, 1875-03-26
THE W|LCKE MURDER.
Fresh Developments in Connoc.
tion with That NIyste~
riOliS Affair.
Arrest Of Another supposed Participant
in the Crime.

IN Wednesdays TRIBUNE It MAS stated that tht
ponce Eere tn possession Of information which
would probably lead to the arrest Of tIe pespo.
tratofs or Tic fearful murtlor Of tho ole
man Ni!cko, but thefo has beon 20 tn,.ca
Eatd aud dono about tho crime thR,
~ tho time ttls story which. wat
told by Mimic Montgomery, duplicating two
men in tho inurdor, waa considered as rasho,
flshy.-so much 30. In fact, by tho other pspor.
That thor did not doign to notice It, But the
information was acto1 upon by sorgt.
byrno, of tue Madison Street Station, md
10 lias beon busy In ferreting out tbs
lastles. fsaterday afternoon at o'clock,
oHlcer Bellows under Tho gerge1nt's direction,
Ehado1ed young man who anawercd lilo do.
scl'nt!oh Of One of tho parties described By tha
Gir! MontIo!nery, and hrfoatod him IN ,otse OF
iiiafe on Iacllic ast.luc. Polk street. kept
l!ame uf
af'u Whon saien In custody manifested gon1e
tlaiRned !, snrIrise; Ha vas snk.n to iladiso.l-
nsfest stss'o. snd locked up Last night. when
70 bad shaved OF his sn'satacto, and replied TINT
l1o ha!l Loac 80 bocauso it WIS small anll wo,,!d
1'ot eFow, ile ras .sEcd II l,e know
y, nmto 70 F'Il y t''e name q Annto. and
II hn had bccn in the habit Of visiting
her At tito place where llo waa arrested, lie At
first denied that lie know tho Eirl bit when lin
question was repeated aafd ho did. Young ia u
ma;1 ,.,; Of about rs scsra Of age rather stoully
medium, height, aaa is drossed plainly
native of Yorkshire. England, " anil
has been in this country but three or four yca,s
aud but year In tlh city. His faco aud Lau,!a
bear marks Of hard usage. and hta,npn hin, n9 IL
man NH lina seen 1n,cL of Lie rouShcr side OF
life. from tho fact that further dtyelcnnlcpts
arc expected In tlliH mysterious murder caro-,
SerEt l'yr1o has denied access to the priRo,,cr.
to whom, nothing has beon said regarding tho
killing Of Wilcke.
Tho w.thozs Montgomery fmplica!os Flora
Clanda1l. jain Sullivan, aud Laraycn (rouns).
She wns sllown tho a!tor In his cell 1aat ovennI
md Identified him ut once IL one Of ths paste.
slio had described notwithstanding llo Ind
shaved OF his ulustacho bat recently. Els
rtatcs that tho prisoner is tho person who
Hsis; pays M ss osss ca D eopaoa tss st st ry Sy
would 80 to Gteeu Lay With llu. Sho saya TINT
lie had tocn III tho Ilnbt Of Whiting her, aud
ainco the 1nnrder had plenty Of money. Her
story concerning the manner in Which tho tnt,r-
fr",n, l.arasen, {loang>. during q viAit
her THAT tho woman CraudaIl hail
conceived tho murder for the purpose Of obtain-
s.iE ne AltAot "u4CA Hue pHHoFon euu u!u HAL
Wilcke u have. aud prevailed on sullivan and
l.aEavcn to assist III tho cr1nlo. plot WAS ar
ranged and actct! upon.. The Woman and tha
Two men went to Wilcko's on tho fatal Sunday
morning, anu tlloro found t1Ia old man sitting by
tile stove reading a 1aper. Something was pur-
pdaely aai'l 10 provoke tho old man, aud lie
struck laraTcn With nialloe, wllereupon tho Int
tor fszod tho weapon and struck hin. In tho face.
Splitting tle lips mud chln open and knocking
ont several teeth. Sullivan attacked Wilcke ut
Tue Eatna time from behind and folled him to
tue iloor NTH q hatchet or somo othor weapon.
Larason and Sullivan both dealt somo llcay,
blows upon tile old mans hoatl and soon finished
linn. They she,t Fitietl hla pockets, onptied tic
rnon"S-draxor Of ita conscnts. too'i = drink al
tue augscstion Of tue woman. who had remained
passive spectator OF tho murder. divided thu
muney. and s'sen qnietly left tho promises.
:, Tho siri Montgomery, III her interview pub
'!ahed IN last Wednesdays TRIBUNE exclusively,
stated that sho VAS with Laraven Tho SECOND day
after tho murder, on raciac avenue, where Bho
lived, mud tlat at tho tImo his face waR badly
swollen and bruitcd. a,d
HIS SHIFT WAS YET nIooDY.
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