Morning journal and courier., 1884-01-11
NEW YORK.
A Heavy Fatlure-Liabilttfeso of & Million
 and a Half

A Heavy Fatlure-Liabi11tfeso of 8 Million
 and Half.
 NEW YORK, Jan. 10.-Bradstreet's details of the failure of M. Waterman & Go. show their liabilities about $1, 500, 900, with assets which cannot yet be determined. The assign ment is to Isaac Wormser. The firm claimed capital of $350,O ,OO0. The business of the firm had been established about twenty years. Tho parties concerned in the failure are Waterman $ O'Brien, merchants at San Francisco and general storekeepers at Dar- win, Gala, and Phister & Co.,, paper and flour milIers at San Jose. The original firm is composed of Adolph Phister and Henry Fruskbach and Herman Waterman. Martin Waterman transferred his business to Her man in 1877, but the name was not changed The real estate is worth $10O, 900. The bus- mess is in wheat and barley. A branch house was also established at Lvermore and the firm had large banking credit and their dealings were considered very satisfactory. The EImIra Mystery-A Man Arrested at
 FIatbush.
 NEW YORK, Jan. 1O.-The police of this city have arrested at FIatbush man charged with the murder of the girl found dead in 8 creek near EImira. They are very reticent and will only say he is not Peters, the man who ran away from Troy with Miss Hass and who has been suspected of the crime It is now believed the girl is Miss Hass. It is said the clue by which the arrest was effected was furnished by pair of shoes made by a New York manufacturer, who does not sell goods in the interior of the State.
 The name of the murdered girl is Kate Bradchaff, servant in the family of Mrs. Lissen of eighty ninth street, this city The girl is said to have saved some money and Menker WAS frequent visitor at the house. Two days before New Years the girl and Menksr left for the purpose as was SUD- posed of getting married. Mrs Lissen called at police headquarters tonight and identified the jewelry as that worn by Katie while in her employ. The prisoner acknowledges he knew the deceased.
 The name of the man arrested Is William Menker. He is about twenty years of age, thick set, five feet eight inches in height and has restless small dark eyes. Inspector Brynes in giving an account of Menker's ar- rest says that after full description had been received from the Elmira police of the mau last seen the dead girl Detective Adams of the Central office remembered that he arrested 8 man some years ago answering the prisoners description for committing robbery at Gun ther's pavilion in the Bowery. The man was sent to the Elmira refermatory from which institution he was discharged in June, 1882. On Tuesday last District Attor- ney John B. Starchfeld, of Chemung county, sent to Inspector Byrnes full description of the jswelry warn by the dead woman when last seen alive. In the meantime Detective Adams remembered that the man arrested for the Gunther robbery had relations living at FIatbush. Last night Detectives Adams, Dolan and Crowley went to Flushing and early to day arrested Menker at the resi- dence of his sister in Clarkson street. He denied hayinebeen in Elmira for months, but the dead girls jewelry being found in his possession was strong evidence of his guilt The prisoner since his arrest has been very reticent and refuses to give any account of his doings for the past two weeks. Chief of Police Little will arrive here in the morning and convey the accused back to Elmira.