The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1869-02-08
THE ROGERS MURDER.
Things to heThougnt OF bx the OmcIn

Things to be Thought or by the OmctaRS
A citizen detective in New York writes the
following pllcit letter relative TO the mystic
rious murder of old Mr.. Rogers
Since the publication of the verdict of the
Ooroner'S jury in the Rogers murder case, the
reporters of two prominent daily journals seem
to take it for granted that the Innocence of all
being implicated in the murder has been fully
established. AS au offset to the bad reasoning
and eTpGTLe statements of these writer's, L sub.
NIT the following briefreview of the testimony
and facts which have thus far been made
public:-
was made at about" A. NJ of the 3lst of De-
cember Before committing the act the assas-
sin took Off white overcoat and gave 1t TO his
companion. The man who received the over
coat. and crossed the street, saying as he went,
Rogers as being larger or taller man than the
other. This being the case, 1t was natural for
MIR. Rogers to speak of the murderer the
small man, although he may have been of me.
dium size.
In the pocket OF the blue flannel coat which
the man left in the hands of Mr.. Rogers was
found an envelope directed TO James Logan"
and his comrade had called him Jim" IL Is
therefore reasonably certain that his name
was James Logan with this evidence In their
posse ssion, why do the detectives scour the
country for somebody by the name of "rom?'O
Now there are but two James Logans in New
York who are professional thieves and both
are in custody. There are circumstances which
render 1t highly improbable that James Logan
No. committed the murder. 1t Is different,
however, with No. q The coat and hat iii him.
He left No. III Green street at about o'clock
II
larger and taller man than himself He wore
at the time white overcoat, q blue flannel
undercoaG and hat similar TO the one left
The two men started In the direction of
Twelfth street. and James Logan No. 2, II he
took the shortest route to his brothers. house,
must have passed very near Mr.. Rogers resi-
dence Il have ridden in the street cars from
No. III Greene street to Twelfth street in seven
minutes, including six stoppages. A man
would walk the distance In from eight to ten
minutes) The following evening James Logan
ratnrnE6 to No III (3rapna RGrlat Whara a
spent the night; laid on the bed, but did not
undress himself. tWhy not? Did he expect to
MS mistress testines that he wore on this oc.
casion black overcoat. new hat. and that
he had one of his hands bound up with cloth,
as though 1t had been wounded. And he sd-
mitted to her that he had lost his overcoat and
hat and injured his hand In attempting TO
make his escape from the police. (He
may have lost his hat, bat IL is quite
probable that he exchanged the white
Disgusting himself as far as possible.) He left
No. III Greene street early the following morn
ing, and for the next twelve days he can give
(or has given) no good account of imselk He
Is finally suspected of being implicated in the
days the police succeed in effecting his arrest.
Then comes his brothers. very Improbable anu
very unsatisfactory story.
Rogers was murdered by James Logan No. 2
or else james Logan Is the victim of the most
remark able and convincing train of clrcum
| stanlial evidence that was ever brought
against an innocent man. His name his size,
| Ine SIG OF MS companion MS anIeceuenIs MS
oVereoat, updercoat, hat, wounded hand,
his whereabouts at the time of the muir
| der, and his subsequent conduct, all point
| TO MIN es being the criminal. IJ is hardly
possible for all these circumstances to be mere
| colncldences-especlal when there Ia not the
| s1gntest evidence OF trustworthy character
tending to establish Logan's Innocence II
may be said that he is not a small men But is
| livery prooapie that small, short man woGld
have struck sohigh as to have cut the top OF
Mr.. Rogers hat in several placesY
The probabilities are that Logan opened the
| letter that was "handed him bv rom 8 and pui
| the envelope In his pocket while he read the
contents Ending, as he very likely did, thaI
gence, he naturally destroyed Il, and the enVe