Not within the knowledge of the oldest
attache of the police department, has the community been so stirred by
a crime as at present. Intense as was the excitement caused by the
brutal taking off of Tessie KEATING on the day of discovery and the
day following, it had reached fever heat yesterday especially in the
northeastern portion of the city, where the assault and murder were
committed.
A TRAGEDY RECALLED
In some respects Tuesday night's tragedy
resembles the celebrated STONE murder, which occurred August 9, 1887,
just three-fourths of a mile to the eastward of Hayward avenue. While
the element of assault was lacking, the murder was most cowardly, and
the excitement in that part of the city, which was not so thickly
settled as at present, was similar to that caused by the tragic death
of Tessie KEATING. Then, as seems to be the case now, the favorite
theory was that the deed was the act of a tramp, and the country was
scoured for vagrants. Finally Edward A. DEACONS was arrested,
confessed the crime, was tried, convicted and hanged on July 10, 1888.
In spite of his confession and his conviction. DEACONS solemnly
averred, forty-eight hours before his execution, that he had made the
confession in a spirit of bravado, and that he was many miles distance
from the scene of the murder of Mrs. STONE at the time it was
committed. His last words before the fatal platform dropped from
beneath his feet were: "Gentlemen, you are hanging an innocent
man." During all these years since the execution his counsel has
never wavered in the opinion that he was really not guilty of the
murder, but was a victim of vanity, which amounted to mania. Later the
STONE family tragedy was completed by the death of Mrs. STONE'S
husband in the Lantern Works fire, November 9, 1888.
THE DETECTIVES BUSY
Besides practically the entire police force
of the city, Sheriff FORD'S deputies were yesterday afternoon ordered
to take part in the search for the murderer or murderers, and for
clews which might lead to his or their apprehension, and the sun went
down upon a veritable man hunt for the criminal.
FLETCHER NOT IMPLICATED
In the early part of the day some hope was
entertained by the police authorities that the mystery might yield
when FLETCHER, the tramp arrested at Spencerport on Thursday, should
be submitted to examination. FLETCHER, with his companion, was brought
to the city yesterday morning and placed in jail. Yesterday afternoon
the two men were closely questioned by Superintendent CLEARY. Director
HAYDEN and a representative of the district attorney's office visited
the jail and subjected the men to a rigid inquiry.
FLETCHER's companion was a once recognized as
a bibulous and shiftless but entirely harmless vagrant of this city.
FLETCHER said he lived near Middleport, when at home. He said he had
purchased the suit of comparatively new clothes he wore at Buffalo two
weeks ago. He had been in Rochester several days, drinking somewhat
heavily. He fell in with the Rochester hobo, and after procuring some
beer at a brewery they set out for Middleport intending to walk. They
had walked as far as Brockport, where they were arrested, as stated
yesterday morning.
Superintendent CLEARY stated that the
inquisitors were satisfied that the men had nothing to do with the
assault upon Miss KEATING. The men were left to the disposition of the
sheriff, and it is understood that they will be discharged.
A LONG ISLAND CITY TRAMP
Early yesterday morning it was reported that
a tramp with scratches on his face and court plaster on his nose was
terrorizing people in the houses in the southwestern portion of the
city. He was not readily found, and a general alarm was sent out from
that precinct, and the man was brought to the police station about
2:30. It was apparent at once that the man was a typical begging tramp
and he carried a sandwich in his pocket. When asked his name he said
"any old name would do." He said that he had been
arrested once for giving his right name. He finally concluded to
register under the name of Michael HORTON, of Long Island City, and it
is probable that he will be the guest of Captain WEBSTER at the
penitentiary for some weeks where he will be sent for vagrancy to-day.
After questioning him closely the police officials decided that he was
not connected with the Davis street tragedy.
TWO TRAMPS AT MT. MORRIS
Late in the afternoon a dispatch was received
from Mt. Morris stating that two tramps had been arrested at that
place on suspicion. So far as the dispatch stated there was nothing
which tended to connect them with the Rochester crime, other than the
fact that they were tramps. As a precautionary measure the men were
sent to the jail at Geneseo on a technical charge of vagrancy.
MUCH INFORMATION VOLUNTEERED
Several people visited police headquarters
during the day with suggestions and information which they thought
might aid the detectives. As usual in such cases, much of the
information and many of the clews had already been worked over, and
officers were sent to investigate in other cases. So far as could be
learned there was no tangible outcome.
While the police department, including all of
the patrolmen as well as the members of the detective force, have been
on the lookout constantly for suspicious characters, and are wide
awake to the minutest facts or rumors that might constitute or lead up
to a possible clew to establish the identity of the murderer, the
forces of the district attorney's and sheriff's office are also
bending every energy in the same direction. Despite the fact that they
have not as yet figured as conspicuously, in a public way, in the
dragnet methods which are being exercised throughout the city and
county, they are by no means idle.
Inasmuch as the crime was committed within
the city limits, the police were naturally first called upon to take
up the investigation, but the county peace officers immediately took
official _eognizance of the affair. Special Officer MUIR, of the
district attorney's office and Deputy Isaac SALYERDS, of the sheriff's
office, have been working on the case continuously, while every deputy
on Sheriff' FORD's office force and his deputies in the towns of the
county, together with the rural constables, have received instructions
to keep an eye out for anything and everything that might point to a
solution of the mystery, and to apprehend all persons who act in a
manner in any way unusual.
District Attorney WARREN, although himself
busily engaged in the DORTHY trial in county court throughout the day,
is nevertheless in full touch with everything that occurs in
connection with the case and his assistants are likewise fully
conversant with all that has been done toward solving the crime. The
district attorney was asked yesterday what his office was doing in the
matter, and replied that Special Officer MUIR, who has had years of
experience in criminal work, and has been unusually successful, was
working on the case night and day, and in fact, is giving it his
entire attention.
Following the holding of the inquest
yesterday afternoon, at which Assistant District Attorney AVERILL was
present, several of the witnesses who were sworn at the autopsy were
called to appear at the district attorney's office, and were closely
examined by Mr. WARREN and his assistants. As soon as the DORTHY trial
was adjourned yesterday afternoon Mr. WARREN went to his office, and
the witnesses were called in for examination, one at a time. This
questioning was continued at some length until a late hour in the
afternoon.
Among the people who were called there was
Mrs. Nora CROWE, her son, Patrick MALEY, and William HALL, the
railroad employee, all of whom were examined at the inquest.
At the sheriff's office the interesting
information was forthcoming, that as many as ten cases of women being
followed or chased by men, or assaulted, which latter cases are
beginning to reach publicity, and have been noted in the newspapers of
the past few days, have been reported within the last week or two. The
officials are somewhat reticent about giving out facts which they
possess because their publication might tend to keep the guilty
persons informed, as has been proven to be the case on previous
occasions.
It was also learned that in several
instances, where women have reported having been followed or accosted
by men, it happened in thickly populated sections of the city.
The sheriff has not offered a reward as yet,
and so far as is now known, will not do so. In cases where crimes are
committed outside of the city, and a general alarm is felt among the
residents, the sheriff sometimes offers a reward for the apprehension
of the guilty persons, as was done in that case of the notorious
ROCCO, whose wholesale stealings throughout the northern towns of the
county made his arrest very desirable. In the PORTER murder case, the
relatives of the murdered man offered a reward.
However, Deputy SALYERDS, who has figured in
a number of murder cases during his long connection with the sheriff's
office, and who is recognized as being unusually shrewd in such
matters, is giving his entire time and attention to the case.
The funeral of Miss Theresa KEATING will be
held this morning from the family home, No. 171 University avenue, at
10 o'clock, and from Corpus Christi Church at 10:30 o'clock.
The bearers will be as follows: Dr. George A.
LANE, G. W. GAFFNEY, Edward McLAUGHLIN, Joseph TOOMEY, Theodore F.
POWELL, Thomas MITCHELL.
Among other floral offerings are: Cluster of
lilies from Miss Caroline MEYER, wreath from Theodore F. POWELL,
chrysanthemums from Joseph TOOMEY, wreath from F. A. BROWNELL; harp
from women employees of F. A. BROWNELL, floral basket from male
employees of F. A. BROWNELL, harp from Knights of Maccabees, wreath
from Democrat and Chronicle bindery department, anchor from employees
of H. E. WELCHER & Co., chrysanthemums from sisters, wreath of
roses from parents.
City Will Pay $500 for Information Leading to Arrest of Culprits
If the hope of reward will lead to the
revelation of any facts that will result in the capture and conviction
of the perpetrators of the outrage that has shocked the community,
there will be no lack of incentive. As stated yesterday Mrs. P. H.
BRADLEY, sister of the dead girl, has authorized Chief HAYDEN to offer
a reward of $500, and the money is ready. After a conference with
Commissioner CASEY, of the department of public safety. Mayor CARNAHAN
yesterday afternoon decided to offer an additional reward of $500 on
behalf of the city.
The only reason that action was not taken
officially at an earlier date was the doubt as to the rights of the
city officials to expend money in this direction. Mayor CARNAHAN and
the commissioner were both deeply shocked by the tragedy and intend
that every effort shall be made by the police to bring the perpetrator
to justice.
There is not now a contingent fund from which
miscellaneous expenditures may be made, and at first the authorities
were at a loss as to what fund it might be taken from, if the reward
is claimed. It was finally decided that it might be made a proper
charge against the police department appropriation, and it was so
arranged.
I hereby offer a reward of Five Hundred
Dollars for information that will secure the arrest and conviction of
the person or persons guilty of the killing of Theresa KEATING.
Geo. A. CARNAHAN,
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SPUCK'S STORY
More Details Regarding the Finding of Miss Keating
Some additional and very interesting
statements were made by members of the SPUCK family, who reside on
North Union street, just south of the HICKEY residence. It will be
remembered that it was the little 7-year-old SPUCK boy who first
discovered the articles belonging to Miss KEATING, and it was his
elder brother, Edward, who finally discovered the body itself. Both
of the boys and Mrs. SPUCK herself yesterday told their stories more
in detail.
WHAT MRS. SPUCK SAYS
Mrs. SPUCK yesterday went over the scenes
of the morning when the body of Miss KEATING was found. She says
that Philip came in with a lady's rubber, and she told him to go back
and look for the other, as it was a new one. The boy did not find
the other rubber the second time, but brought in an umbrella and
hat. Then he went out again and found the other rubber caught in the
east rail of the track of the railway spur.
EDWARD SPUCK'S GHASTLY DISCOVERY
Then the elder SPUCK brother went out to
make further investigations. Near where the boy had found the second
rubber but east of the track he found a place where the ground had
been apparently trampled, and noticed that the burdocks had been
broken down, forming a sort of trail up to the east rail of the
track. Here he lost the trail and while walking back and forth
across the track in his perplexity, he caught his foot and partially
fell. As he did so his eye caught a glimpse of clothing in the
bushes back of the bill board, and proceeding to the spot, only a
few feet away, he found the girl's body. He then notified Officer
McGUIRE.
This version of the finding of the body
would give color to the supposition that the assault and murder were
committed east of the track, back of the barn, and in full view of
the street, through the gap occupied by the spur of railway track.
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MORE DETAILS
Additional Facts Told by the Hickey People Yesterday
Mrs. HICKEY, who resides at the corner of
North Union street and Davis street, gave some additional details of
Miss KEATING's visit to her home on the fatal Tuesday evening. It
seems that when Miss KEATING first called she gave her the general
directions which would enable her to reach the CROWE house. Miss
KEATING went to the corner and looked down Davis street, and was
evidently somewhat apprehensive. At all events she came back again,
and Mrs. HICKEY went to the corner with her, but remaining inside
the yard, Miss KEATING being on the sidewalk. From the corner of the
yard Mrs. HICKEY pointed to an electric light which she said was
opposite the CROWE house, and Miss KEATING started upon the fatal
journey of a few rods from which she did not return to North Union
street alive.
MASTER HICKEY'S STORY
The story of young Master George HICKEY,
who is an unusually bright and intelligent lad of 10 years, was
given in the Democrat and Chronicle yesterday morning. Yesterday
afternoon he was carefully questioned, and not only adhered to his
original version but gave some important details to the director.
Young Master HICKEY said that he had been
admonished - and he intimated that it had amounted to more than an
admonition - that he must not swing on the front gate, and see that
it was carefully closed. On the night of Miss KEATING's visit he
noticed that the gate was open, and after his mother entered the
house he stepped out to shut the gate. While doing so he noticed the
lady who had called passing down the walk on Davis street, along the
bill board, the walk being in plain sight from the gate. He also saw
a man of medium height, he thinks with a sandy mustache, dressed in
a black cutaway coat, as he remembers, also passing down Davis
street directly north of the HICKEY front yard in which the boy
stood.
After closing the gate he went around the
house to an outhouse, from which point the east end of the bill
board could be seen. There he says he saw the same man that he had
seen on Davis street a few minutes before, standing just inside of
the bill board and just west of the spur of railroad track. Then, he
says, he went into the house, thinking nothing of the occurrence at
the time.
STOOD CROSS-QUESTIONING WELL
Under the kindly but skillful questioning of
Director HAYDEN young George HICKEY did not vary in the details of
his narrative. He said the man was "about as tall as Mr.
HAYDEN," which means about 5 feet 11 inches. The director has
had much experience in cross-questioning, as he yesterday expressed
the opinion that the lad intended to be truthful.
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BLOOD ON SHIRT
Still Stronger Evidence to Incriminate Hobart Fuller
At a late hour this morning it is learned
that FULLER, at 10 o'clock last Wednesday morning, entered the rooms
of the Sixth Ward Republican Club on Main street east and there met
several friends. Among them was Joseph FRENCH, who knew FULLER well.
FULLER, it is stated, appeared excited and was dirty in appearance.
After some casual conversation between the men
FULLER asked FRENCH if he had heard that a woman had been found dead
in a lumber yard on Davis street at 9 o'clock. FRENCH said he had
not. It will be noted that this was a full hour before the body was
discovered, and that length of time before the authorities knew a
murder had been committed.
FRENCH knew that FULLER had previously worn
a silver 5-cent piece pin with the letter C on it. FRENCH noticed at
this time that FULLER did not have it on his coat, but instead had a
campaign button. It is believed that the letter C stands for the
company of a Canadian regiment to which FULLER belonged when he
resided at Hamilton, Ontario.
FULLER is reported to have stated that he walked
the streets all the night before, as he had been put out of his
boarding house on Sophia street. This explanation was in reply to a
question by FRENCH as to where he stayed that night. FULLER also
stated that he left a companion named WILSON at the corner of Main
street east and Scio street, at 10 o'clock the night before.
Fred WILSON, of No. 523 Main street east,
was summoned before Chief CLEARY last night to tell what he knew
about FULLER, it having come to his knowledge that FULLER and WILSON
were good friends. When seen by Democrat and Chronicle reporters
this morning WILSON stated that he knew FULLER, but had not seen him
for several days.
WILSON has said that he left FULLER at the
corner of Main street east and Scio street at 7 o'clock Tuesday
night. WILSON is 21 years old and has recently been in the army.
When FULLER was examined by the police and
detectives at headquarters, stains that appeared like those of
washed out blood were found on both shirt sleeves. These were sent
to Professor LATTIMORE for analysis. FULLER said that he got the
blood on the shirt trying to enter his boarding house by climbing up
the porch post, after being put out. He said he cut himself on the
eave trough. It is said that boarders from the Sophia street house,
where FULLER boarded, were summoned before Chief CLEARY last night.
It is quite certain that the first
knowledge of the connection of FULLER with the silver bangle was
conveyed to the police Thursday, after FRENCH read the exclusive
statement in the Democrat and Chronicle that the bangle was the
important clew that the detectives were working on. With his
knowledge of FULLER and the bangle, and the published fact that the
bangle was the clew, he gave the information that was followed after
it was allowed to lie dormant for over a day.
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THE INQUEST BEGUN
Coroner Kleindienst Examined a Number of Witnesses -- Continued
To-Day
The inquest in the murder case was begun at
11 o'clock yesterday morning at the morgue, by Coroner KLEINDIENST.
At noon an adjournment was taken to 10 o'clock this morning. Ten
witnesses testified and their testimony was taken by a stenographer
from the district attorney's office. Assistant District Attorney
AVERILL was present and examined the witnesses, as did also Chief
HAYDEN. Sergeant CUMMINGS, of Captain FURTHERER's precinct; Officer
ENGLAND, Dr. C. A. HUBER, coroner's physician; Mrs. Nora CROWE,
Patrick MALEY, her son; Mrs. Mary HICKEY and her 1-year-old son,
George; Mrs. Pauline SPUCK, her two sons, Edward, aged 20, and
Philip, aged 7, testified.
The testimony of Sergeant CUMMINGS was in
regard to accompanying Mrs. BRADLEY, sister of the murdered girl, to
the CROWE house Tuesday night and early Wednesday morning. Officer
ENGLAND said that as he entered the yard of the CROWE house he
remarked to his companions that it was a tough place to get into.
The officer told of the conversation with Mrs. CROWE in regard to
the call made by Miss KEATING. He was detailed to investigate the
disappearance of the girl, and stayed around the vicinity of the
CROWE house for some time.
In support of the growing belief that Miss
KEATING was not murdered where she was found, Officer ENGLAND's
testimony has some significance. He said:
"I left the two sisters on Central avenue.
They went home. I was suspicious of wrong doing and I returned to
the vicinity of the CROWE house. I stepped behind the bill board on
Davis street to watch for suspicious characters. I don't think the
body was there at that time. If it was I stood within five or ten
feet of it. I certainly would have seen the body if it had been
there."
Coroner's Physician Dr. C. A. HUBER
testified in detail as to the condition of Miss KEATING's body, when
he made the autopsy on the afternoon after its discovery. He said
death was due to strangulation and suffocation, and that a criminal
assault had been committed.
TESTIMONY OF MRS. CROWE
Mrs. Nora CROWE, with whom Miss KEATING
talked at the CROWE house, was the next witness. She gave the names
of those staying at her house as follows:
Patrick MALEY, her son (by her first husband); Maggie CROWE, her
daughter; William HALL, Thomas FINN, Michael O'NEIL and Mrs. Alice
HERBERT.
Assistant District Attorney AVERILL questioned
her in regard to the time Miss KEATING called at her house.
"It was 8:30," she said,
"when the knock at the door came. I was taking bread out of the
oven. I left the bread and went to the door. I said 'Good evenin',
and she said "Good evenin', and then she asked me if that was
the place where the woman was that wanted a place and I told her it
was. Then she asked me about the woman, if she could bake, and bake
cake, and what wages she wanted. At last she said she guessed the
woman better call at No. 171 University avenue at 10 o'clock the
next morning. Then she said good night and I said good night and she
went away."
In order to fix the time of the call
questions were asked by several officials present. Mrs. CROWE said
she knew it was 8:30 because she was taking out bread, that she put
in the oven at 7:30 and let it stay an hour. To Chief HAYDEN she
said that all of her boarders were home to supper except FINN.
"What time did your son come
home?" asked Chief HAYDEN.
"About 6 o'clock," she replied.
Mrs. CROWE further said that she was all
alone in the house when the girl called, and that the caller stood
on the porch all the time. She said her daughter, Maggie,
entered the yard and passed the porch to the kitchen door while Miss
KEATING was talking with her.
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PATRICK MALEY'S STORY
Patrick MALEY, the son of Mrs. CROWE, is
about 25 years of age. He has worked with a fence gang on the New
York Central tracks during the past summer, but has been at home for
two weeks on account of a sprained ankle. He gave an account of his
time during Tuesday afternoon, saying that he and William BURKE, a
friend, were at Peter MARINO's saloon on Hartford street, and that
BURKE returned home with him at supper time and that they talked for
awhile outside the house. MALEY said he went back to MARINO's saloon
after supper, and returned home about 9 or 9:30 o'clock. He said he
did not see BURKE till the next day, that BURKE was drunk that
night. He gave the names of some men, mostly Italians, who were in
MARINO's saloon that night.
MALEY said that BURKE shook hands with his
mother at the house. Witness said when he saw BURKE the next day,
Wednesday, and they talked of the murder, BURKE remarked that it was
"pretty tough to have anything of that kind happen in the
neighborhood."
Mrs. CROWE was recalled by the coroner and
was asked if she say BURKE at the house. She replied that she did
not see him there, and of course, could not shake hands with him.
She said if he was there it was when she was away at the meat
market.
MRS. HICKEY'S TESTIMONY
Mrs. Mary HICKEY, of No. 269 North Union
street on the corner of Union and Davis streets testified that
Tuesday night about 8 o'clock a young lady called at her house and
inquired where No. 127 Davis street was. Mrs. HICKEY told her she
did not know, but stepped to the door and directed the girl up the
street towards the CROWE house.
Ten-year-old George HICKEY stated, upon
being sworn, that soon after the caller left he went out in the back
yard and was there a short time, and upon returning to the house
stepped to the side of the yard and closed the gate. He said that he
saw a man walking up the street behind the woman, and that they were
near the CROWE house then. He said the light in front of the CROWE
house was shining brightly. Mrs. HICKEY said she saw no one around
when she was directing her caller.
TESTIMONY OF THE SPUCK'S
Mrs. Pauline SPUCK, mother of Edward and
Philip SPUCK, of No. 261 North Union street, testified that Philip
entered the house with a rubber overshoe just before school time,
and soon afterwards came in with an umbrella. Then her older son
returned home, and she told him about the articles, and he went to
the lot on Davis street. The hat, gloves and other overshoe of Miss
KEATING were found beside the barn next the opening in the fence,
and within fifty feet of the body. It was then that Edward SPUCK
discovered Miss KEATING'S body.
The SPUCK boys were called to the stand, and
testified practically as they had before stated the facts to
newspaper men. That closed the inquest, and adjournment was taken to
10 o'clock this morning. The coroner has a long list of witnesses,
and to-day's investigation may develop some facts for the police to
work on.
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SUSPECT IN PENN YAN
Chief Hayden and Assistant District-Attorney Averill Question Him
Penn Yan, Nov. 23 - Chief HAYDEN and
Assistant District Attorney AVERILL are in Penn Yan to-night
investigating the KEATING murder case. The chief arrived on the New
York Central, after leaving Rochester, on the Lehigh Valley while
Mr. AVERILL came on the Northern Central.
The reason for their appearance in Penn Yan
is that a suspicious character was arrested this morning by Chief of
Police EASTMAN. This person drifted into Penn Yan Thursday. He was
"broke" and Thursday night, so he claims, slept in one of
the paper mills. This morning Chief EASTMAN, who had seen him the
evening previous, kept a close watch on him. He went to the Northern
Central station and evidently intended to jump a freight. On account
of his appearance and suspicious actions he was arrested.
When questioned by Chief EASTMAN he gave the name
of Edward THYE and claimed he had been robbed a few days ago on
Front street in Rochester. He was placed in jail. Chief HAYDEN was
informed by telephone about the man and his reply was to hold him.
This evening Chief HAYDEN, Assistant District Attorney AVERILL and
Chief EASTMAN went to the jail and THYE was questioned at
considerable length. The man's right name is Michael DOYLE. He is a
crook and has done time more than once. He goes under aliases of
"Troy MICKEY," "Montana MICKEY," etc.
DOYLE reported to police headquarters in
Rochester Monday last that he had been robbed on Front street of
some money. He claims that that night he slept at Day's lodging
house, on Tuesday walked to Victor and Tuesday night slept in a shed
at that place, and from there came to Penn Yan. He claims that he
can prove that he was in Victor Tuesday night by persons there, and
if this is the case he had no connection with the murder. The matter
will be fully investigated before DOYLE is released.
Chief HAYDEN noticed that DOYLE had on a
different suit of clothes to-night from those he wore when he called
at police headquarters in Rochester. DOYLE said that he made the
change at the Salvation Army lodging in Rochester. The clothes he
had on when arrested in Penn Yan were dark, and he wore a cap. DOYLE
is about 40 years of age, short and thick set. His face bears
scratches which were received since he was seen by the police
authorities in Rochester.
CROWDS AT THE KEATING HOME
Such is the intense interest in the KEATING
murder that last night between 500 and 600 people, men, women and
children, gathered about the KEATING home at No. 171 University
avenue. Lieutenant SHERMAN, of the third precinct, took two officers
to the house and dispersed the crowd about 10 o'clock.
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HOWARD CONWAY'S BODY FOUND NEAR CORFU
A Rochester Boy Who Appears to Have Run Away From Home --
Death Was Mysterious
The mysterious death of a boy whose body was
found near Corfu Thursday night is being investigated by the
officials of Batavia and Corfu. There is slight clew to the lad's
parents. His name is said to be Howard CONWAY, of this city. The
police have not had such a lad reported to them as missing. A
special dispatch to the Democrat and Chronicle reads as follows:
Batavia, Nov. 23 -- A gang of section men
Thursday night found the dead body of a boy lying in a chicken yard
a little over a mile west of Corfu, and in the near vicinity of the
New York Central tracks. The body was on the property of Nelson A.
BROWN, and proved to be that of Howard CONWAY, of Rochester. Frank
MALONEY was one of the gang, and he notified George AYERS, who lives
near by. AYERS telephoned to Coroner SNOW at Batavia, and the
remains were brought here shortly before 1 o'clock yesterday
morning. The coroner visited the scene with Undertaker WILLIAMSON,
and made a careful investigation. He decided that the body had lain
in the yard fully two days. The body was about twenty rods from the
tracks and the yard was about one-half acre in extent, surrounded by
a six-foot wire fence. It was on its left side. Dr. SMITH examined
the body. A search of the clothing revealed the following letter:
Dear Son Howard -- You have been gone a
week now, don't you think it about time you came home now? I don't
want to use any harsh measures with you, and will overlook what you
have done and will not punish you if you come home to-night or
to-morrow, if you come within that time everything will be forgiven.
I am very much worried about you, and, hoping you will heed this I
am yours with love. Your Father.
There were other papers found which tended
to show that the boy had been in the habit of running away from
home. One paper read: "Next time I am going I will go
after school and learn to catch freights." Another note
said: "Is Charlie DORKEY going with us?"
The letter from parent to son was dated
Rochester, November 19th, and was inclosed in a Rochester Business
Institute envelope. The boy was slight in build and about 13 years
old. Three Corfu newsboys identified it as a boy who was there on
Tuesday, and said that he and his companions were going to Buffalo
on Wednesday, and on Thursday would return to their homes in
Rochester.
The body was not badly bruised, death seemed to
be due to some internal injuries. The right wrist was broken.
Whether death was due to falling from a freight or some other agent
is as yet uncertain. The authorities are now looking the matter up.
Coroner SNOW, who is having the body held
in Batavia, asked the Rochester police yesterday morning to try and
locate the boy's father. CONWAY had two companions when he struck
Corfu, and his cash assets were 43 cents. He did all the talking for
the party. The coroner thinks that possibly he fell from a train,
and managed to walk as far as the yard, where he fell dead.
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FIRST CHURCH ENTERTAINMENT
Fred Emerson BROOKS, the California poet,
entertained an appreciative audience last evening at the First
Methodist Episcopal Church.
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GENESEE
Sudden Death of Former Oakfield Resident in Schenectady
Special Deputy Clerk Francis L. HAWES of
the county clerk's office in Batavia, was notified yesterday morning
of the death of his sister, Miss Clara HAWES, formerly of Oakfield,
in Schenectady, Thursday. Her illness was sudden and unexpected.
Miss HAWES was a daughter of former Clerk
Benjamin F. HAWES, of the Genesee county board of supervisors and an
Oakfield justice of the peace. She leaves another brother and a
sister, besides her mother. Deceased was about 25 years of age and
fortunate in the possession of many friends throughout the county.
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Y. M. C. A. OPENING
The newly remodeled Y. M. C. A. quarters in
Batavia were opened to the public last night. There were addresses
by George A. HALL, of New York, Y. M. C. A. state secretary; Edwin
KETTLE, secretary of the East Buffalo Railroad Association, and the
Rev. F. E. WARNER, of Webster, formerly general secretary in
Batavia. A musical programme was also rendered.
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Anton KRIEGHOFF, of Buffalo, has been appointed instructor in the
tuning department at the New York State School for the Blind in
Batavia.
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RETURNING CANADIANS
Troops Will be Given a Royal Reception in London
London, Nov. 23 - The returning Canadian troops,
on board of the Hawarden Castle due here next week will be lavishly
entertained by a private committee of which Lord GREY is chairman.
Three hundred seats have been secured at the various London theaters
for the night the Canadians are here. They will be quartered at
Kensington barracks, whence there will be excursions to Brighton,
Wolwich and other points of interest, including a probable visit to
the queen.
Lord GREY said to a representative of the
Associated Press: "They will not exactly be the guest of
the nation, as that is reserved for 5,000 colonial troops who are
coming later. But we are trying to make the short stay here of these
Canadians as enjoyable as possible as a slight token of our
appreciation of the magnificent work they have done. It will be
carried out with as little formality as possible".
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SUICIDE OF MARBLEHEAD GUNNER
Waverly, N. Y., Nov. 23 - Arthur KINNEY, aged 23
years, committed suicide to-day by blowing off the side of his head
with a shotgun. He was one of the gunners on the Marblehead when the
Spanish cable was cut at Cardenas and was honorably discharged last
May. A couple of weeks ago he started for New York to re-enter, but
was nearly asphyxiated in his room in a hotel and the report that he
had attempted suicide became current and it is thought that brooding
over the accident unsettled his mind.
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GIRL'S LIFE CRUSHED OUT
Syracuse, N. Y., Nov. 23 - While picking
coal in the New York Central freight yards in this city, this
morning, Mary JANES, 10 years old, was caught between the bumpers of
cars and the life instantly crushed out of her.
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HORRIBLE REVELATION
Chinese Held in Slavery and Filth in Alaska Salmon Vessels
Washington, Nov. 23 - Horrible conditions
existing among the Chinese aboard vessels in the Alaskan salmon
canning industry are portrayed in a report of Assistant Surgeon L.
L. LUMSDEN, at Angels island, California, just made to the marine
hospital service.
He says a number of vessels have returned
to San Francisco recently from the Alaskan country reporting several
deaths of these workers. The Chinese are recruited from the poorest
and most helpless inhabitants of Chinatown and are held in practical
slavery by those who secure this labor. They are often worked
fourteen hours a day and live in barracks in utter disregard of
cleanliness and sanitation. The fish they eat frequently as well
advanced in petrefaction.<sic> It is difficult to conceive
fully of the filthiness aboard. The Chinese quarters are dark and
damp, and the sanitary conditions are unfit to print.
The white men on the vessel disclaim
responsibility for the conditions under which the Chinese live and
transact all business with them through a Chinese foreman, the
so-called "No. 1 man." It is urged that coasting
vessels be made subject to the United States laws governing deep sea
vessels in order that the spread of infectious diseases may be
prevented.
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COLONEL LYNCH ENTERTAINED
Albany, N. Y., Nov. 23 - Colonel Arthur
LYNCH, late commander of the Second Irish Brigade of the Boer army,
was entertained at luncheon to-day by Governor ROOSEVELT at the
executive mansion and later was dined by John H. FARRELL.
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PRESIDENT LAWRENCE DEAD
Cleveland, O., Nov. 23 - W. H. LAWRENCE,
president of the National Carbon Company, better known as the
"Carbon Trust," died early to-day at his home in Dover, a
suburb. He was 60 years of age.
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A GOOD WOMAN GONE
Death in New York of Mrs. Harry A. Wells
The friends of Harry A. WELLS, and they are many,
especially among railroad men, will be grieved to learn of his great
bereavment in the death of his wife at New York on Friday last.
Their happy married life extended over a period of thirty years,
during which Mrs. WELLS was a devoted helpmate to her husband in the
multifarious and responsible cares which came to him through his
position as general eastern agent of the Baltimore & Ohio
Southwestern railroad, and the thousands of people who are numbered
among Mr. WELLS's acquaintances, will recall the beautiful character
of the deceased, whose cheerfulness of spirit and ever-predominating
desire to make life brighter for all with whom she came in contact,
made her a woman whom it was a blessing as well as a privilege to
know.
Mrs. WELLS was intensely devoted to her
husband, and her affection was reciprocated, which fact was apparent
wherever they were seen together, whether in their home life or
elsewhere. To know her was to love her, and that the world is better
because of her life is realized by her friends, many of whom went to
New York from distant points on Saturday to pay the last sad tribute
to her memory. The services were held from No. 136 St. James place,
Brooklyn.
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SPECIAL THANKSGIVING SERVICES
Special Thanksgiving services will be held
morning and evening to-morrow at the Park Avenue Baptist Church,
conducted by the pastor, Rev. C. H. MOSS. The special services for
railroad men held at this church last Sunday were so successful,
that services of a similar character will be held in the future for
other bodies of men.
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THEATRICAL SMALLPOX CASES
Although he has telegraphed to the
Pittsburg authorities for particulars, Health Officer GOLER has not
been able to secure any more information in the case of the two
members of the WILLIAMS and WALTERS theatrical troupe, who are ill
with smallpox in Pittsburg than was contained in a special dispatch
to the Democrat and Chronicle shown to the doctor early Friday
morning. The two men ill are Harry WINFRED and George W. PICKETT,
both colored. The troupe played here the last three nights of last
week at the Baker, and put up at the York house on Front street.
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REV. DR. A. S. LLOYD TO SPEAK
Rev. Arthur A. LLOYD, D. D., of New York,
general secretary of the Domestic and Foreign Missionary Society of
the Protestant Episcopal Church, will address the Rochester branches
of the Woman's Auxiliary at 3 o'clock this afternoon in the parish
house of St. Luke's Church. Sunday, Dr. LLOYD will speak to St.
Luke's Sunday school at 10:30 o'clock, and will preach at the 11
o'clock service. He will also make the address at a missionary
service for Sunday-schools, to be held in Trinity Church at 3:30
o'clock in the afternoon, and will preach the sermon at a general
missionary service in St. Andrew's Church at 7:30 P. M. Dr. LLOYD
was elected to the position which he now holds about one year ago,
and has already done much for the church at large.
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IN POLICE COURT
Only a Few Cases of Importance Disposed of Yesterday
Police court business yesterday was
comparatively light, as a glance at the police docket in another
part of this paper will show. Michael CALLAHAN, the tough who fought
with Officer DUTCHER Thursday night at No. 208 Caledonia avenue, was
arraigned, but as Officer DUTCHER was unable to appear, the case was
adjourned to November 26th.
Ella BATES, the young woman charged with robbing Thomas J.
SWANSON, of Hamlin, of $130 in Buckley's Front street saloon, was
arraigned, and SWANSON told his story of the robbery, which was
substantially as it has been published in these columns. He said he
sat down at a table in Buckley's and the BATES woman came and sat
down with him. They afterwards occupied a room and had a luncheon
together. SWANSON fell asleep after that, and when he awoke his
pocketbook and $130 were gone. The pocketbook was later found empty
on the roof of a building back of the hotel.
Nellie BENNET was arrested yesterday in
Front street, by Officer VAUGHAN, on the charge of vagrancy and
prostitution. It is learned that she is suspected of being connected
with the SWANSON robbery.