Daily Republican., 1879-07-03
From Yesterdays Late Edition.
THE MARTIN MURDIRERs.


They are Arrested 1t Atlantic Clty
Tho n Muraered Man I.ikely to bs
Averaged.
ATLANTIC Cry, July 2.-Charler Her.
man and Thomas Welsh were arrested
in this city, yesterday, for the murder
Of William Martin, q real estate broker,
who was mysteriously beaten to death
in his Office on South Fifth street Phila.
delphia, on the afternoon OF Saturday,
April 9Th. The charge against the men
is made by woman claiming to b. the
wife Of one of them, and the way she
came to make the revelation was some.
what peculiar.
AT about noon yesterday a woman
calling herself Mrs. Della Herman,
called at the City Hall, and reques,e,i
Chief of Police to direct her tv teie-
graph office. Her manner 50 AROUSED
the Chiefs curiosity that he ac, ON
panied her to the nearest tel, graph
office, and saw her direct a telegram to
officer Goodhart, Of the Buttonwood po-
lice station, Philadelphia, informing
him that her husband, Charles her
man, who committed the Martin mur.
der, was in Atlantic City.
The Chief Of Police at once engaged
the woman in conversation, aud she
frankly avowed that she knew ali a.
bout the crime, and that the secret
with which she was burdened prayed
upon her mind and rendered her unsa.
sy. She said she had determined at
last to tell all about the affair, and for
that purpose had endesvored to dis
cover the whereabouts of her husband
and his fellow murderer, in order that
she might bring about their arrest
Hearing that they were in Atlantic Ci-
ty she left Philadelphia on Sunday
last and came here.
Last evening the woman was given a
private hearing before the Mayor, whs
took her affidavit secretly. In effect
this strange document was as follows
AT the time William Martin was mur.
dered Mrs. Herman, together with her
husband and child, lived in rooms in
the very building in which the Martin
brothers had their real estate Office. On
the day the crime was committed her
husband, Thomas Welsh, and third
man, whose name she does not know.
but who size is positive is a conductor
on one of the street railway lines in
Philadelphia, were in company in one
Of her rooms in the Martin building.
From their manner she became con.
WINGED that her company was uudesira-
BILE, and when She was asked to 20 for
beer, her suspicious that something
wrong was going on became confirmed,
and so instead Of going to the saloon
she returned in her stocking feet to al
adjoining apartment and listened to
whatever might happen. She found
that the men left the other room, but
IN few moments they returned from
Office, and she heard her hus-
band telling about how he had held the
;hloroformed sponge to Martins nose.
Welsh then told in detail how he h. ad
1ealt the murderous blow. Shortly af-
.erwards the men entered the room
where Mrs. Herman was covering. and
she started back with alright when
she saw that their hands were bloody.
They did not mind her presence, for
hen and there they talked quite freely
about the killing, and they divided J
between them ten dollars in money
hat they had obtained from Martins
person. The following day the three
men left the city, and she knew moth
ng Of their whereabouts until hearing
'f their presence in Atlantic City, and
.hither she followed.
Herman, who is carpenter by trade
S II years of age and has light
noustache and a sandy complexion.
Welsh is a painter by trade; is q years
# age and is tall and sallow and beard.
ess. About month ago he married a
'oung girl named Denny. The two
neh were taken into custody immedia.
ely after the woman's affidavit had
'een sworn to.
They stdutly persisted in their inno-
ence, and claimed that Mrs. Herman
'as making them a victim to her nal.
ce. The police authorities OF Phil.
delphia have been communicated
nth by telegraph, and the prisoners
re- held, awaiting orders.