Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-04-17
ANDERSON RUN DOWN
One of the Men Suspected of
Numbering Mrs. Rudert.
HIS FIGHT FOR FREEDOM.
he Was Working as a Porter in an
East Liverpool Hotel.
KILLEN AFFECTED BY THE NEWS
HIS FIGHT FOR FREEDOM.
KILLEN AFFECTED BY THE NEWS

On Tuesday afternoon Detective FitE-
gerald got clew to the fact that Joseph
Anderson, the colored man implicated in
the murder of Mrs. Rudert at Tarentum,
was in Pittsburg. The police officials have
been for a long time on the track OF the
Tarentum murderers, and once before De-
tective Fitzgerald had located this same
colored man at Ft Wayne, Ind, only to
find that he had left the place few hours
before the detectives arrival. For radius
of 100 miles around Pittsburg the country
has been secured bv the police officials
without any great parade of the fact, and
while the county officials seemingly slept
over the matter the police were busy, and
at last Lucky Fitz" made the first break in
the ranks OF the escaped murderers.
He found another colored man who had
checked Anderson's trunk to East Liver
pool on Tuesday, and chased the matter up
until he found the suspected man had
secured work in a hotel in that town. The
detective left Pittsburg at p. M, yesterday,
and taking the other colored man with him
reached East Liverpool shortly after P. M.
Probably the first man he met in the depot was
Anderson, who is also known by the allas OF
n
to the colored man, and playfully remarked:
~ guess you might as well take pleasure trip
to Pittsburg 1t won't cost you anything"
HE STARTED TO RUN.
The negro at once took exceptions to the
trip and the acquaintance of the detective by
starting to run, but was quickly caught by Fitz-
gerald. The prisoner then showed fight, but in
this he tackled Fitzgerald upon his native
heath, and if there is a colored man in the
State of Ohio with a sorer head than Joseph
Anderson, alias New York Shine, he can
take the premium for solidity of cranium- He
will come to PittSburg in charge OF the de-
tective by the A. NJ. train to-day, and with him
will be brought the other colored gentleman who
took part in the proceedings by assisting
Anderson in his fight against arrest.
1t is thought that Anderson will make some
important revelations on the subject OF the
murder of Mrs. Rudert, and the arrest of the
other accomplices in the dastardly act is
thought now to be a certainty in the very near
future. Inspector McAleese and Assistant
Superintendent O'Mara were very puch graft
fed last night over the success of Pittsburg
officer, and said that they had several times
come close to the fugitives from justice, but
would be certain now that the others would be
caught The Inspector said he did not know
that Anderson was the man who committed
the murder but was confident that he was one
of the men wanted for the crime.
KILLEN DEEPLY AFFECTED.
hllltHt dt pISSeht III SuO
county Jail, betrayed considerable emotion
when informed of the arrest of Anderson, and
eagerly inquired if the prisoner had told any
thing. He was Informed that full confession
was expected, and seemed to be deeply affected
by the news. It is more than probable that
before the next q hours some light VIII be
thrown on the authorship of the most wanton
murder which has been committed in Allie
gheny county for years, when Ruderts jewelry
store at Tarentum was robbed.
A local account of the arrest by telegraph
from East Liverpool says: Anderson has been
here for about two weeks, and came, SO he
says, from Latrobe. He denies that he knew
such murder was committed, but admitted
that he knew Detective Fitzgerald He was
shouting for his hotel at the station, when
Fitzgerald stepped IN and kindly offered to
shake hands with him. The surprised man
reached out his hand and. before he knew
what was coming. the nippers were on his
wrists. Anderson resisted most desperately and
ii finally took two officers TO land him in Jail.
The fact that he resisted and fought so, leads
TO the belief here that he is the right man. He
is very guarded in his interviews with the men,
bers of the press. Fitzgerald says ne feels
certain that he is one of the men that killed
Mrs. Rudert he will not likely go back to
Pittsburg without a requIsiton. Anderson is a
very dressy fellow, wears high hat, and in
sists that he can show IN every moment of his
time since June last"