer, 14; sam Uol. 12: Katy, 10. and Sarah. ' Disappearance of the boy and the bonds was not made public until the morning of Aug. f, two days after the robbery occurred. It was tn en announced that young Binkowitz, who had been employed about eight months as messenger for Whitney & Go. at $t5 a week had disappeared aboLN noon Aug. 12. after he had been sent to deliver S17S,OOO in bonds. mostly Lib erty bonds, to Kidder, Peabody & Go.
 It was the National Surety Company which bonded the messenger for $1OO,OOO. and not the police, that l gave out the news of the loss of the 1 bonds and the disappearance of the messenger.
 At the same time as the Binko-
 witz case was reported, 1t was an nounced that a messenger employed by Simmons & SIade, No. 5 Nassa u street. had disappeared Aug. 12, with s45, 900 worth of Liberty bonds. This l messenger was Harry NIiIIham of No. 127 West 127th street, New York. He and two companions were arrest ed in Saranac Lake with s41. 1.OO0 worth of bonds in their possession. They had cut a wide swath with the missing s4,OOO, which they had spent on luxurious hotel accommoda tions, Pullman car travels, expensive meals, motor car hire and fashy clothing in ton days time.
 The police until yesterday did not connect the finding of the body in Milford with the disappearance Of Binkowitz. The body was discovered about 1O:3O A. NJ. Aug. 20 by an au- tomobile party of New Workers. in which John T. Clark of No. 149 Lin coin Road, Brooklyn, appeared to be the leading member.
 The motorists stopped on the side ! of the road in the Milford Turnpike on the outskirts of the village of Mil- 1 ford to partake of a basket lunch. ] They were on their way to Boston. ! They drove their car into an opening ! 5n a wooden spot beside the read and discovered the body hanging from a ] barbed wire fence surrounding a field ' that abutted on the turnpike. His | face had been terribly mutilated, and 1 the New Haven authorities said that ! a deliberate attempt had been made | to disngure the body so that it could not be identified.
 The flesh of the face had been 1 gashed into ribbons by a knife. The ! nose was almost cut or A large ! l left cheek. The throat had been cut ] At the back of the neck there was | a deep cut that had almost severed l the head from the body. In the chest ! there were nine stab wounds, any one ! of which would have been the cause ! of the victims death.
 The youths left hand had been cut | to the bone. indicating that he had | attempted to ward off the attack of | his murderers with the left hand de- l fense that all boxers use.
 1 Mir. Clark notified the New Haven police, who began an investigation
 that bore no fruit as far as Identity | ing the dead boy or his murderers
 was concerned. There was nothing in | his pockets to show his name, address | or occupation. Evidently, it was a
 carefully planned murder. and the Inurderers had stripped the body of | evidence.
 None of the missing bonds was 1 found on the body. All that was | found was S7 in cash, a key and a small penknife.
 Coroner Mix of New Haven said
 that the body had evidently been left where it was found the night of Aug.