New-York tribune., 1884-01-11
SUSPECTED or rHE ELMIRA MURDER.

A PAEOLED CONVICT ARRESTED AT FLAIBUSH-
THE GIRL IDENTIFIED.
man was captured by Inspector Byrness de-
tectiycs Yesterday who Is believed to have
murdered young woman at Elmira, n. Y, last
week On Sunday some boys who were playing
near a bridge at Carr's Corners suburbof Elmira,
discovered the body of young woman frozen III
the snow under the bridge. An examination
showed that she had been murdered She had been
seen on Friday afternoon by persons in
several beer shops in Elmira in company
with Young German, and she had displayed
large roll of bank notes and small openfaced gold
watch attached to a slender gold chain. She wore
gold bracelets AN unusually large
ring earrings with long pendants, and gold breast
pn. These articles were described fully by anumber
of persons who identified the body on Monday, but
they were not found on the body.
II was believed that the young German who was
i'm her company on Friday afternoon had robbed
and murdered her. He was described as five feet
eight inches tall. and slender, with light complex
ion brown hair and light mustache and side
whiskers. None of the persons who had
seen HIM with the woman knew his
name, but from some remarks which he made
il was suspected that he:had been an inmate of the
Elmira Reformatory. 1t had been noticed that his
left eyelid had peculiar droop. At the Reforma-
tory il was asccTtancd that man OF that dcscIlp-
tion had been sent out on parole III lSS2 ana that
he was believed to have been sent to the prison
from this city. -
On Wednesday afternoon District-AttOrney John
b. Standheld, of Elmra, sent long dispatch to In
spcctor Byrnes describing the supposed murderer
and the property believed to have been taken py nun
from the woman. nasubsequent dlspatchhe stated
that the name of the murderer was DeleVed, %, 70 DC
William Menken. Detectlve-SeTgeant William
Adams said that he knew Menken, whom he had
arrested in 1870 for robbery at Gunthers IA
yilion in the BOwcry, and later IN the after
noon he learned that Menken had sister living
in Clarkson-st., Flatbush, L.. l. Inspector ByrneSS
Crowley to FlatbuNh, and they watched the house OF
Nrnken's sister all night At a. III. yesterday they
entered the house and finding Mcnken IN an upper
ROOM arrested him. In his possession were 1ouhu
SIG0 n small gold watch and chain, pair of
bracelets a pair of earrings, breSt pm ana large
gold ring lle eused to tell how he came luto pos
session of the articles of jewelryan ne was brought
TO this city and locked up at Police headquarters
Assistant DIstrct-AttOTney Bacon, of Elmlra VINO
arrived IN this city late ON Wednesday night, eX,
amlned the prisoner and the articles, ana ne sald
that he had no doubt that Menken was the hnlII
dcrer Menken's left eye Is Oj gas5 ana inc eyeHu
has peTceptiblc drOop .,..r a.,
Tie efforts of Inspector Byrnes to identity the
murdered woman were successful last hlghh' IL
was discovered that the dead girl was Katie Brad
cboH who had been employed for some time IN the
family of Mrs .Lssln, VINO ives III IL y
Eighty-niuth-st. near the river Mrs' LlSSln sau
that X ATE was acquainted with Menken and that he
went oil with her on New-l Years eve saying tnat
they were going to be married. The JeWelTy when
was found upon the prisoner was ldcnllHcu Dy MIs'
LIssin as having been worn by the girl on the day
that she went away. The girl had also
considerable money about her at the time Katie,
she s9id was accustomed to 90 to balls and dances
with young men VI bad name.
tbe basement cells Of Police Headquarters. He adj
mitted TO Inspector Bymes that he knew the dead
Girl and had gone to ElmiTa with her to be married,
but he said they were not married