The evening world., 1891-05-12
turk VISITORS For FRENJAy.
Lots Q, Information Ablat ,h3 iC;2S}t
R!Fplr'S Li!1 in ITc1lljn.
Police Now Ready tar the iuCuPst
on Carrie Browns Mur!or.

| lnsT eclor nyrnes aysail tho evidence VII e
| really this evening IN regard 10 the Ei'i IL v"r
| Hotel muld'r Ci Il = :3 and inst the Inquest
into the ciul iutGuciy OF old r;ie Grown
viii 40 ou at TO- 30 morrow morning, ~ nxcd
| ~ Coroner schultz.
| An EVENING " oRLD reporter discovered facts
this morning ;ending 10 show that at least one
linS In the police ch ain OF evidence has not
| been completed.
TINS is the liking upon Frenchy, or Ameer
Ben All, the ownership OF tho knife found be-
side old Carrie Browns mn,!lated body, Gnd
It IA apparent that the police themselves arc
not satisfied with the identification OF the knife
as Frenchy's, by prisoners In the Queens
County Jai! at Louu lsiauh CitS.
The rel orter called upVn Mr.. Jenalii, the
Irish Amer can wife OF Frenchy's friend, with
whom he formerly lived, at her neat apart
ments on Columbia street, near seabring,
South Brooklyn.
Jenalli, whose English name Ia John Allen,
10 Q fruit vender and was absent attending to
his business. Neither was Bozieb Ben Ali. an-
other Turki.h friend Of Frenchy. who also
lives with Jenalli, at home, but Mrs. Jenalli
was seen.
From her 1t was learned that the New YORK
abouis OF Frenchy's Brooklyn friends, alt Ough
they profess 10 nave been unable 10 lorate
them, but had also visited them.
| "lt wis last week Wednesday (0efore any
one but the nolicr anu Frenchy Knew wnere
mis- friends hvsd)," sa'i Mrs. Jtnalli, "th"t
two pen called here anu asked II Mr.. N lily '
lived here.
"My husband was here and asked them in
and wnat they wanted. They didn't say who
thes were or show aby badge o. anything hut
now know that they must have been deiec-
tives.
Zone was an unders zed, stou,-huit man
and tie oihrr was tail. one OF them unrolled
pal er and took out KNIFE and handed II TO
me and asked IL 1 had ever seen It neforp.
:" 1t was something like cssekniie ana had
the blade ground down towards point.
There were knicks In 1t, but II didn't have any
blood on it.
'.Ihe handle was wood aud looked brown
and dirty.
never seen II or one like IT,. Then ihey told
my husband 10 look At 1t. He did so and said
he never saw II or one ike II.
:" Isn't ihai q iruit kni!e?' asked one OF the
men. 'MebDe 81, meb e not. j never zee
one hkelt, my husband said.
tAil t'is time uidnr know what they were
trying TO get at nor when they said, Isn't tnat
Fr uchy's kniie?' | uuut, for l knew no
'Frenchy.'
- 'Diin', man named Frenchy once live
, "iIn iced no. saws !, for l never heard OF
such a man, and then hadn't neard tina, Ameei
Ben All wa ever called Ftencny. or that he
|
, times calleu MIN FraaE,' but 1 never heard
him called Frenchy."
"Dld you ever see Frenchy have knife :"
'SsS s"e teeG.'efw s9 What would he wan. of
knife? My husband never saw him have one,
cltner, ne says. ana he himself only has little
peuknfe TO cut fIuit WITH"
Mrs. Jenall, also saih that Ameer Ben Al,
had been In this country about TWO anu n half
years. she thought, and w"s not married. He
ma" only lived around New York and BrOokly q
| about wear,
About sewn weeks ago he first came to live
with the Jenaihs and stayed there nnul Tour
he went out as usual, and they, OF course. ex-
Dectod him to r, turn, as he left all his Goth
ing aud effects behind him aud said nothing
FIVE or SIX days later he was arrested, Tut
MIR. ami Mrs. Jenali knew nothing about 1t or
where he was until nearly four weeks after he
! SO fur as ne had told the Jenallis he had done
1ong,horemen's work along the East River
{ trout In New York. Mrs Jenalli thought. He
was always cheerful, and sometimes he sang.
Mrs. Jenalli said, although she didn't care par
ncularly aUout Arabian music.
"He had only one fai.ing-he would drink
occasionally" continued Mrs. Jenal I" but II
made nm 30 sick tnat his spree, were few and
"B fore he came 10 live with US he was in
the ifut business with George Frank, a Turk
VINO lives on York street, hut he quit with hin
because Frank had him arrested for stealing
moneY.
Frank couldn't prove 1t though. and SO he
Bozieb anu Jenalii went with Lawyer Abra.
ham Levy, OF Levy, Friend & House. to the
Tombs and had long talk with Frcnchy,
Jenalli, who speaks considerable English.
acting as Interpreter.
Jenaili Ia q Mahometan and has high moral
= Ideas, but In spite Of JenGlli'S severe re.
proaches 10 Ameer Ben Ali that he should ever
have rone 10 dlsrepuiaDle resorts Frencny
was glad to see his irienJs.
I Sheikh Bozeb, win dignity comporting hi:
aye, stood quietly by and listened 10 the con.
versation In sto,cAl silence after he had gre.tol
Ameer Ben ALL