Cruz would go on to become his butler and teach him magic tricks, just one of 15 servants and staff at Briarcliff Mansion at the time. On the morning of Jan. 18, 1931, Cruz’s body and the body ...

While on a trip to the Philippines, Buddie met a magician named Jose Cruz, who he invited back to Briarcliff Mansion to work as his butler and magician tutor; Cruz’s apartment behind the mansion ...

The mansion was thrown into the spotlight in 1931 after Candler Jr's butler and personal magic assistant, José Cruz, shot his girlfriend and took his own life on Briarcliff grounds. While Candler ...

Once the scene of lavish society parties, an exotic pet collection, and even a murder, this boarded-up Georgian Revival mansion ... Cruz shot his girlfriend and took his own life in Briarcliff's ...