The Sunday morning news. [volume] (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1886-1891, 1891-04-26
Inspector Byrnes Says He
Knows He Was Frenchy $
Cousin.
MYSTERIOUS PRISONER, Or COURSE
Ilideons Immorality Revealed p
Means Of the Crime-A Bloody
Han In a Low Hotel.

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time The Tnsracf;dr r,ove3 his hzad-
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quslee1s @eNaa " 'ne =. -
preclncs n when 1ne n1ur per
was com mitfed and all day his detectives
vera r4,sl,is.<x IN and f,ssf az the f)ak streee
stal1on n tsfos ana snleos alil htak
EARLY I'll the afternoon be and Captain
cIaurhiin who IL acting chief az the
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Captain O'Connur's ROOM
Jnsnactor and c,ap1ain Nfcf.a s1a3z IL, !
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EMERGED from tAe sLnaA oek' 10y
room and called the reporters arQa ~
them. Captain McLauRhiiu mad type
written statement prepared for the m
spector. which he read According ~
that statement Mary Anu Lopez, one a.
the women arrested a. witness, beea q1e'
sober enough during the z<teknopn ~ Pc
able to realize what good thing y = "
tell the Inspector all ne wants 80 know.
Under this realization she said that On
the night OF the murder sae occupied the
room. No ~, directly opposite rne 9ne -
which the old woman was SO feutfy
butchered- She was with 6eorGe Fran
clos, or Frencby, ~ pc WAS
known 70 the miserable creatures
OF Cherry Hut trencny has cQusi9
VINO IS also known as 1rencny H-14
who closely resembles the description Of
the murderer given bY Mary Minutes. 30
housekeeper Of the East River i7otsi.
THE BRUTAL COUSINS.
The cousin was seen around the neigh
horhood Thursday night 81 me 5sopsz
him He was known By no ether
name than FrsnchyD and It was
not known that the two men were cousins
further than on several OCCASIONS when
looking for the other one would ask tnQsS
who knew rhem Il 1neJ LAD seen rs
cousin. Neither was Il known tnAI they
were Frenchmens but they spoke
dialect which was supposed ny
those who knew them 20 be freuen<
The fact that the two men made II po1nz
TO associate with the older women q s1as
district made the m well known 70 the
dives They were worse Than
hrutes in their ueasment q
the women. and on january ~
Francois was arrested for biting piece
out of Mary LoDez's shoulder When the
Inquisitors had finished with Mary they
sent for Francois and began % quesEo4
him about his cousin. fraucois . "a Az-
gerian and talks as execr2Dle french IS
he does EEglish- Al the 1ngennzrz
OF the inspector ana captain was unApie
to eXtricHEe anything from A1u, or az
least the statement said So and he NNs
sent bacE 70 his cell $3.50. zz
The statement also contained more qz
the miserable mnraared Uonan1 h5517Ex
than has Jet been made PUBIC: A211s
fifteen years ago there appeared 10 TBS
Fourth Ward middle aged woman 49,
was addicted 60 drink. she soon pecame
one OF the cnaracsers q
the district and was kn0H2
as "Jef Davis" and ''5hakespeare
She was exceedingly LIBERAL when sne naa
money, and this, together with ner suPe-
rior intelligence won her SORT OF ieaaeE-
ship among her miserable sisters
Her maiden name was 1aroAne Mont
gemery, ana sne was married 70 Z 4k1es
Brown. sea captain OF Saiems MISS,
where the couple resided a5eeE
their marriage Captain 6rcHn 0te4
and left her quite sum ok
money She acquired the QunE na1@es
and rapidly squandered her inheritance
She sank from depth % depth uulii sne
inally drlfted to the Fourth Ward, ana
took up the lie which ended so norr1p11
at the miserable MOTEL OF ~ aLer street.
TIE MURDERED WoAANs DAUGHTERS
She had TWO daughters named Ellea
and Annie, who Doth now i've N oAlsLn.
The murdered woman spent ner tllae
mostly between the Workhouse on Black
wells Island and II the merry
Hill dives. she was ~ one tisne
an inmate OF an INSTITUTION
in New YORK. where her board was pet0
by relative named Lawson. VINO also
lives In Salem she was discharged from
the worknonse TWO or three oars ne1ore
her death
They were four other pages 10 the 1a-
spector's statement which Captain Mc-
Laughlin was about 10 read when 4e WIS
stopped BY the Inspector. VINO sazo 1hAs
that was enough az present. Whea
questioned as TO whether ne nao
the SUSPECTED man "A CUSTODY
or knew where ne was the inspector e
piled that he had no more to say az pres
ent, in q Inanuer which lnt1mated tna5 ne
could tell more If he would
The fact that Inspector byrnes macs
public his suspicious OF the cousin IN
duces the belief that the man 10 n nas
power, or that he Is using ann as bllAa
TO cover up some other trail be Is upon.
THE USUAL MYSTERIOUS PRISONER
The excitement was heightened iad1
night when Captain reilly ana Eetectife
Brett, Of the Thlrtlesh street sra119ps
brought mysterious prisoner 20 neao-
quarters. The mans arms we're pionaoneu
behind his oack, ana ne answered. th1
description OF the murderer except tAaf M
stead Of wearing cutaway GOAT AZ
had on q sack coat with rounded edges
which gave II much the appearance ~ 2
cutaway. Il was stated by the athorlsAee
that the man was notorious fniel
Notwithstanding this appearances 0H