Tinnitus PUZZLE. ‘ New Yor ’s Latest Murder Mystery Is NO Nearer a Solution. MEINECKE STILL MISSING. His “’ife and Some Friends Think That the Bodyfi‘lay Be His, While Others Declare Positively That It Is Not—Theories Advanced. New York, June 29.——The murderer who slashed a man to death and then sawed his body to pieces to prevent the identification of his victim and his own possible detection is still at large and undetected. Who the murdered man was is still not known for certainty, al- though it was thought today that he might have been Max Carl Weinecke, a Danish salesman and inventor who disappeared from his home on May 17. Weinecke was 42 years old. He lived with his wife and two children at 82 East One Hundred and Fifteenth street. He had an office at 108 Fulton street, which he occupied in company with a man nam'ed John Johnson. They took orders for Nelson & Co., dealers in metal specialties, whose of- fices adjoined theirs. Weinecke was a very successful salesman. He also had invented small novelties, such as ciga- rette rollers, and he and Johnson put them on the market. They spoke of one another as partners. Johnson had boarded with the Wei- neckes, and was very friendly with both Mr. and Mrs. Weinecke. After Wei- necke disappeared Mrs. Weinecke re— moved to 333 East Twenty-eighth'street. Johnson and other boarders went with her. The business of Nelson & Co. is car- ried on by A. Aarons. Mr. Aarons said today that about five weeks ago Johnson came to him and told him that his partner, Weinecke, had once been a United States lumber inspector, and that he had got his old job back and had left for the south. Mrs. VVeinecke did not know that her husband was going away, and reported his disappearance to the police. She said that she believed that he had gone away purposely from her, but that she thought he had been murdered by some enemy subsequently. She sent her sis— ter and one of her boarders, Gustav Lundholm, to the morgue to see the body, and they thought it was Wei— necke’s. She went there herself later, and said that the hands looked like her husband’s. There is a scar on the index finger of the left hand.” possibly made by an operation for a felon. Mrs. VVeinecke could not remember that her husband had such a scar. ' Contradictory Evidence. John Johnson called at the morgue today with Adolph Carson, another of the boarders in the W'einecke house. and said he thought the body was not that of W'einecke. The police are looking up the records of missing men for the last month or two. The Brooklyn police reported to- day that Charles E. Russell, aged 30, of 548 Madison street, Brooklyn, disap- peared on June 26. He was about the same size as the murdered man and had a pineapple blrthmark on his chest. They considered this important, be- cause a part of the flesh had been cut away from the chest of the trunk found in the river. the only probable reason for this being to remove means of iden— tification, such as a birthmark. From Long Island City came the the- ory that the murdered man was Robert Woods, a. butcher, who disappeared on June 17. Woods’ horse was found wan— dering in the streets of Greenpoint, and it was learned that the butcher had left his store in Ravenswood that morning to go to the market. He had $150 with him and was never seen by his friends again. ' They say that the first finger of his left hand bore a scar similar to that of the hand in the morgue. It has been suggested that the murder was committed near Highbridge and that after the work of mutilation had been completed part of the body was thrown into the Harlem river and the other part taken’in a wagon along Un- dercliff avenue and thrown over the wall. Detectives Carey and Aloncle of the Highbridge station are at work on the mystery in that district. They said this morning that they felt certain that the murder had not been committed in that neighborhood. No person is missing in’ Highbridge whose description might answer that of this murdered man. The detectives also said that the part of the body found floating in the river could not have been thrown into the Harlem river at Highbridge. If it had, they said that the current would have carried it out through the Bronx kills into file sound. They are sure that the crime was committed in the central part of the city and that the part of the body found in Highbridge was carried there to be thrown over the wall that edges Underciiff avenue. The police of the Union Market sta- tion, in whdse precinct the upper part of the body was found, are equally cer- tain that the "Ittrder was not commit— ted in their timirict. The central Office :letec-tivcs " l like to say that they don’t thini iced was done in this city at all. » Murderer May Never Be Caught. It is quite possible, or even probable, that the cunning of the murderer may baffle all attempts to detect his crime. Unless the head is found, which seems unlikely, the identity of the victim may never become known. It may have been buried or it may have been burned. It is likely that the clothing has been completely destroyed. When the upper half of the headless body of a man was found in the East ~ river on Saturday, the police jumped to the conclusion that it had come from a medical Student’s dissecting table. It needed the development of facts point- ing indisputably to murder to make them give up the easier theory and to get to work upon one of the strangest mysteries of crime ever known in this city. A careful autopsy at the morgue showed that the man had been killed by a stab thrust through the heart. The finding of another part of the trunk of a man’s body by the roadside near the Washington bridge, which proved on examination to fit exactly with the first part, only served to deep- en the mystery, although it clinched the murder theory. ,_ When the police finally settled down to work. they found that they had very little to go upon. The upper half of the THE EVENING GAZETTE ~ w .. . trunk found in the East river at Elev- enth street had for one of its wrappings a. piece of red oilcloth. ‘It was hoped that this might be some kind of a clew, but it was quickly found that the oil- cloth was of a variety very common on the east side. .It is peddled about the city in pus‘hca'rts and is sold by scores of dealers. The other coverings were a bit of White cheesecloth, of which an enormous quantity is sold in this city, and common heavy brown wrapping paper. It was tied with .stout twine of a pinkish hue, knotted in many places. No marks were fOUn-d on any of the wrappings. Coroner’s Physician O'Hanlon and the other surgeons who assisted him at the autopsy told the police that the man had been .5 feet 10 inches in height and weigh-ed about 1.60 pounds. From an examination of the hands they thought that the man had not been engaged re- cently in manual labor. The red oil- cloth and the victim’s probable height and weight were not very tangible ‘clews. The Head Saved 011'. The autopsy showed that the head had been sawed off close under the chin. The trunk had been sawed in two at the fifth rib. Some flesh had been cut from the chest, perhaps to remove marks of identification. Two stab wounds were found. One was on the left side of the chest passing into the apex of the heart. This was the one that caused death. The other was a slash above the left collar bone, penetrating to the apex of the left lung, but not in itself a mortal wound. - The doctors all agreed that the wounds had been made by a knife at least 10 inches long and having a blade an inch wide. The deadly stab wound was 2 inches wide on the chest. The bladehad cut clear through the mus- cles and had completely severed the apex of the heart. The blood had ex- travas‘ated, showing that the wounds were not made after death. An important thing to determine was how long the man had been murdered. Dr. O’Hanlon decided that death had not occurred more than 36 hours before he made the autopsy. This would place the time of the murder at Friday night or early Saturday morning. The other doctors agreed that it could not have occurred earlier than Thursday night at least. The second part of the body was found yesterday on a ledge of the wall which runs up from the Ogden woods to Undercliff avenue, in the neighbor- hood of Washington bridge. It was wrapped in red oilcloth and tied with a hempen cord. The oilcloth correspond- ed exactly with that on the part of the trunk found in the East river, six miles away. The inside wrappings were cheesecloth and brown paper, similar to the ones on the river bundle. The doctors found that the two parts of the trunk fitted exactly. The legs had been sawed at the thighs. There were six long cuts or scratches on the back of the lower part of the trunk, only two of them deeper than the skin, possibly made by the point of a cotton hook used in dragging the trunk about. Boles on Free Silver. - Waterloo, Ia., June 29.——Former Gov- ernor Horace Boies, in a letter to Colo— nel D. N. Fox of Des Moines, which the latter will reproduce in his forthcoming book. thus speaks of free silver: “For one, I do not believe it possible to suc- ceed upon a platform that demands the unqualified free coinage of silver at the ratio of 16 to 1 with gold. We have fought that battle, and it is lost. We can never fight it over under circum- stances more favorable to ourselves. If we hope to succeed, we must abandon this extreme demand." Weyler’s Supreme Efi'ort. Jacksonville, Fla., June 29.—General VVeyler has requested 20,000 more colo- nial volunteers, with the intention of starting an active campaign. He has also demanded from Spain 40,000 addi- tional troops to reach Cuba by Sep. 1. The. rainy season will be drawing to a close at this time, and it is asserted that he will make the effort of his life to con- quer the insurgents then. Guarding a Gold Mine Cemetery. Lezdville, Colo., June 29.—The.Romar: Catholic cemetery here is surrounded by a guard of heavily armed men to keep off claim jumpers. Some time ago the rector of the Roman Catholic church applied for a patent for the cemetery ground as a placer mine, but owing to some defect the papers were returned, and as the matter stands now the land is open to location. Degrees For British Scientists. Toronto, June 29.—Trinity university has offered the honorary degree of D. C. L. to the following members of the British Association For the Advance- ment of Science, to be conferred at the meeting of the association here in Au- gust: Sir John Evans, president of the association; Lord Rayleigh, Lord Lister, Sir John Lubbock and Professor For— syth of Cambridge. Youthful \Vould Be Train VVrecker. Annapolis, Md, June 29.—James H. Smith, colored, 14, is in jail, charged with an attempt to wreck the Bay Ridge excursion train from Washington yesterday. Smith was seen to place a railroad tie on the track at a point near Darkwoods. An employee of the road saw the occurrence and frightened the boy away. Emperor William Entertains. Kiel, Germany, June 29.—Emperor William gave a dinner on board the im- perial yacht Hohenzollern in honor of Queen Victoria’s jubilee. The guests included King Leopold of Belgium, the imperial chancellor, Prince Hohenlohe; the British ambassador to Germany, Sir Frank C. Lascelles, and others. Speaker Reed Cannot Attend. Washington, June 29.—Speaker Reed has decided in view of the proximity of the return of the tariff bill from the senate that he will be unable to attend the meeting of the Republican clubs in Detroit, July 13, where it was expected he would make an address. Death of Colonel Mussey. Middlebury, Vt‘.,_ June 29.—Colonel F. D. Mussey, the well known Washington correspondent, died suddenly here of Bright's disease. He was 51 years of age and had been ill for some time. One Day's Government Receipts. Washington, 'June 29.—Nationa1 bank notes" received today for redemption, $312,792; government receipts from in- ternal revenue, $909,803; customs, $721,- 406; miscellaneous, $22,174. TIMELY TURF TIPS. ' Litte Tobe, 2:191/4, has been gelded. Robbie P is not; winning over in Eu- rope. ' . The track at Mystic was never in bet- ter shape. ' John Splan prefers a side to an over- draw check. Readville’s next meeting occurs June 28 to July 2. . Tom Medium, 2:161/4, is in Merri- field’s stable. - Prince Alert is carrying his head straight this spring. ' The dam of Falkland, 2:133/4, will be bred to Bingen, 2:12y. A lady at. Westfield, N. Y., has pur- chased Billy J, 2:151/4, to drive on the road. . Three pacers and one trotter entered the standard list at. the Colorado Springs meeting. ' At Versailles, Ky., recently Fanny Foley stepped a half in DOS-2;; and a quarter in 32% seconds. The few meetings thus far held have furnished 42 new performers, of which 23 are trotters and 19 are pacers. The late John A. Goldsmith won $140,000 for Mr. Corbett in. three yews while campaigning the ‘ San Mateo horses. John S, Mott Medium, Electric Prince, Barre and other well known performers owned by the late Charles Broad, , Wilkes‘barre, Pa... are soon to be sold. Belle G, that trotted in 2:12% with 32 ounces of iron in front last season, will, no doubt, prove to be a sensation- al pacer this season in the green classes. A. Duel on Bicycles. . The first duel of this kind took place not long since in Spain between Senors Moreno and Perez, who both were members of the Granada Bicycle club, and it ended fatally for the latter. Ac- companied by their seconds, they Wheel- ed out some distance on the road to Ma- lagu, to a secluded spot. There, posted 700 feet apart, at a sign they wheeled toward each other, each directing his machine with his left hand and bran- dishing in his right that terrible knife of Spain. the uavaja. At the first clash Pe- rez pierced the left arm of Moreno, but at the third encounter Moreno thrust his knife into the breast of Perez, who, in a few minutes, died from internal hemorrhage—Cincinnati Enquirer _.—_.— The \Veather. Generally fair; colder; westerly winds. high north- HaveaSmi'le! You maybe hot, dusty, thirsty—so much the better—pleasure will be greater—there’s a cooling, refreshing deliciousness in every glass of Williams’ Root Beer—combined with its healthful qualities, it’s the one great pleasing ben< . eficial temperance-drink. Make it at home—a bottle of extract makes five gallons of delicious l \VILLIAMS & CARLETON CO., PROPS- HARTFORD, CONN. HAW BALSAli , / 25o: Ask Your Druggist A j HERE’S YOUR UHANUE. A fine building lot on Wilton ave nue. If you intend to build, 1001: at this before purchasing. Water, gas and sewer on the avenue. Will be sold at a Bargain. w..u. pavmcr'ou, Real Estate and Insurance Room I. Gazette B’l’d. Tum. LIFE IN um Ila. OF NEW . _} YORK. RICHARD A. MoOIIRDY, President. V ~ Statement lor the Year Ending December 3Isl, I89. According to the Standard of the Insurance Department Of the State Of New York. INCOME. Received for Premiums . - — . - _ From all Other Snurces 3 39,593,414 20 Maw 01 s 49.102.6‘fi1 DISBURSEMENTS, To Policy-holders for claims by Uealh - ' -‘ ~ ._ ii To Policy-holders for Endmeenls, Dividends, elc. - - - s,.I2,595,II3 39 I2,842,456 u unsung 64 For all Other Accounts - - . - - - . ’ $36.2l8,515_la ASSETS. United Slates Bonds and other [Securities - Firsl lien Loans on Bond and Morlgage - - - - Loans On Slacks and Bonds - - - - . Ileal Estate Gash in Banks and Trust companies - - - ' . - '. Accrued interest, Nel Deferred Premiums, elc- - - -. - 3 I I (”25,082 I4 1|,543,929 ll,09|,525 00 22,161,666 60 l2,680,390 DU 8 234,744,l48 42 Reserve for Policies and other Liabilities - - - - -. 22529633 12 . Surplus - - - ' ‘ ' . ' ' ' S HIEH'LL Insurance and Annuities in force , - - - - S 9l8,698,338 45 I have carefully examined the foregoing Statement and find the same to be correct liabilities calculated by the Insurance Department CHARLES A. PRELLER, Auditor. From the Surplus a dividend will be apportioned as usual Report of the Examining Committc e A Office of the Mutual Life Insurance Company of New York To THE HONORABLE, THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES or T THE MUTUAL LIFE INSUBAHUE COMPANY OF NEW YORK The undersigned, a Committee apppointed by your honorable body on the twentv- third day of December, I 896, to examine the Annual Statement of the Company, an J verify the same, respectfully REPORT That, pursuant to the power and authority thereby conferred, the Committee have at various dates between. - ate of the said reference and the date of this Report attended at the ofiice of the Company, and have been waited on by the Treasurer, the Comptroller, the Auditor and and the Cashier, together Wlth the the respective aSSIStants of such officers, and have care- fully gone over all the items contained in the said Statement,_ and have found the same to be correct. They have examined and counted every certificate of stock, bond and other obligation held by the Company, and compared the price at which the same are carried in said Statement with the market quotations and find the same not“ exceeding such quotations—in fact, 1' many cases below them. They have examined and counted the bonds and mortgages on real property held by the Compan and find the same to be as stated. They have also verified the valuations of the Company’s holdings of real estate and ha verified the deposits of money in the var10us banks and trust cOmpames, and have counted the cash on hand held by hier. - . . Cas tify that all the books, papers. documents and ev1dences of title of every description necessary 1 And the Committee cer _ . ‘ . . such examination have been freely submitted to the Committee by the said officers and then aSSIStants, and that the same are accurate, in good order and well kept. , . . . And the Committee further certify that the Investments of the Company are of a high order, and that the system and methods adopted by the Company in recording its transactions and caring for the assets are entitled to commendation All of which is respectfully submitted ROBERT OLYPHANT J. HOBART HERRICK JABIES N. JARVIE CHARLES D. DICKEY, JR. NEW YORK. JANUARY 25,1897. JAMES C. HOLDEN CHARLES R. HENDERSON \ The company has issued an order whereby women can be insured Without the extra charge heretofore required. More definite information on the subject will be furnished by the local agent, Mr. A H. Camp, ' Board of Trustees GEORGE G. HAVEN , ADRIAN ISELIN J 12.: GEORGE S. BOWDOIN T HEO. A. HAVEMEYER WILLIAM C. WHITNEY WILLIAM ROCKEFELLER JAMES N. JARVIE CHAS D. DICKEY JR. ELBRIDGE T. GERRY HENRY H. ROGERS JNo. W AUCHINCLOSS THEODORE MORFORD WILLIAM BABCOCK STUYVESANT FISH AUGUSTUS D. J UILLIARD ' CHARLES E. MILLER WALTER R GILLETTE H. WALTER WEBB FREDERICCROMWELL J ULIEN T. DAVIES ROBERT SEWELL S, V. R. CRUGER CHARLES R. HENDERSON RUFUS W. PECKHAM J. HOBART HERRICK WM P DIXON ROBERT A. GRANNISS ROBERT A GRANNISS Vice-President._ “ WALTER R. GILLETTE, General Manager. . ISAAC F. LLOYD, 2d Vice-President. HENRY E. DUNCAN, JR, Corresponding Secretary WILLIAM J. EAS'I‘ON, Secretary. , ALBERT KLAMROTH, Assustant Secretary. FREDERIC CROMW ELL, Treasurer. - JOHN A. FONDA, Assistant Treasurer JAMES TIMPSON. 26. Assistant Treasurer. WILLIAM P, SANDS, Cashier. EDWARD P. HOLDEN, Assistant Cashier. ' . ' EMORY MCCLINTOCK, Actuary. ' ' - - JOHN TATLOCK, JR , Assistant Actuary. - CHARLES A, PRELLER, Auditor. - WILLIAM W. RICHARDS, Comptroller C. CLIFFORD GRETSINGER, Assistant Auditor. HENRY S. BROWN, Assistant Comptroller JOHN C. ELLIOT, Superintendent of Domestic Agencies. fl EDWARD LYMAN SHORT, General Solicitor. MEDICAL DIRECTORS: - . _ GRANVILLE_M.§VVHITE, Av f SAMUEL D, BABCOCK RICHARD A. MCCURDY JAMES C. HOLDEN HERMANN C. VON POST LEWIS MAY OLIVER HARRIMAN . ROBERT OLYPHAN’I GEORGE F. BAKER DUDLEY OLCOTT GUSTAVUS S. WINSTON, M. D. ELIAS J. MARSH, M. 11' Join“ W- NICHOLS "W “'";.:;'.‘r:'.:.':.'...... -’ a. as. CAME. Local Agent.
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