Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1873-03-31


The strap on the portion left on this bootleg
corresponds too, exactly with the one founi
with the broken slung-shot. These were Sc
cured by the officers, and i'm the front basement
thread and a large-sized neesile threaded with
a strand of this same thread, and which CORES
ponds exactly with that used in sewing the COW
sTrIng and strap on to the sIoe Io md
shown the prisoner. He acknowledged the boots
to be his, and when asked about the boot-lming,
he said he had cut 1t out on Friday last to make
They then held an interview with the woman
Lucy Williams, with whom he was found liy-
ing. She stated that on Friday night
SHE SAT- UP At WAKE,
given by the colored people over the body OF
Marley, who had been hung, and that she did
not get home until daylight on Saturday morn
ing. This contradicts the statement Of Young,
who said that he and this woman were at home
all Of Friday night together. The officers then
returned to the house and had an interview
of the Buzzards' Roost, and ascertained from
her that Young got home very late, or rather
early, on Saturday morning, and that she got
up in her night clothes to let him in, and he
went to his room, Lucy Williams not being In
THE CONNECTING LINK.
which fits in exactly. Mr.. McDevitt had al
ready ascertained in Baltimore that the mur-
dered man left there on the TBS d. m. train
and arrived i'm this city about O'Clock; that he
was very much under the influence of liquor
before he left Baltimore; that on arriving here
he purchased a ticket to take the last train Tor
Alexandria before he left the depot: that he
walked up 9Th street to Pennsylvania avenue,
where, the theory of the officers is, that he fell
in with this cOlOred man, and together they
walked as far as Mr.. Bacon's store. Here three
of our citizens saw them together, Hahn being
noticed from the fact that
HE APPEARED QUITE INTOXICATED,
and with his arm locked in with Young's Hahn
was heard to say ''this way" and both turned
down towards the American House. The gem
tlempp watched them nd 81 Hal nm MT y,
American House, and go to the bar to get "a
drink, while the colored man waited on the out
side looking through the window and leaning
up against post. When Hahn came out the
cOlOred man said to him,
''wE CAN CROSS OVER THE LOT"
and both started off together towards the place
where Hahn was afterwards found murdered.
The officers also had the information from
the keeper OF the tavern on the Virginia end of
the Long bridge that at 1870 a m. on Saturday
morning he was called up by man who wanted
drink of whisky. On coming down and open-
ing the door he found it was a colOred man.
He put out the bottle and the colored man took
two drinks, one Immediately after the other
THE PRISONER AGAIN SHOWS THE CHECK
He then pulled out a check, and, handing it
to the proprietor, he asked sis that good in
Alexandria ?''
The landlord replied that she thought twas
Young asked "what time do the banks open?,
and the landlord replied that the usual hour
was O'Clock. He then asked for cigar, and
took out piece of paper from his pocket COW
cred with fine writing, and asked what that was.
Inc proprietor, not caring TO be bothered
with him, after casually scanning it, said he d d
not know. The proprietor, thinking the circum-
stances about the check rather unusual, took
good look at it, and was able to remember tn at
IT was drawn In favor of F. Hahn, being on a
blank OF the Western National Bank of Balti-
more, numbered 4i2 and the amount S32t -
Young paid for his drinks and cigars with O
twenty-five cent currency note and started out
THE CHECK AGAIN PRESENTED.
The detectives also ascertained that en- Sat
urday morning Young presented the check at
the counter OF the First National Bank in
Alexandria to get ii cashed, lust after the bank
opened; that the paying teller. after looking at
it, replied that he (NOung) would have to bring
some one to identify him; that Young stated
Mr.. Barbour: that the teller saw it was given
III the same name (MT. Hahn, but he declined
to cash it unless Lc brought Mr.. Barbour or
some one well known To vouch for him
Young then left the bank and did not again re-
turn. All these facts convinced the officers that
they had got the r ght man and they left for this
city on the early train, arriving here at 6:20
O'Clock this morning with their prisoner AMI
lodged him at headquarters. Here Messrs.
tlaryoe and McDeyiit showed him the broken
sluig shOt with the strap attached. together
been cut.
YOUNG APPEARED THUNDERsTRucK.
and for moment dropped his eyes and was
silent, but on recovering himself he said: m
tlemen, Christ knows that did not kill any
body, and L never saw this BEFORE" During
the morning two of the gentlemen who had
A l.
can House called in and fully Recognized him
as the man. The tavern keeper on the O; her
SIDE OF the bridge also was brought in and re-
cognizsd him at once az the man to whom he
furnished the drinks and cigars late On FRIDAY
night
This morning Detectives McElfresh and Nil
Ter took the III O'Clock train for Alexandra
and returned about s-clock to-day, with Lucy
Williams and 4 rnnlbsr of other colored par
ties arrested ,''> i.IUEs.ing by the Alexandria
police, with whom arrangement had been
made to arrest every one who came to the BuZ-
yards Roost. Among them il a colored man
named David Haney, with whom Young ex-
for whom Young stated he had cut a wbin
cracker out of the boot lining.
THE WHIP CRACKER STORY EXPLODED.
The youth was taken to Young's cell, and the
latter said "Abe, didn't make YOU whip
cracker of leather on last Friday 80
Abe replied ''no, You didn't de any such
The detectives are all nearly broken down
with labor and loss of rest, they have been
constantly on the hunt ever since tie murder
was made known.
AN INTERVIEW WITH THE PRIsayEI
On the prisoner being carried to enc OF the
rooms on the second floor Of the station house
few parties managed to have a short inter
view with him. He is a rather young man, but
looks much younger than he is in reality. lie
has full and not a bad-looking face he is.
however, said TO be
NOTORIOUS CHARACTER,
ana to have been I'm our Jail before this as
prisoner, and also to have served one or two
terms I'D the pelitentiafy. To one OF the par
ties at his cell door. who said that he was re-
Gently seen at the Theater Consique, with som,
OF our colored roughs, he said I" Deed L hav'nt
Ieen in Washington before since a week after
Washington's Birthday" The reporter of rHE
STAR asked: "Did you know the Burnett's?''
and he answered, 'Yes, know them but I
don't know Tom Wright. Burnett has wo-
man there named Laid, and she knows that /
hav'nt been out of Alexandria"
.-"Where were yOu on Friday?'
Pris0ner-'I was in Alexandria"
Rep.-"Did you see Manley hung?"
Pris.-"Yes, SIR"
Rep.-''Were you iI the Jail yard?''
Pris.-"NO, sir; l was on a house. / coull
look right down i'm the yard"
Rep.-"Then you saw him fall?"
Pris.-"Yes, sir. 1have got plenty of witness
SEES that was I'm Alexandria all last week and
had not been away for several weeks"
The father of the deceased arrived here about
noon to-day, and will take the remains away
Tomorrow on an early train. After the inquest
was over the coffin containing the remains was
removed to the rooms of Mr. Buchly the nm
dertaker, at the request OF the father of the
deceased. ~
1t may be stated, to the credit of our detect.
I've oficers and police, that OF the fourteen
homicdes committed during the year 1872 and
the present year, thirteen Of the guilty parties
have been arrested -