The Indianapolis leader. (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1879-1890, 1882-02-04
THE DORRIS MURDER.
A Possibility That Russell Brown Was the
Sole Participant-McGlew Indicted fer
Murder in the First Degree.

Possibility That Russell Brown Was the
Sole Participant-McGlew Indicted feR
Murder in the First Degree.
Sr. LOUIS, Feb. 1.-Pat McGlew, who is
charged by the confession of Russell Brown
with being accessory to the murder of Mrs.
Doris, arrived this mornining from Chicago
in custody of Detective O'NeIl. McGiew
now admits that he knew Brown, but only
by the name of Russell, and also admits
the murder and the day following, but pro-
fesses entire innocence of the. crime. He
will be examined before the Coroner this
afternoon. Brown and McGlew are now
confined in the same cell in Jail.
The Grand Jury have indicted Russell
Brown and Patrick McGlew for the murder
of Mrs. Doris last Saturday night.
lGlobe-Democrat.1
Coroner Auler yesterday heard additional
testimony bearing upon the murder of Mrs
Sarah Dorris The attaches OF the house and
the keeper of the saloon where Brown and
his companion nerved themselves by fire.
auent potatIons to the commission of the
hel,ish crime, told what they knew. of the
event of Saturday night. Mrs McEvoy, the
cook, who slept with Mrs. Doris,
tells a remarkable story of visit to
the room during the absence of Mrs.
Doris, and of her conversation with the
intruder In the fact that it was not Rus
sell Brown who entered the room, the con-
fession of the prisoner is subs.antiated. He
stated on Sunday night that his companion
had gone into the room after the watch, be
directing him that it was under the pillow.
Mrs McEvoy, however, says that the late
visitor was short and heavy set and had a
very dirty face. McGlew does not answer
that description; he is five feet eight inches
in height, and rather slender in his build.
The saloon keeper, Bittner, and his bar
keeper agree upon that as the description of
Browns companion. The story Mrs. Nc
Evoy tells hardly seems reasonable. 1t is
certainly remarkable. 1t can be proven by
several witnesses that on Sunday she stated
that shortly after Mrs. Doris went out into
the hall, in response to her grandson's call,
she heard
SOUNDS OF STRUGGLE
| i'm the room across the hall and heard Mrs.
Doris cry out, in muffied tones, "Oh, Rus
| sell, dontr' 1t certainly will do the cause
of Russell Brown no good. and will further
strengthen the theory held from Monday, by
some that Russell Brown committed the
murderous assault alone and that McGlew
never entered the house, but remained in
waiting without. What was the necessity
| of the other man being put to bed to person
ate Tom Doris? All that was necessary was
| to decOy her to the room. Once in there, to
| extinguish the light, apply the murderOus
| grip to the throat of the feeble old lady OF
| three-score years and ten, and force her to
| the bed, where the murderous work was
completed Where is the evidence of a man
having been in that bed with his boots on :?
| There was ne sign of mud on the sheet.
| What is to account for the old lady's cry of
| "Oh, Russell, don't!" heard the instant that
/ she entered the room? The strength of the
Young man is sufficient to have enabled him
| to throttle the old woman unaided. Would
| it not have been unnatural for Brown to
have sent an accomplice who knew nothing
of the house into strange room, with an
| occupant, to search for the watch?
The testimony of Bittner's barkeeper, II
any reliance can be placed on it, that 9
| cOlored man, q stranger to the locality
came in the saloon and spoke to Brown an6
his companion may prove important. PA
McGlew is credited with denying any &C
quaintance with Brown. This won't do
He was we'll known at Arnots stable, where
| ne ana DfOWn nlIcu tuc ouSSy Oh Cneuiun,
afternoon. He was seen with Brown at l.
o'clock on Saturday night at Sixth ant
Myrtle streets, and on Sunday he was will
Brown at DevotO's saloon, on South Fourth
street, and in troduced him to Budd Crane
the man who advanced the $50 on the sol
taire diamond ring, first broaching the sub
ject of money. A hundred people stan,
ready to testify to having seen him frequent
ly with Brown. When last seen at tn
depot on Sunday night, he had considerabl
money in his possession. As he had no
been working for some time he will be e1
pected to explain how he became flush" $
suddenly.
| Yesterday morning the young wife of NJ