The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-09-02
DETECTIVE DUFFY.
What Coroner Carrick Says Of His
DOingS.

Readers of the STAR will remember that
some time ago newborn baby was fished
out of vault on Mrs. Parvis' place, on
West Fifth street. and that when the body
was taken out it was found that the child
had been purposely thrown into the filth
and there sutfocated.
The Coroner at first could not ascertain
the name of the mother, but last week De-
tectives Duffy and Cronin, who had been
detailed to work up the case, reported that
they were on the woman's track.
Saturday Mrs. Parvis came to the Cor
oner's office and told that official that the
detectives had been to see her, took her to
see Miss Julia Koehler, who lives at No.
90 Hopkins street, and identified her as the
woman, who was the mother of the child.
She stated that the detectives had tried
to persuade her to say that she could not
identify the woman. This she refused, as
she knew her too well.
1t seemed in the Joroner's opinion that
the detectives were not doing their duty, as
they allowed the woman to escape. The
Coroner had to render his verdict, but he
did not rest there. The same evening (Sat-
urday) lie proceeded to Col. Wappenstein's
office and demanded that an investigation
be made.
Duffy and Cronin were in the room, and
Coroner Carrick demanded that Duffy give
him the name of the father Of the MUIR
dered child.
Duffy replied that he would not do so.
Coroner Carrick objected to being in
suited by the detective, and therefore
asked that the Chief of Police put the
question.
Wappenstein hesitated and told the Cor
oner to keep quiet, and that the matter
would be sifted promptly.
DR.. Carrick said he wanted to see the be-
ginning of it and he would not rest in the
matter until Duffy was suspended, dis
charged, or would answer all pertinent
questions to an official Of the county, as
the latter had right to do.
Finally the matter was dropped, DR..
Carrick seeing that he could get no salts
faction. He said, however, that he would
bring the matter before the Police Com
missioners.
Yesterday afternoon, when DIR. Carrick
was holding an inquest at Carthage, the
following document was sent to the office:
"OFF1cE SUP'T. OF Police Sept. l, 1879.
"a. L. Carrick, NJ. d. City:
| LEAN Dlh~ OV lltN lllS, llduC oVilC oCil
charges against Detective Duffy, and be.
ing desirous of getting at the bot
tom of the case, will you be good
enough to come to the meeting of the Po
lice Commissioners this afternoon at
o'clock and make your statement to them
"Yours, respectfully,
CHARLES WApPENsTEIN,
"Superintendent of Police"
DR.. Carrick, of course, could not attend
and the matter did not come. The case
will be investigated tomorrow.
This morning DR.. Carrick went again tC
the Chiefs office, but did not find Wappen
stein.
He received lot of lip, however, from
Detective Cronin, but DR.. Carrick was mo-
to be bluffed.
In addition to finding the name of tn
mother of the murdered babe, the docto
has since found prayer-book belonging
to Miss Koehler.
On the fy-leaf was written the following
in the woman's own handwriting: "Hus
band was killed on c., H. & D. R. R., Jan
uary, 1878. Mr. Willie Lawrence. twenty
three years of age"
On the next page were the words "Juli
Lawrence was married June 4th, 1874" o.
the back leaf OF the book was written "Wm
Lawrence was the beloved husband of Juli
Lawrence"