, 1890-07-03
A MURDERER CAUGHT
The Police Did Some Very Clever
Detective Work Yester..
day.
William Cooke Confesses to Hav-
ing Killed johnson Last sun
day Night
The Cause of the Shantytown
Murder Seems to Have
Been Jealousy.

William ii. Cooke was arrested nj
o clock yesterday afternoon by Chief
Harbord, assisted by Detective J. u,
Morcy and ohcer Nolk charged with
the murder OF Peter NJ. johnson on sun
day night June -.
Ii will bo remembered by the REVIEW
readers that Johnson was the man who
was mysteriously murdered in shanty-
town OH Sunday night while walking IN
company Win TWO companions me
men nau Jus. h'.iNyu Iol', ,,sua u . N,ene.
h"ns. ~ snend In. ni,hI vhan ,he mnt.
der occurred.
the STORY,
whor ar,..,.d rooko WAS in m. o,,i -,
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v,,w rennrts, i, wa. le,rnad that ON
~" I'po'se' ""' 'o''"eu "'"s o'
ines'ay' the dAy OF the lnquesh fro'e-
cutting Attorney Ridpath. VINO was pros
ehi, ordered thiei Hartford 20 lurthorin-
vGstigate the case, stating that II was
mi mi,tSa 'S Sy some s Of the tn, italians % I isins % IN
the neighborhood. The result OF THIS
was that Chief Harbord repaired 70
the scene OF the crime, aud after much
d'fhculty succeeded IN hndlnS q man
named Armand, who had Two dangh-
ters. Further nvcstigation elicited tho
iact that one OF the daughters hnu ooen
asked carrier IN the evening l'ne hlght
OF the shooting to 20 TO ehnreh with
COOKE rms she reiused 10 10 ~ was
also learned that man harneu W hitei
Palmer had heard the Armand glri anu
Cooke talking. lie was hhhteu up py
the ehiei, ana Was iouna on Diyis.
ION street. lie clalinrd 70 KNOW mourning
about the shooting, but when pressed 10y
the ohieer ne turned state e''lenee anu
confessed that 'ooko hhu uohe tle
kllllng'
COOKE .RREsTEp.
,r.a o,Vo.,s ,.,, ,,,rr.d thai, attain
,ior IN Hndin, rnoL. a., was found
some time Inter at Dr. Morgan's resi-.
dence. and when told that he must con-
sid.r hirn..lf under arrest he scanned
much surpri,ed. The officers brought
their man to the Office of Colonel Rid
path, where he was placed under rigid
examination for over three hours Cooke
perslsisntly denied all knowledge of the
crime, saying that ho was innocent
In the meantime Detective Moroy and
officer Nolk were at work on the case,
and succeeded in getting new evidence,
and when confronted with tho same,
Cooke broke down, and confessed To
Chief II.tbord that he had committed
,h. o,,,na h,, .aid that .ti,was don. a.
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rHE coSFLsstos.
Cookies confession was in substance as
follows; "It was about 10 o'clock in
m. sysn,,s aud I vs.. SITTING in INV
room by the window looking out upon
the streets, when | saw party OF three
men approaching. Just in front OF them
ran little dog, and said to my friend,
Walter Palmer, who Was In the house
with me at the time;
Watch me hit that dog.
81 then pulled out thirty eight cali.
Der Smith n Wesson te,olyor and fred
at what supposed was the dog. Soon
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