The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1891-08-08
THE MURDER AT GLENDALE.
PHILLIPS, THE VICTIMS FORMER
LOVER, DISCHARGED.
He Was Waiting Another Sweetheart at
Atlantic Highlands when the Crime Was
Com nIttea-The vIct1m's Past Lie.

He Was waiting Another Sweetheart AZ
Atlantic Highlands when the Crime Was
Com~ittes-The vietim's Past Lite.
Mortimer Phillips, who was arrested on
Thursday night on suspicion " being impli.
Gated In the murder OF his iormsr sweetheart.
Hannah Robertson. who was found choksd to
death In the woods bnck Of Ridrewood on
Sunday morning. was discharged from custody
yesterday afternoon.
Phillips lives In 205 Bedford avenue Brook.
Ign. He is employed as q paper cutter By
Kinds. Kotcham & Co. OF 81 North Tenth street.
Brooklyn. When the girls body wa. identified
on Thursday morning by her employer. the
Rev. Thomas W. Martin. the pastor Of Trinity
Episcopal Church at Hewletts. detectives went
TO that place and took possession Of
hcr trunk and o,her belongings. They
were ali taken to Jamaica that afternoon and
tho contents examined by District Attorney
Fleming. A number Of letters and three pho
tocraphs were among the things found In tho
trunk. One was a photograph OF Phillips and
another that OF George Smith. also. 1t Is said.
n lover OF the dead girl and tho father OF her
child. which was born In the Maternity Hos
pital. Brooklyn. 1t was by the aid OF this pho.
tograrh and letter found In the trunk that
Phillips was located. The address OF Mrs.
John Laws Of Ga Kent street. Greenpoint was
a'so obtained from ettors In tho trunk.
About los o'clock that night Phillips and
the dead girls sister. with her husband. were
tnkon to RidEewood In thu custody OF three
detectives Mrs. Laws broke down when abe
saw her sisters dead body. The three were
then taken to the District Attorneys, oriice in
Jamaica. Laws and his wife returned to their
home on the Ga o'clock train yesterday morn
Ing rhilips Tns de11ined lie sHii e. WA wa
Iaa ina 'Hsa sss
place deticnaied BY l'hillips; md yesterday AZ
lips's 8 orr. IN n,,bi thus being proved ~ was
Snnhsy the North Street. @s.h
odiss Church in BROOKLYN. and is bugsr in
N Tho rirs "nnd o. one ., the asea girl. fin.
ce,s. bearing The initials M. to IT, Mortimer
was sen :" her ~ .c
In the hospital PHILLIPS says the girl tried to
hnd s.n TO ns
oaits a large amount Of religious literature
had been Ii in in Mr. nsr!ns Soas.hoid
Jn-t ,omr weeks on saturday " last week. whom
Mr.. Msr III pa raid her !s SO. '''' '"'A@'
CONF uctor l'arta saw her leays his train at
carrie her poekc,tbook in her hand, and also
hna small nnnd" roeke box is sHid to
Hss bror. the In e o a:s s. Ps
AppI-gore. From the contents it 10 sunp"sed
To' fo" pd in t the Jamaiea enst say they ssw
a man !oiiering about there Saturday afternoon
te assss onn Ssc
went to the MorGue Monday, nigh, and said he
rr..eSsnzea r. dead si5I as his nisee Ms.ildA
seen si.ce. connec,Io1 T. sough. to DO e.. e..
and Weber who made the fictitious IIentiica-
pHct st6ook referred TO-
believed she NAV have picked un a chance ao-
Iualntapce md Gono to picnic In RtdRewood.
ss M mi M
Hew.stts: stories are :, snost that she boarded
"'i %"ase HSf tic er arrived the
Ray NJ hi dressed ssr e. p %os
ai%" twas s o' then Mrs Martin gave her the
Sssrlns ~; Sna hsa SsSty EsssS,os q ssS =:
saving any considerable sum OF money were s1-
tel IN Myraio avsn Vent f H IL last night
but the innneet was adjourned Tor ono wesk
;"e eT rsnas 'nSsa sssi
Yesterday, Defective Miller visited the Filth
and rsd
but returned to the Fourteenth snb:station
Hihout m.kins any arrest i could not DO
Hannah Robertson was an inmate in NAV Of
last year OF the Mate nifty Child's Hospital at
As an! AZ Copcord street Bro"klyn: aee"rdin99
was born to her there on Nav 81. 1890. This
entry appears on the records OF the Brooklyn
Heath Department Of that date:
Mother: Hannnh Rohertson. % years. born
IN England. one child father. George smith.
The gill remained in tho hospital for six
months, when her child sickened and died.
Then she won't out to service and Matron
Wells henrd little OF her after that. At.
o'clock last SATURDAY evening che called at the
mae. She left, after q few words with the
mhtron.
sh. Knew her With enarscmeSts " tn. tonsils.
caused by . severe attack OF scarlet foyer. IL
would have been a very easy thing. she said.
comparatively slight pressure on tho wndpjps
would have closed 1t.