New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-04-27
THE SEARCH KEPT UP.
80 TRACE OF THE SUSPECTED MURDERER
YET DISCOVERED.
.ssprcroR BYRNES is RETICENT AGAIN, BUT
ADMITS THAT THE MAN SUPPOSED TO BE
"JAoK THE RIPPER HAS NOT
BEEN CAPTURED.

BEEN CAPIUKEsD.
All day yesterday and all through last night
,.r;table army of police patroled the district
:. which old Carrie Brown was murdered on
Tsr,sday night. They peered into the face of
IN nasser-by with glance more piercing than
y their usual habit. There is theory that
sr,enehy" number r., who, according to the
..,os theory, was the murderer, will be found
lsoner or later in the neighborhood, which, ac-
s.,sinr1to all report, was his accustomed haunt.
Tbe police say they have not accomplished any
,Ans more than was known yesterday. They
s,.serve singular reticence about the matter,
iswever.
About 4 O'Clock in the afternoon two OF the
s,v Hall Parl police brought in q man VINO
s.med 10 answer the description of the man
suown as "Frenchy's cousin" He was OF light
.0mplexion. His nose was large and prominent
q. baA a light mustache. and was about feet
= inches in height His clothing, consisting OF
sonS.eoored coat and blue trousers, was not
.,i,e so shabby as that Of the supposed muir
aerG
He was taken at once into the captains room,
.h.re he remained for about one hour. Captain
wConnor then came out ard requested the re-
no,ters TO step into the street. When they had
r.ouiesced in his request Frenchy" was brought
from his cell with the other witnesses. what
,ranspired was not divulged After little while
no was taken from the police station in custody
AZ Oaptains OConnor aud Mclaughlin to Head
ouarters. 1t was learned that the mans name
vas Henry Young. This is not the name OF
sFrenchys" cousin
'Cantain O'Connor denies that the man arrested
nv the Park Police has any connection with the
East River Hotel murder.
Policeman No 20S8 made report to Captain
oConnor Yesterday afternoon. He said he knew
m. sSbalxespeare" woman, and once arrested the
man known as Frenchys cousin" He sald that
the woman known as Shakespeare" used to dance
iies for the sailors at No. 95 James-st. ana could
not be more than fifty years old. lie saw inc
body of the murdered woman, and dld not recog-
pize it as Shakespeare AS to "trenchy S
cousin, he describes him as dark-compleMoncd
man, Greek in appearance. and not able 10
speak English.
The belief was expressed by humber of people
Yesterday that Frenchy" number was myth
From all that can be learned the Frenchy II Gus
tody refused to say anything. Whether he really
has anything to conceal is doubtful HIS reucence
IN regard to his supposed cousin, the other
"Frenchy," may be caused through fear OF
getting an innocent man into trouble, as nhSht
easily occur owing to the poor description ol 'he
murderer given to the police and the great chance
Of another man being mistaken for hm. III
sFreuchy" Number 2 is a reality he Will PROB
ably feel it to his interest to keep out OF the way
whether he committed the murder or not.
The East River Hotel was open for the recep-
ton Of guests as usual yesterday, but the baroom
was closed, which was not as usual, 1t is salo'
A crowd lounged around the place all day. ap-
parently drawn there by morbid curiosity. Ihe
room where the crime was committed has peen
renovated and is ready for occupancy again.
The body of the murdered woman was identified
by several people yesterday. William Furman oil
No. 124 East Observation-Disclosures y-first-st',
recognized it as that of a woman who formerly
worked for him, and who was generally known as
Shakespeare Two women prisoners from a tn; the
Island were brought to view the body, and posi-
lively identified ii former companion OF theirs
whom they had known as Shakespeare Some
Of the police who were patrOllng the district were
willing 10 talk last night, but they did not know
much. They had orders to look care1nlIy l9r men neh
answering the murderer's description; and they
were evidently doing it, hut they all acknowledged
that their task a hard one
SWhy.n said one officer, Al if arrested every
man that seemed to answer the description |
would have TO arrest every third man that came
across" ,
The general opinion among the officers was that
detectives were trying to find the man who asked
for lodgings in the ClenmOre Hotel early on
the morning after the murder: II was said that
this man had been traced TO Brooklyn, and that
the clew finally lost at q house in Myrtle
ave Nothing definite could be learned, how
ever, as the officials who would he likely, 70 know
anything refused TO talk. One of the detectives
who was Ounging abont near the scene OF the
murder ventured the opinion that he had not
much faith in the eXistcnce Of Frencys" cousin,
or as he is now known. Frcnchy No. p
At p. m. yesterday Inspector Byrnes arrested
the second engineer of the Red ID Line steamer
philadelphia" lying at her pier on the East
River. and turning him over to Lis men had him
taken TO Police Headquarters.
The name of the man could not be learned. but
he answers almost perfectly to the description Of
the murderer as given by Mary Minitur, the house
keeper of the Fast River Hotel, The arrest was
made by the Inspector himself. Admittance 10
the steamer was refused TO all last night