The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1883-11-11
Murderer Caught by q Rusc.
HE IDENTIFIES HIMSELF BY SIGNING A RE-
CEIPT FOR A MONEY PACKAGE.

III u
CEIPT FOR A MONEY PACKAGE.
New York Times.I
Albert Walcwski, Hungarian, occupies
a cell at police headquarters awaiting the
arrival OF officers from Pennsylvania. He
was arrested in Brooklyn yesterday by De-
tective-Sergeants Hickey and Mullaney on
warrant issued by Coroner Peter Dress
Ter, OF Allegheny county, in which he is
charged with having, on August 9Th last,
brutaly murdered John Lutusld, fellow
countryman. Walcwski, who also calls
himself Voleskie, at the time Of the murder
kept a clearinghouse in Killneck town.
ship, Allegheny county. which was re-
sorted TO by a number OF Hungarians,
employed in the mines near by. On the
Sunday on which the murder was COM
mitted Walewski and his boarders had
been engaged in carouse. LutUskl, in a
spirit Of fun, caught hold OF the dress Of
Walrwski's wife and pretended to whisper
to her. This appeared to enrage Walew-
ski, and when his wife had left the room he
went to a closet and brought out q stout
hickory club over three feet long and i'm
mediately attacked Lutuski, beatmg him
about the head until he died. During the
encounter all the persons except Walewski
and his victim fed from the room. Wa
lewski, who is powerfully-built fellow.
took Lutuski's body in his arms and car
ried it into a grove some distance from the
house and threw II down under tree. IL
was found there the next day.
Walewski had disappeared from his
home before the authorities became cogni-
zant Of the crime. Search was made for
him hn xya frunEo1 fo TprSnN (tfu
where all trace OF him was lost. When
Walewski fled he had about 500 deposited
in a savings bank in Pittsburgh. Five
weeks ago he sent to his wife power OF
attorney empowering her to draw the
money out OF the bank. When Mrs.
Waewski went TO the bank with this
document the bank officers retained
it and notified Coroner Dressler, Of
Allegheny county. The latter then
wrote TO Inspector ByrneS, and Detectives
Hickey and Mullaney were put on the case.
They finally discovered that Walewski had
lived in clearinghouse at No. 1872 John
street, Brooklyn. Thither the detectives
went. on Thursday, but the landlady de-
MED that any such person lived in the
house. The detectives felt convinced that
she was lying, and determined 10 exercise
n little stratagcm. Yesterday Hickey went
to his house and told the woman that he
had an express package containing money
for Walewski. She was deceived by this.
and volunteered to show them where
Walewsk worked. She piloted Hickey
to n sugar refinery at the foot OF Bridge
street, Brooklyn, where she pointed him
out. Hickey accosted him, and told
him that he had a money package for him
from Pittsburgh. Walewski received the
decoy package and signed receipt for it,
and was then arrested. The officers then
brought him to this city. At police head
quarters he at first denied to Inspector
Byrnes all knowledge OF the crime, but
subsequently he made Il full confession.
Coroner DRESSER was at once notified by
telegraph Of the arrest Of Walewski, and
last evening a dispatch was received from
him that officers would be sent with re-
QUESTION for Walewski. The prisoner
wife and daughters are the principal wit
nesses against him.