The New York herald., 1922-10-30
PAIR WED A MONTH
DEAD in BATHROOM
YOnkers Coroner Thinks 1t a
Double Murder, but Police
Have Suicide Theory.
BOTH BLED AT THE NOSE
Nude Bodies Found x Hours
After Deaths; Wife in Tub,
Husband Beside Ii.

Daniel Cohen, 81, a craftsman. and
his wife of month We're found dead
last night in the bathroom of their
three room apartment at 227 Ash
burton avenue, Yonkers. The wife
was lying under water In the bath
tub, and Cohen was stretched on the
floor beside the tub. Both were nude,
and apparently had been dead at least
twelve hours.
Neither the police of Yonkers nor
the Coroner was able last night to
agree upon q satisfactory explanation
Of what caused the death OF Cohen
and his wife. The Coroner. Frederick
Snowden, said that it looked like q
double murder. but the police thought
that the couple had killed themselves
Circumstances tended TO support both
theories.
Lieut.. Dennis Cooper Of the Yonkers
detective bureau started work on the
case at midnight with four of, his de-
rsctives. Coroner Snowden said there
were no marks ON the. bodies, but the,
both victims had been bleeding at the
nose and had bied considerably. The
.wcnlan, he said, evidently had lost much
blood before she got into, or was placed
in, the tub. The bleeding appeared to
be similar to that which comes from 8
hemorrhage. Gas was burning in the
stove in the kitchen, but none, Of it was
escaping.
The bodies were found at O'Clock
last night. Mrs. ID. r. Cohen. mother
of the husband, went TO the apartment
house early yesterday and rang the
bell Of her sons apartment. which is
on the ground floor. There was no
answer. She went back early in the
afternoon and there was still no answer.
She made another attempt at S o'clock
last night. when she went TO the rear
OF the apartment and saw that the milk
had not been taken In from the stoop.
The Coroner's Theory.
She called a neighbor, who broke in
a window at the rear Of the apartment.
Mrs. Cohen crawled through the window
and called the names OF her son and
daughter-in-law. She went into the
bedroom and found that their clothing
was there. evidently as they had left
II before going to bed the night before.
The bed had not been made. Then she
went into the bathroom and found the
bodies.
Mrs. Cohen called the police. and
Capt. Edward QuirlS with several de-
nd oil
and began an investigation. There
were no. evidences OF a struggle. except
that young Cohen's glasses lay two or
three feet from him on the floor. The
police admit they might have been
knocked there. But the towels and
other articles in the bathroom were in
systematic array just as though there
had been no violence OF any sort.
ut Is a very odd case said the
Coroner. There are no traces OF gas
or poison. 1t looks very much like
murder. But we viii not know just
how they came to their deaths until
the autopsy. II is possible--indeed, II
Is very likely. judging from her posture
that the woman was held under the
water until she was drowned"
Mrs. Cohen. mother OF young Cohen.
told the police that her son and daugh-
ter-in Jaw were happily married. He
was employed as a craftsman By the
Hahlrshaw Electric Cable Company OF
Yonkers. They lived comfortably. she
said. and had no reason to Kill them
selves Likewise. she said. they had no
enemies that she knew of who might
want to do away with them. The wife
was "a years old. two years older than
her husband.
The Police Ideu
The theory of the police Is that tho
case s a double suicide. They believe
that Cohen drowned himself In the BATH
TUT; that his wife pulled his body out
and laid II on the floor In the position
II was found and that she then drowned
herself. This theory. however. is dis
puted by the statement Of the Coroner
that there are evidences OF the woman
having been forcibly held under the
water II also is disputed by the fact
that no notes wero left, nor was there
any indication that the couple had any
reason or any intention to kill them
selves.
The police point out, however. that
their investigation showed tho apart
ment to be securely locked from the in
side, The keys were still In the front
door.
The autopsy, which will be held this
morning, Is expected TO clear up the
mystery. The police last night said
they had not been able to gather much
information about the families of either
Cohen or his wife. whose maiden name
they said they did not know. They we're
married last month. according TO Cohen's
mother. and there was nothing. she said.
to indicate that their life was any DIFF
fcrent from other peoples lives.
l. IS hardly probable, the Coroner
a,t shr pofIra .gree that (oben