, 1873-11-27
TilE 'VEDSTER AVENUE MURDER,
Arrest Of tho Supposed Assassin Of
Policeman Jacobs.
:" Brockey" McLain Accused
Of the Crime,
The Principal Evidence Against
Him q Pair of Caters.

Readers Of THE Tribune wil1 remember TINT,
about O'Clock Oh tho morning Of thu 18th Of
Inst August, Police OlIicor Chriatian Jacobs xss
Titled by burglar whom he WAS Attempting to
arrcst OH Webster avenuo. Tho murderer escaped
in tho darl;uoss, and, boiug unknown, 1t hap boon
supposed that all efforts to apprchend him by
tho police had been futile, and had long sEacu
ceased. It appears, howovor, TINT tho police
l1avo known moro concerning tho identity OF the
murderer tllan they havo royoalod, and that
Oh tho daS succeeding that upon which
tue doed waa committed pair Of
olack cloth gators woro found, furnishing a
snbstantsa! Glow to tho man who IL beloved to
ha7o tlrod tho fatal slaot. and resulting In bis
nrrcst last Tuesday afternoon. Ho was taken
to tho Union Street statlon, ul,cro he gayo tho
nHmo OF Ohnrlea NcLain, al,as "Brooky" Nc.
Lain, by which namo le Ia we'll known ia
tic detectives aa notorious burglar aud
desperate. For roasons best known to them.
selves, tho officers having tho prisoner
in custody concealed the fact Of tho rr-
rest until yesterday morning, when they took
him before Justice souily aud preferred against
him tho charge OF murder. Tho prisoner
from whom had boon concealed tho cause Of Ills
arrcst-manifosted considerable Burprlao wllcn
tho Charge was announced, and responded "Not
guilty" In husky volco. At tho request Of tho
prosecution, tho examination was continued.
without bail.
Tho gaitora referred to woro found tbs morn.
ing aftor tho murder In the street, in front OF
Schuster8 saloon, whore tho burglar was first soon
by tho deceased officer. These woro placed in
tho possession OF tho Superintendent Of Police,
aud formed tho basis for an active Investigation.
Tho caHo mas given to Detectives Dixon md
Elliott. a week had elapsed, when tho dotocs-
ives #oro told by person who8o naEne thcy re-
fusc to royeul that ho believed tho decd
ho called "Drooky" a1cLain. TIC unknown
person gave m accurate description Of " Brooke
Kind Of shoes McLaill was in tho habit Of Sear-
ing. doacribed, among others tho CATERS found
In the stroot. Upon those being exhibited to
tho lnfofncr, thoy wore at onco identified by
him ~ thcao worn BY McLain. It was alao
seen tle burglar running, whom pursued BY
the oificor, and their description Of him
proved to bo the aauo in every particular as that
sivon by thc person referred to. Any doubta
that now existed as to tho identity Of tho mur-
tion received from another source by Supt.
Waghburn, md also BY tho fact that Brocky !"
McLesn Jumped tho city the day after tho
murder was committed.
431A16 G0Afa4Ltu LuAt kAof uA4 uAGQ upOu tu6
right man, the dotectlvos aidod by Mr.
Washburu, sot to work to effect hia
capture. "A photograph OF "Drooky" was
found In tho RogueH' Gallery in st. Louia. from
which q thousand or more reprints were taken.
Thoao wero sent all over tho country, and one
placed III the hands OF every trustworthy polics-
man in this city. MoLaill's old hauntn were
Watched day and night. Last Friday, 1t having
boen ascertained that he had returned to tho
city, officers in citizcns' clothes wero sent out to
OBJECT his arrest. On Monday afternoon, Dctcc-
tive Liphard aaw him enter saloon on West
Randolph street, and, recognizing him from
tho photograph In bis poBaossion, arroated him.
Mel ain toigned great surprise when tho ofico1
luid his hands upon him, but suffered himself to
be taken to the station.
reporter OF this paper called to see McLain
| Yesterday afternaon, and found him aitting Oh
| the door Of q coll, near tho door, reading pm
| per. Flo aroso whom addressed, and talked civ
| lily enough, except when questioned about tho
murder. He aaid ho had no etsto-
| mont to make, because only =
! confession that ho committed tho murder would
| bo believed. His appearance Is anything but
pleasing, and is that Of a foot-pad and burglar.
He said that he had engaged Mr. Trude to do
| fond him.
Tho detectivos nro sure that MoIain commit
tod tho murder, but fcar that ho cannot DO con-
yicted Of 1t becauBo Of lack OF evidence, there
having been no N,itue6g to tho aagAeanhtfon.