New-York tribune., 1885-08-12
SEEKING 4 MURDERER.
LITTLE LIGHT ON THE HERRIcK CASE
ARMSTRONG STILL IN JAIL-Hfs MOVEMENTS ON
THE DAY OF THE SHOOTING.

ARMSTRONG STILL IN JAIL-Hfs MOVEMENTS ON
THE DAY OF THE SHOOTING.
Brooklyn talked of little yesterday except the
mysterious murder Of AlDert r. Herrckhe quorseller,
who shot bv some unknown person In the cellar OF
his house, No. 339 Peartst. on Monday afternoon.
The police busy during the day working upcvidcnce
against the murdered mans stepson, Thomas j. ARM
strong They preserved close silence however, as to
the evidence which they had procured against him. and
the prisoner not produced In court. but
remained In the Washington Street Police
Station. His story OF his movements was
found to contradictory and false in many particulars
on the day the murder. whom asked why he was not
at his work as a driver for wechsler Il Abraham, the
dryoois merchants he said that he had begun his va
cation OF one week Inquiry at the store proved that
this false. rs he away from his work without
permsson aud his place driver had to be filed BY his
employers Armstrong was known to carry pistol,
and when the house OF his aunt In Hoboken
the detectives searched for tho weapon but unable
10 find II. They asked Armstrong what he had done
with IT, He replied that he had left IL on chair by his
bedside tho Peart house. but could not be found
said, however, that the police secured 1t later In
the day.
Added to false stories is the fact that armstrong
and lIerrick were on bad terms The young man had
neglected his work. and had bocn harshly reproved by
his stepflher on this account lie was
disposed to keep late hours and slightly
given dissipation. ON Sunday morning at o'clock he
sitting the steps OF the Pcars house He said that
he had rung the bell several times aud that his step
father had refused to lot him In He then left the house.
and sald went TO STEMS livery sable,at Concord
and Washington sts where Wechsler X Abrahams
horses are kept aud there spent the night. He says
that he spent Sunday In ioboken, aud that on Sunday
night he again slept IN the stable.
Armstrong; account OF his movements on Monday. |
tho day OF the shooting Is that lie walked about the city
until o'clock and then went out To the Prospect Park
parade ground to baseball game. At o'clock he
tooka FIatbusn-ave for Fulton Ferry. where he |
took an boat to Jersey CITY, going til ence to
Hobokcn. lie visited q beer garden. took sew |
eral drinks aud after visiting somc acqu aintances,
went to see his aunt. Mrs. Person. at whose |
house he was arrested. The shooting occurred about
The foreman in charge of STEMS stables denied that
Sunday night at the stables 1--WE employ watehman"
sppes snIS eS in ~ishoa, sa asySody f @ seeing h%
II IIcrrck had lived icw minutes longer to tell us
work." said Police Inspector Mcclellan yesterday
The body OF tho murdered liquor seller lay all day yes
Pearl.s long srcaner OF black Grape hung from the
bell handle the front door The blinds were all drawn
paced up down the sidewalk All day the street be.
iNrs the pretty shaded do freshly pnsa s Hs So%ss
pointed out the hleod stains on the sidewalk ana talked
theV W. were cleared away TO make room for work
men who aynl cobblestones in the street by the
man, Mrs Pierson and Mrs. DR.; Heard. - 49,,
County Physician Sheppard made an autopsy and
through both lungs aud severed the aorta passed be-
tween RIBS just above the heart. aud lodged In the
Mrs sammis, who from the window Of her house.
iSs S ss wa saS T the
on Myrc-avc just after the murder, said to TRIBUNE
reporter yesterday that she had not yet been
with tIe prisoner, although she hourly expected visit
from the police. She expressed herself as uncertain
whether she could Identify the young man as she had not
The police found in the house yesterday . bundle OF
womans clothing which, IL s SAID da os oeiong % 70
had heen IN the house the might oei1re. .,. aad man
Menninger viewed the Poly & OF tue qed b.
found the body fitted the hole IN the r. %s
through which tns second mSsa saos T this %ornnS
Armstrong viii be arragned before Police Justice Justice
vrssnct wss '0s the c@s S"s ocoSrre said
police had theory except that Of Arssrongs s sa'
that burglar COMMITTED the deed When asked II any
other person had been found who could
snSs SsG o %UsrS arrest rWr Sas Ts
Mrs. Herrck widow OF the murdered man reaoneS T noI
Vile. n Y, where she had been month The shock
Of finding her husband dead. and her son prisoner
i'm police station, charged with murder coinpiotoy
Frustrated her and she had carried from the coach
into the house. The sight Of her husbands bedy was
too much for her nerves, and she had Sc
we're attack OF hystera. ,Acting. Captain McNamars
went to her house. but found 1t unadvisable to talk Win
The statement made publc last evening that the
quarrel between ySsns Cs ,Ss yoana anS
ordered from ponaaas .ee Washington, wss. on
: au"s.s IIs.,r:s: w: e%s asa
money The result was quarrel between him ana M his
sep.On on Tuesday Of las! wssa a ssn. h
fcungng about. Mr.. Hcrrck became worried &c. ao9a.
S ri. % he hss Ss s Ss
usual Monday to sec about Armsrons "oscnoo