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Show BrGEORGE BARTON Most Mv sterious Murder. Mystery in Phi ladelonias History, IM8, by W.3: Chapman. who had Bp foully murdered .an InoffengoiiUBiiiaBMte-ttey-teHied-a bureau of Philadelphia,, la' a sive Hne tvDe of the It was Investigators newcomer joined the group. of wlme of the present day. He hw bsn Robert J. McKenty, another member in the department ttir SO shears: he never of the detective staff," afterwards disitwhie f any kind In worj of the ft luiowa, Mrery mte the, game,: and marked out to be a member ' mayor's yahlm.f tnw occupied wwy wtntufcte position'-4the aervtee. from that of Donaghy, as a result of the conferfwftt which he now ence, tp tu immTiEejystarted for tW flll with, slgno! He- was tha It has - since fltrure- )n the famous White scene of the murder -"-ons'piuuoua munk-- r tami although he modestly ais heen gal J that the Whlt4raedy. was Jalrntith rredlt. saying. Jhat the (flory "his He protests against this casej" belong, to the erttlre polteo foree of the distinctiop., "It was acase of team "ha "Junker Ctty, The story, outside work," hi says. awn njicresi, ja important as a "Thirty detectives the. unromantlc and, and over 2,000 policemen were enH methods now generally used tn the detection of criminals. In the large gaged on the White tasa.'iind'tney At any rate.Donaghy M made good." titles of t ununited States.) itade-goobecause lessthaii an hour On the night of May 19, 1900, Prof. had- elapsed :Vefore 'was in cDn veW a "fellow f bfr4aw satiqnrNWith 'a' yatith "named Ralph Roy school of the Vlniverslty of PennsylHartmanXwlwi testified that hehad r vania, ahd"7Teturer" oil Bomafi'Taw" seen: twtMSo1(red men.near the scene at the famous seat of learning was of th1hiirder Bhortly after ten o'clock, mysteriously and brutally murdered. ,';," antj had talked tdNC-nof them. Best . I. .. .11' Prof. WfeltOi althfiugh a man of less norunany&wjiu uaa tniei- ojuuuB than 30 years of aget had alrea'dy. won llgence beyond his years,, was able to an international repuaUoB-ln..hlspegive a vivid description dt, the tro cial branch f ::Ws men, J Hartman was employ as a quiet and unassuming in manner, and messoiiger In the Powelton "Avenue enjoyed the reputation pf ieing the station of the Pennsylvania rallroid. (CopyrtBht, v - oteated e that,' aothing to do with the murder h"" ljtoJnc,thslate of Miss Gray.. By a certain, tuimoraus and ,': ; s Prof. White. yet; grotesque, coincidence, the Needles, Parti and' Suppflts tot UKk Business. Avory was" short In Btature, with at that time, were grinding out fWler & VUscn anal Slngst MaddM skin as black as anthracite coal, and "Dolly Gray" by. the ream, and as Cori- SOLO ONtT BY ' Jeatures - Crirainolo- - Donaghy came to the lit tie . street . . low-- : where, the istpronatincedWm :torha-th- e Dolly Gray of another colir I est type of the uneducated street-pianoon either end negro. lived,-twThe, detectives resorted to eveTrnfeJt'horoughfaiie,: struck "Goo " device known te bye,. Dolly Gray, I'm going to leave " SEWING- - MACHINE CO. fore? a-- confession - from -- Ihe man. yi!I" wiTk --vehemence that threatened to turn an unusually alfectlng No. 97 North Finally, after an hunr. of the "sweatAcademy Avenue, mg he ftlurtedrDTtt Dolly, tragedy intoja'arlng farce. UTAH" PKOVO, however dofe WeU, was I told 300 who ;r you there, pounds, weighed fiesides, this Donaghy was convinced When the last of the prlsohers had John Jaksok, Mgr. . that they were men totally devoid of been brought In the work of elimina- but It wasn't me that struck the blow." calmly washed her hands of Stirling He was put in a cell and Donaghy and declined! to assist in proving his education. He deducted this from the tion began. Donaghy and McKenty ".:' " . fart that they Jiad eyldentlynot even were intrusted with- - this delicate.itask. and his assor lates started out for more alibi, v On the very-daof Ivory's arrest. They obtained a descripbes'towed so much as a passing glance Some of the suSpectr were obviously evidence. taken 'him to the scene-o- f For instance, tion of the watch that had been stolen Dojiaghy-h- ad op the books, in Prof. White's green out of the questfon. from' Prof. White- .- The number of the "murder. the The street ' where, the fact iriair Is a known a It sevof were that So were set roulattoes aside. bag. casewas movewas d of 39,835,, and Jthat was a found the. body education or refinement is irresistibly eral persons. So "was a lame These; numbers were thoroughfare and the footprints wherS, attracted by a book. J If a .volume ls' tiian. And the work kept on until the ment 915,938. house of hst qf possibilities was reduced to 16. tetlegraphed to every pawnbroker and the men- had escaped by leaping' the lylng on a table eveh r? ttts m V PnA. fIn the cityT watchmaker Iron every , little fence were still vislbif ,Ui, a strartger, he can no more resist ptclt- These 16 were lined up with their 115 V. vo sooner the soft earth. The right shoe was . . The; response came luucb i Hartman was on and than ..was - .anticipated, A 'v jtcgro' man a mom can avom tne name, rj.B. fno,t and the heel me hats, Into theyounK lyory'a THB 5 80.rY room. It was a mot- named murderers evidently had not the .slight- brought 'Buddy" Brown waarrested and toe fitted to a nicety into the fdet 16 uglier while tryfng to pledge .the watch wlthi prints in the railroad yard. The marks est curiosity toward the little work In ley gathering...- Probably men had never been assembled before'. a paw nbrokerrfn Wesb the green bag. Philadelphia. were there W clearfy as though they' all of "them Brown said . the watch was They YV not. his,, had been stenciled. ? most -- popular, mstructort hejLunl-"erslty ; The detectlve'ssummary, therefore, seemed callable Of murder." "Gould the -but to a man who belonged evidenceaspli; fa, as fcnownbe did not that neighborhood, Donaghy felt in- wag'that thecrlme had been commit- boy tell one, from the other? Could room in his mother's house Hehadhada inglit upthein meantime other directlpai Mra.JWary nave aBefivmy in the wortxi, aad the stinctively that the knowledge pos- ted by two or three men; that they he Identify- the man who had spoken afld haJ 1toyler"wh:was etoployed as a waft-- ' news of his murder cnme-s-a terrible sessed by this boy would prove to be were nfgroes; tljftt they were brutal to him the, night before? Would he be onb' lived there;: Teways given "Buddy" the- - watch pawn ress in a restaurant iiear Thirty-seconshock, not vnly to his family and T' for and Market streets, testified that she him. alw-tfriends,, but the thousands of of :the lijen oil Thejstrange negro was promptly to? had served students with whom he had come Into cated and arrested. He proved to !be the day of the erlme.-Thi- s was import- contact-durinof the personal period WlHlaa-Per- ry of Georgia; Perry was the fact that they his tutorship. '.. not very commnnlcativeat first but were together. But this was not all. 24-i- n. On the day of thai murder' aH, of Ills finally admitted-tti- at the t - gdener, named -- ItUtsyj. Bald 'that movements were accounted for from nelghtwrhood Of Thirty-seconstreet earlier In the evening all three of the the- - time be said good-bat his hom on the. night of tfiepigrderf v He said negroes had surrounded htm at a point -- l tha morning until tha moment heV 7 that a hld man had DeenfThYBIs com- five or six ' blocks from wherji the - left the class room for the . night. Whltelrlm-was-committe"These pany, while imporadmissions, They a long l)uifhf7tlvrTtTfSJB05n-1ie--haT itt Liddlard has put tant, were hot conclusive. There were did hot use violence toward him, sim.talk with one of bis associates con-- . mrt ' Into these Provo as still to be links he in fitted "acted ft, ply, tiling the put xkain. suspiciously." a men work which in the two cerulng He managed to Jpjude them however, . At this perlodjDl the lnvifsLigaUtm a were mutually interested. He took welJkJ3p.WeotvMrWeeiei'f new character came on the scene in and thought no-- more of the Incident Dennis Da vis, Henry Davis, dinner alone at a small hotel near the until the nehe read ef the arrest of the person" of John Leary, an employe u n I versity,- and aft erthat lectured to 8arah Tidball, Mr, Hick Mr. of the city, water works.- He had been groes ln connection with the murder the law class under .bis charge. 'He Brufier, and, L. Hoolbrook. v Prof.vWhlte. of the reading a'greatdeal murder,. jtbout was confident and enthusiastic, and .aftes-tha-- ma and he to weeks felt ttXa.ttogfl impelled steDorwajM never appeared to better advantage WS"Stperlence on the der Ivdry broke down and confessed About, ten o clock at night be left lor AftY DEPTH OF WATER . 7 m-: , m- Uight ftvejstn&JHe said that jPerryStirV J his tioiite ta beriuantoWSrS' u1ju7B"oI work" Had T ar met iHgandrhlmBelf Idnlghanir waI?erosSlng Philadelphia; He started In the dithe Glrard avenue bridge when he met falo Bill sliow that afternoon and, com rection of the Powelton Avenue stamen.' They stopped, and paring notes,; bad resolved to get tion of the Pennsylvania railroad with pf them asked him for, match. money at any cost They crossed' the the purpose of boarding One of these men answered the de- Glrard avenue bridge and went along train. Seventh .West and Center Streets . .' scription of Ivory. Perry he did not the river( drive until they came to Less than an hour later a policeman ' ' Thirty-secon.' street. They had Intendrecognize. PROVO, UTAH J. street, ad-- . walking sJong Thirty-seconed assaulting Lutz, the gardener; but . .While the authorities were browsing Joining the railroad tracks,: stumbled over the evidence they had on hand, when he ran away they were too InIt against a body on the sidewalk. they received word that a number of dolent (to follow him. They little was quite dark In that Section Jn who.tad dreamed that the "man "had nearly a fact it .was afterwards declared to be been picked .up sn JhejaUroatLiiearl tloasand .dollars ln.hlfl4ioEBeaslonor. i - the darkest-spo- t lt of Phlladeljmla.-- ' Trenton wera osJa.ihaMercer coun he .might have been-ihyicilm instead The officer flashed his lantern on the ty workhouse. Donaghy and Mc- of the uafoFtunate professor.- Finally Inert mass before him, and was Kenty determined to go to the New Stirling picked up the Iron barnear shocked to find a man, mangled, and Jersey capital and look at the men. the;Fowelton Avenue station. They His head was crushed and bleeding. They took young Hartman and Leary resolved that be should assault the he was unconscious. . The pockets of with them for purposes of identifica- first prosperous-lookinman they the white vest wera turned Inside out tion. The colored men were lined up, met - Several persons were permitted and jhls gold watch was missing. jThe in the workhouse just as they had been to pass;, unmolested. At last Prof. little, green bag Jhar healwa2car-rle- d in the city hall In Philadelphia. One JVMte. was.. seen coming along the AJl Mads -- of resfc and by his id9 was spattered with of the negroes was a tall, shambling dari street Stirling turned, to-- the his life blood. It contained among Cured Meats t Green and fellow. "He" "was and otcers other things a- on "Plead, otherwise and There's looks as in if guy he lacking tad Fancjj and Staple Gro-ing" a book from which Prof. White money symmetrical beauty. ijeries- r- Wa-- handle bad been lecturing that evening. Some and Leary immediately They agreed.. with him, and the picked him Farmers' Products, and notes on sheets of paper which he had out as one of the men they had met three scoundrels fol: utilized In his "Quii" class were also pay CASH for all Fat on the night of the tragedy. He had lowed the. Unsuspecting teacher. At a A pocketbook1 contained In the bag. Butcher Stock. Nos.47 t favorable given theTrentonabthorltlesr-opportunity Stirling let the a life lasarance policy,; an invitation to name of William Fields .. 55 come iron North Academy afterbar down with on crash a to a class reunion in another state, his admitted wards that the of skoll Wilson name WhiterThe Roy Avenue. right 'Phone 39-- 2. -- and mc " "' "' JumlLimmyiJL.KrejO)ackjt was Amos. StlrMn e. .'".... a A few yards away. Imbedded in the Stirling was taken from the line and groan. The tig brute continued using soft earth, was an Iron bar, quite into a private room. Here he the iron bar until the face of the vic.brought thick, and about 18 Inches long. H was stripped, and it was found that tim ,was Unrecognisable. Then thev was such a thing as la used oTi the his underclothes were overe4 Ith:huwent through his clothes and got a ; , ' platforms of freight cars. man blood. When his. attention was few dollars in monev. a ring, and a The disfigured corpse, was removed called to this damaging fact, he said gold watch. The assassins went to a to the university hospitaland the best unconcernedly; nearby lot and divided the things. The medical "and surgical aid summoned. "Oh, that's nothing; my nose Was watch was Perry's share of the loot vital JLut the late; spark bleeding. Perry corroborated the confession had fled, and all that the .professors Stirling was not in the state where of every detail, Stirling denied It until and students had left to them was tha the crime was committed. Hence legal the laet but weakened within the memory of Roy Wilson , White's gra- formalities were necessary before he shadow of the scaffold. All three were King Edward Orders that "God Save clous "fe. . ' Donthe King" be piayed in quicker tempo could be taken to Philadelphia. and tried, convicted, hanged. The shocking nature of the crime Their arrest and conviction was a hereafter. He appears Impatient for j. aghy raade an attempt to breat the seems to have aroused the author- the foundation on which they would and uneducated, and that the motive confused? Would the 'crowd ptfisle record in "' - -the matter of requisitions. big accomplishment Most people' gave salvation. ities Into Instant and universal activ- build their case.; neal" he correct was him? ,How wafhiey t He took a special train to HaTrlsburg, the credit to James I. Donaghy, He ' He to back shall seen. Police of hall. be hastened the city ity. Superintendent Illinois woman presently Quirk "Ralph," aid Donaghy; "point out' Went to the executive mansion and smiles, shakes his head and says It of water for 40 hasnt taken a drink and Chief of Detectives Miller held a The doors of the little private sofflce Tha murder occurred on Saturday th man who apoke to you on Thirty-secon- roused Gov. Btone from a years, and is. in exwas on "team sound work" the sleep good simply consultation to determine what should were closed, and for a long while Don- night. Between that time and Sunstreet last night." cellent health. Don't - cheer she In order to get tie signature on the part of the police. . ' , ' be done. . While they - were talking aghy. McKenty and Quirk had their day morning the 30 detectives and .' The hoy looked over, the row if drinks buttermilk. papers. ' From Harrlsburg he ha James" A. Donaghy, a member of the heads together. "As a result of their 2,006;' policemen and Donaghy had negroes fearlessly.- - His glance lighted " backNorth Carolina's Precious Cema. entos, only to find Among those- Jumping" all over the detective staff, passed tth open door deliberations a most singular order was been Industrious. As tha church bells on one land then another. - Everybody: tened some to Tf g : lawyer had state of North. Carolina is one comic supplement Is Prof. Grander of the outer office. Quirk espied him. telegraphed to every- - pollcejlajUon In were calling the people to worship the In the room felt the atrainr-- He was that ; filed an objection-tthe removal of of the most" notable in the onion for Matthews, wio can the city of Philadelphia." get all the fun be "Hello, Jim," he crlC J. ' officers began to bring ,in colored silent silent for what seemed to be -the Although trivial, it took the production of gems, particularly wanta 'out of phony spelling. prisoner. It had been raining "cats and dogs" I)r was to arrest every colored wan men from all. parts of the city. they many" minutes, but whetrln - reality, several hours to overcome. 7 Bui " In diamonds, emeralds,: rubies; aquamaall the afternoon., . a m.i Donaghy entered fdund In' or near any railroad htatlon, came from north' and aouth, from east was only seconds. Presently he went of all the obstacles, Donaghy rines, beryls, hiddenite, rhodolite, a vuitBgo paper nas a storr or a the office from head to ferry hotisfr ot freight yard within the and west, They .came singly, they over and touched a burly negro on spite all the that with a ate and spook formalities complied " and remarkable rock crystals. biscuit, We fear foot. i came in pairs, they came in Squads, the houlder city, Hmtts. - It Was the Wggest the Philadelphia These gems, have been found mainly some one has been misleading an in had his prisoner-J"What's the matter with you?" said and when the chief finally counted hie , ."That's the man." spread "hy thei department. v " city hall In Just 32 hours. ; In' the eourse sot mining operations nocent add confiding reporter. Miller. Donaghy, la the meantime, continued prlsonera he found that he had 135 The fellow Indicated gave a shudder -- now TkrAsU Ttricuanttirft Inens' talthotigh "You ought to ltnow," was tht his investigations near the scene of colored men all suspected of ths mur- and .rolled his eyes. 'All of the Could they be proven guilty? for them have been made and two ntallan newspapers refer to" America"' ' "You sent.' .roe down - to the murder. der of Prof. White. What If they were Jn. the line heaved a elgh of relief.ptiera tody , as a; nation of snobs." And If we Two were silent Stirling loudly pro sompanies are how engaged inclusiveThe a to jMfviia get pickpocket.'4 ,. should retort by calling Italy "a nation Several conclusions were ..forced all mtnnows," and the big fish had marked man began to protest. ' . " ' " He said that if ly in such work." .'" "zr-1- "Innocence. his tested "Did yon got himt" . of slobs" we suppose .Jhey'd get mad. upon. him. On was that the murder slipped through the net? " 7 he were free he could prove an alibi. .V' 'Deed, I ain't done nuthin'.- "- V 11 ma ' 'm"Sure." was the rejoinder, "and got was committed tor money and that the the was on Ralph Hartman, "W7ho said you did anything?' asked youth, "Fm Woman free,""and School rejoined Donaghy, Superintendent Great Britain has Just had one more united lu the baisuln." - - murderers Were startled and rah away hand to assist la Hie Identification. thedetectlve sharntv .j. .. L.l if ymj'li Mrs,. Aljce, ; JU4 Clark otJSarfleld ltr'..taieafcje"-tjWateigtC.me.llnaiiiej p 11 v. ItnessesX wot k t oiiL fQJLXQiuII CQUtity. rAUfeml8t..haa Juat received t ihe.man..roved.i.beJiearyvi and the thim eoHuck that 4t .4 ir:itint!i uiRSLT man a pickpocket to The footprints in the soft clay see the "prisoners as they were lie had been arrested at not toe adI'll the to It's first the on any of good, Indorsement normal insti, the. daylight ' la thinking of having them look after How; listen." ' lurgC clumsy, regularTf;: footprints brought in- - the city haH. The A nUs the railroad near Germantovrit-Jnhc-tlon. mit it" tute for the office of Ixnaj;by listened. And the more he Indicated that "more than one man thorltics. were.,. keyed up to a high was He to ievere a The negro finally said that a cersubjected There are iU species of tree of public Instruction. .She is now b iivd absorbed he bwame. bad- - fled across the" road leading to"t pitch. ." Everything depended "on the and finally admit- tain lady of colornamed Doily Gray, serving her second term as superin- found within the limits of the ! rnite.l "t si! about hfs Wot 'clothes. the railroad ti arks. The drelful jpati-ne- r experiment rtiey were; about to' make. ted being near, the Powpiton Avenue who lived in Harrlsburg, could prove tendent Of schoolg fof Garfiel4 Cnunly, Mates, the wood of ie 3f which when !: r..: sot ever) thing but a desire to in which they had mutilated the If It failed they would be" all at soa, station the before was and the tot even at state he on that night the Her the seasoned are so lifavy as to gink in Indorsement by normal cap! t on the truck of the man or men body proved that they were brutes. and the ends of Justice defeated. spoaklug to Hartman, but nisht of the murder. Donachy patient- water.' nonpartisan. detective level-heaA- ' , ; .... -- - -- Capt. Donaghy GivenCredit for Like Solutiorof Tangle Which victed and Hanged Three Men Legal Formalities Overcome. hand-organ- . very-repul- sive o up ' , . -- , '' Wilson-WhHer- it'he , U.lJ.. ies Utife-travele- one-eye- d . at . , s stidy.He : looked-brutal-a- nd litliiMki ; -t- - " : "'" all-thr- ee hantTas-establtBli- rCurbyourjfelJjrith' lng Cement newarir d y Tiling d.- d v : 24-in- ch imMJ? Wm 2-- ce-me- - ;: w '.ji w mrnxwi wmm r iwg- er the-Bu- f- d theI5n s imWf ; ' - la-a- r 'mmf MMIv -- mm - d - ' .l " 'suspiclous-IookIhgiiegr6e- r; Provo e. and1 - Packing g -- d. 4 -- d text-boo- : knock-kneed- tht Both-Hart- black-hearte- j d L tut ' fflajaniLto,theewk.with J PROVO MEAT, and PACKING oo - G - ' ' . over-willin- . - water-soake- erne-thyst- ... drag-net'ev- - - -- -- J - , ' " - - -- ". -- ifur heavy-lookin- -- --' the-mor- i ; popularity for roses attm of superior beauty. Long bffore the hriile hi1 Amrtfan bestitlea ami "Jacks" theijj flourished th,e Marechal .Mct always he subject of controof s Other Ciys Tnat Are Now among llih and poor A quarter of a as to whether it "was a tea rose sold versy century as i the.8trect or a iioistte. . , hardly en; thing e,sutpt the gors-nV r a more ' .!!, s V:?. f :' 'Of bejuiiiful yellow than tht, tP9f3''and the piost flower named for tha famous marshal Tacli has la florist had to bo extrem-'- y !;;!, S uUi ' (A laJ ns..ta.() tulu a' ioth r , . of Trtauft. was tho cloth ofsgold mse. 1 hcti camf iV'W riety- - ahead of it. t'.t As Its Dame implied, it was a rich Anierkaa, beauty,.. Wiiif.h.- ha-- anions; golden color, Fully as handsome ns "'.v-.,!t r,esFwny.' in the af- Jacqueminot, the original f.v" :!! of t'.v.!. ni.rj" n 'nc- - uunB 01 no .jack, wns th fcasgswal PV'"r- aiKR. tni wag i :H;F ,. r-- rrit-"Jnr- fash-loimhl- i i'S-- V;-- ' ' ! Admiral "Dob:' tvaus u lueh lied i""" . .'V a proporliion io Rive himhasa lumne the giant of battles, The Way of If Among the Soon AvsiUble. in . cHrnbPnj Trere the trnern of the prai-rf- " Proud California His RlVe umI Ttavelor I h.ve h"d such exir.; ; Scene Matrimonial, agency. Mana- confined to the Baltimore belle and the the high seas and to tlm periences with the bandlis in Italy and ger and gentleman spplicant. A flower loyS'd-fo- r Its. perpetual of battK Spain, Have you ever had an expert-Matr want a wlfef blossomfug was. the souvtAilr de Agent lou ence In the least like It?-,The new name of tl.e new e' of the Buurbon roses. Customer Tes, sir, : ' Citizen dear My sir, ' of China, sne,(t ., Tha Bengal was another pergetusl and is Mat. Agent Blonde or brunette? Is it piuper to advise lit an attractive, bloom. Even', the" gi- I caa surpass" youT eipe"rIenoe". There P. & time of my life when was I f ami not particular. I hat as the.twlg Is -nt $t, U i: gantic - cabbage roset though It be- wenlrout' that I was not held 'never insist on but oije" thing she must 'inch ued? came the taBhion at H, hud Its force" nf arms. ;: ; ' - - up by a divorced woiiuJW share of popularity for awhile. Where Cation . le ..o T. Good gracious! How was it? , Mat. Agent Rorrj . ?tr. I have nous fh are the roses of yebtcjear? hole of C,t ii S. A. H. C. It wag when I was a on hand, .bntVlf you can v.at a f . Ua..aiat.3:4n!U W-jis tha j;ooial liabr andmj Mk?.ljiuii,3..,ei't for m sl'irt.JLhaye.;jpRe Jn i u teli li -' t of; Bo pieiaiatiin. ' t r - tt fM'Tvfl-rrnimnril - . il'S5- ,hew tntt. ". 1 ayr-shlr- e. 4 ".--- - ; e tln-eo- . " i. -' - I fp-- -- tiOrttOll llrii h' |
