New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-12-07
THE POLICE PUT TO SHAME.
~ PILL DALYs DIsCREDITED STORY CON-
FIRNIED.
THE BADGER" GAME GOES RIGHT ALoN'
UNDER THEIR NosEs-THE MASKED ROB
BEERS AND woULD.BE AssAssINs Ar
RESTED AT LAsT-THE STANTON
DECoY WOMAN TOLD THEIR

RESTED AT LAST-THE SIANfON
pECoY WOMAN TOLD THEIR
NAMES.
The mystery concerning the shooting OF Phil.
DAILY, the gambler, in the dat-house at NO. aoo
Fourth-ave., has been cleared up by inspector
Byrnes and his men, and the result reluctant as
the police arc to admit it, confirms the story 'oiu
by DAILY on the day of the shooting IN almost
every partioular When Daily said that he had
been lured TO this house by letter; that two
masked men had attacked him in the front room
of the fat occupied by Adelaide Stanton for the
purpose of robbery; that he had resisted the at
tempt and had been shot in the head for SO doing,
the police smiled incredulously and explained tho
case away by the assertion that it was the outcome
of a Jealous feeling on the part Of the lover OF
Miss Stanton, and emphaticaly stated that there
were no badger" games panel houses or
thieves who make speciality of this sort oil robbery
left in the city.
The investigation has shown that the Stanton
woman has been engaged in this KIND OF business
for a long time and that several wealthy men nave
been robbed by her in this way. inspector byrneS
was apparently dumbfounded at the reveiauohs'
HOW THE PLOT WAS SPRUNG
DAILY was shot on Monday afternoon about
o'clock He had received letter on the previous
saturday. dated at No 400 Fourth-ave., asking
O'Clock TO see some one upon important business
70 was signed Addie Stanton" Two men attacked
him. one shot him and they both ran away after
the shooting DAILY ran out of the place imme-
dia,ey, went to a drug store close by to have his
wound dressed and told Policeman Henze to go to
No 4O6 Fourthavc and arrest every one there,
saying that an attempt had been made to rob him
there Miss Stanton was found in her room and
arrested, and Ella Hammond, who occupied the
same apartment, was subsequently arrested. Inc
prisoners were taken to the Thlrtieth-st. police
station with such property as might throw any
light upon the case, and Captain Reilly Immediately
began an investigation Inspector Byrnes also
engaged in the investigation personally. DAYS
story was so full of contradictions and of such an
improbable nature that it was deemed to be an at
tempt to explain away compromising position IN
which he had been caught The detectives worked
at it from this point Of view, but the further they
went into the matter the more evidence was DrouSht
10 light that DAILY was right
The most difficult thing to find out wns the
identity of the who were in the house before
DAILY went there Both the women refused to
tell who the men were at first, and declared that
they knew nothing about the robbery at all
Mrs. Hammond said that she was not IN the mouse
when DAILY called, and did not see the men at al.
The prisoners were brought to inspector ByrncS
Office. ard each received IA dose OF the mysterious
tongue-ioOsenins medicine prescribed by the
Inspector TO desperate cases MISS stanton QUO QUO
not like the drug, and finally told story which
was only partly true. She said that the TWO
men were Henry Herman alias Henry Hammond,
and Edward Meredith, alias Stanton.
ONLY PART OF THE TRUTH.
Monday morning was spent by the four playing
cards and drinking beer until about ! O'clock
when Mrs. Hammond went out and remained
away until after the shooting. Herman and
L. x1o fnw
hour When she awol1e Meredith and Herman
wore not there, and she did not know where they
had gone. Soon after there was a knock at the
door and DAILY entered. lie was putting hard and
10 remove his coat He did so, and sat IN his
shirt-slceves. She went to the gralc and bad
just put her foot on IL, when the foldinGdoor pc
tween the rooms was suddenly opened, ana Two
men with masks on their faces, and one OF them
carrying pistol, rushed in.
She screamed and thought that DAILY was
going TO be murdered She did not know the
men, and could not account for their sudden
appearance. The detective found Meredith on
Wednesday afternoon in a house in Th'rd-ave.
near cd-and-siXth-st., and the same
evening found that Herman lived IN Second-ave,
near Eiehtn-st with his wife. Meredith was
no; home Wednesday night but was seen 10
enter the mouse Yesterday Morning DetectI
ives went TO Ilcrman's house TO arrest him
Wednesday night, but thinking that if left alone
he would correspond with Meredith, the detect
ives were stationed in house opposite Her
mans with instructions 10 arrest him only if he
should leave the place. Meredith came running
from his home about o'clock last evening"
putting on his overcoat as he went along. and
made dash for 1hird-ave car going down town.
As soon as he got comfortably seated the detect
i've snapped a pair OF handouts or his wrists.
The prisoner was taken to Police Headquarters
and Ilermans arrest Immediately ordered.
Neither of the men made any resistance both
were perfectly cool and collected and seemed
TO take their arrest as matter OF course Meredith
refused TO answer any questions and would not
even tell bis, name. Four cartridges were
in Ot no
size as the one that was fired at
Daly but neither of the prisoners had a pistol
Nothing was found on Herman that threw any
lqht upon The case. They are both gOod-looling
D en-, about thirty-hge years old They wore good
clothes ard icwelry and both had small amount
of money There was sgnsaT N M the r1 case
mOnd or b. Herman after his arrest. The Inspect
or refused to state which one it was but said
that one Of the criminals would appear in court
to aid the prosecution and that there could be no
doubt of conviction
THE TRUTH REVEALED AT LAST.
The real story Of the case, as told in the oon-
fession, is as follows: The plan originated in the
fertile brain of Miss Stanton, and was first made
known to Meredith about two weeks ago. He
agreed TO become a party to it, Miss Stanton
has long looked upon DAILY a splendid victim
She was TO bring him to the lair with letter,
and he was to be seated in "A chair near the fold
ing doors, and she was 10 get HIM to remove ms
coat 50 as to find out whether he carried pistol
in his trousers. Herman was not taken into
the scheme at first but il thought that Mere
9TH would not be able TO handle DAILY alone, and
Herman was taken in. He was willing tool.
The two men were to be in the middle room be-
hind the folding doors ready 10 appear at pre-
arranged signal.
After DAILY had been seated the two men were
20 jump up' him. apply handl Ierchief saturated
with chloroform 10 his face and when he became
unconscious they were TO bind him securely with
ropes " the chair Then his clothes were to
be searched If IL should prove that he did not
have money enough with him TO pay the thieves
for their risk he was TO be forced TO sign
check for $4,000 and 10 be held a prisoner in
the room until the check could be cashed. Then
the two men and women were to skip and
sJend their money abroad
The details of the plot carried out up to a
certain point After DAILY got to the house, Miss
Stanton got him to remove his coat. and she saw
that he did not have O revolver Then she made