The sun., 1878-06-11
HOWIRD's HIDDEN MURDERERs.
Those Connected with his Mysterious Death
SIN Def Ing Arrest.

Detective King made report TO Inspector
Thorne. at II o'clock last evening Of his prog
rcss in fcrreting out the murderer Of George
Howard. the burglar. whose body was found in
the woods near Yonkcrs. Both OF them were
deaf TO all interrogatorles. There are evidences
thatthe police are contcnding with determined
and systematic effort To- shield the murderer.
Men who are known to have been his associates
persistently deny oil knowledge Of him.
William Porter and John Irving. now in the
Tombs on a criminal charge. refused yesterday
10 converse upon the subject Of the murder.
Like Howard they are men Of more than orli-
nary intelligence and are credited with having
had his friendship. woman reputed to
keep a fence" for the reception OF stolen goods
is reported 70 have advanced the money 10 pay
for Howard's funeral. She II the one from
whom Howard ana the woman known as Lilze
purchased silk sacluc and borrowed cam
els hair shawl on MAY 2s. the last day he Is
known by the police to have been alive. This
woman denied yesterday that she ever knew
Howard. except as having seen him on the
street.
A police Captain marked of yesterday on
city map the region in which tho crime must
have been committed. The southern boundary
WAS Fity-ninth street and the eastern bounda-
ry Eighth avenue. In the northwestern portion
Of tho city, he said. there are numerous fences
with which Howard must have been famil-
b"r bsrGn GHe"coye} BSsics Bi hs no So"a one woad @aY
have Venturcd 10 carry n corpse through
the city below fltty-ninth street IN wagon,
and run the risk Of u challenge by n policeman
The whsps Of straw lending from the road To
the thiokct whore the body was found are taken
as an almost certain indication that the body
was carried in an oIlen wagon. and not in a
closed carrlHgo, straw would not have been
used in IA carriage. since there was no blood
found on the clothing and therefore there
would have been no straw needed in carriage
to keep It's Innings clean.
The police do not consider II proved that tho
clothing found on the body was not Howard =
but II is not doubted that i WAS put on him nj
ter lis wounds had c"gsod % bleed.
\ brother Of Howard. = wife writes from Phil
ndelphia to Superintendent WalNug that How
ard had not deserted her. and that they had
never seriously quarrelled, On the contrary,
he had visited her in Philadelphia only "A few
weeks before his doath. He adds that She
knows nothing about the woman, Lizzie
uls calling on George to come to hor. Tho
name of the other woWnn. for whom Howard is
said to have deserted Lizzie. has not been re-
yraled by the police. The story told IS that she
is the welded wife Of n criminal who has be-
como wealthy AMI who Is able TO cNert u strong
influence TO BAN. the detectives. 1t was denied
yesterday that Mrs. Howard attended tho
funeral on SUNDAY
No arrest was mado yesterday or on Sunday
of any person who attended the funeral. Mheth-
cr the three young men who 50 carefully con-
cculed their names while conducting it were
committee of Ilowards associates. or
whether they were TrlAtivcs. could not
he nscertaiued Police Captains say that il is
only n question of time when such a mystery
will he solved praH cally, though the crime may
never be fastened legally ON the murderer.
There are too many persons who must know
the motives that led 10 the deed 10 allow It 10 re-
main secret long.