The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-06-20
ROMANCE OR HISTORY +?
Doctors AND LAWYERS FAIL TO
SHAKE MOLLoYS STORY.


Robbery Which Finds Apparent Cor
roboration-Is the Young Man Only
Acting2
Prom the Ne,O York Sun.
David Molloy, the 19-year-old son of win.
lam Molloy, David Dudley Fields private
secretary and confidential clerk, lives with
his parents at Fort Hamilton. He comes to
town every day, and has desk with his
father at Broadway. Lately the entire
business of collecting rents has been left in
Young Molloy's hands. On Monday morn
ing. at 9 o'clock, he left his fathers office to
collect some money up town. He was to
get back at 2 o'clock, but when that hour
arrived he had not appeared. All that night
he was away, and on Tuesday morning,
when he failed to return. Mr.. Molloy, act
ing on Mr.. Fields advice, called at the
Elizabeth street station house and had a talk
with Capt. Brooks. who promised to send
out an alarm.
About o'clock on Tuesday evening a
Chinaman, whose name is not known
stopped Patrolman Cortlandt on the Bows
ery and told him that there had been
fight the night before in the hallway of 10
Pell street. He said that four men had
attacked another man. ami after kicking
and beating him had rified his pockets and
stolen a leather sachel from him. He
thought he could find two of the strangers
assallants if the policeman would accom-
pany him. So Cortlandt vent with him,
and at his direction arrested Patrick
Diueen, 10 years old, of 63 Catherine street
and John Leonard, 20:years old, Of SO Wash
ington street, at the corner of PelI and
Doyers streets. The young men protested
that they we're innocent of any crime, but
they were taken 10 the station house and
locked up as suspicious persons.
Early yesterday morning a good-looking
and well-dressed young man, with his eyes
blackened and his face badly bruised, stag
gered up to Policeman Dsvlin in Pell street
and motoned to the officer that he was deaf
and dumb, and wanted to make a COM
munication. Devlin gave the stranger a
piece Of paper and pencil, and the young
man wrote:
~ have been robbed and beaten, aud nv
money is all gone. What shall doF'
The syoung man acted SO queerly that
Devlin decided that he was insane, and took
him to the station house.
Capt Brooks recognized him as the
missing David Motley. He thought he was
mistaken, though, when the young man
signifed that he was unable to hear or
speak.
"What is your namegn asked Capt.
Brooks Sergt. Walsh wrote the question
on q slip of paper ard the young man i'm
mediately wrote, David Molloy." Many
other questions were asked in:the same man.
ner, and finally the young mans whole
story was learned.
He wrote that at o'clock on Monday
morning he started uptown on the west side
of the city TO collect some rents. Hetook in
good deal Of money, and about $3.50 O'clock
In the afternoon started down from Harlem
to pay interest on a mortgage held by q
man named Leaycraft, at Forty-fourth
street and Fourth avenue. He transacted
bis business with Mr.. Leaycraft, and about
$50 O'clock boarded a South Ferry train at
Forty-second street TO return to his fathers
Office. At Cha ham square Molloy says he
got off the train to take City Hall train.
On the station he was seized with a sud-
den and uncomfortable thirst, to satisfy
which he went down the steps and got q
glass Of beer in Chatham square saloon.
At that time, he says, he was In full posses
sion Of his faculties. The young man re-
members getting the beer, but everything
else is blank until he became conscious in
q Pell street hallway. He regained his
senses only to tind four young men rifing
bis pockets, and his bag containing S143 in
cash and check for sos in the possession
Of one Of his assallants. A young girl was
also present. Young Molloy was sure that
this was on Monday night. He is unable
to account for himself for the rest of the
night, and for all day Tuesday and all Tues
day night.
The case was given to Detectives Price
and Schirmer to work up. They arrested a
girl named Maggie Williams, who lives in
Pell street with Chinaman. They took
her to the station, where Molloy recognized
her as the girl who was present when she
wa srobbed. The girl was defiant at first, but
finally broke down and confessed that the
knew all about the affair. She said that
Patrick Morrell of No. Hague street, Pat
rick O'Toole OF No. 3 Dover street and two
other young men had committed the rob-
berry. Dineen and Leonard, who had been
arrested the night before as suspicious per-
sons, were brought before the girl and
recognized as the associates of Morrell and
UIoole. The two latter were captured
without difficulty.
To Capt. Brooks the girl told remark
able story. She said that at about 5 O'Clock
on Monday evening she was standing at
Pell strset and the Bowery. when young
Molloy touched her on the arm. She asked
him what he wanted, and when he did not
answer started to walk away. Molloy. she
says, followed her and handed her a piece of
paper on which was written: II am deaf
and dumb, but would like to see you all
alone" Tue girl says that she led the
stranger into the hallway Of No. 10 Pell
street. Here the young man began to write
to her on piece of paper. She says that he
wanted her TO 60 with him TO some place in
the Seventh ward. She refused to go and
was starting to leave him, when he grasped
her by the arm and pulled her back. He
Then turned to the wall and wrote on 1t: u
nave $500 with me, and l want you to run
away with me-" He wrote lot of other
things on the wall, she says, but they were
all to the same effect.
Patrick Morrell, one of the prisoners, is
fond of the Williams girl, according to her
story, and when he discovered her and
Molloy in the hallway he called on Dineen,
Leonard and O'Toole, who were standing at
Dell and Doyer streets. and together they
Knocked the young man down and kicked
ana beat him numerically. They then took
MS money and fled. They also carried away
bis scarf pin, his hat and his cuff buttons.
When the prisoners were arraigned before
Justice Taintor at the Tombs police court
yesterday morning they all protested their
Innocence. Molloy and the Williams girl
Identified them as the formers assailants.
Mr.. Molloy had been informed OF his sons
safety and was in court. Justice Taintor
thought the story improbable and decided
to go into formal examination. The girl
and Molloy repeated their stories. MolioY
wrote in answer to the Justices questions.
mat be did not know when or how he had
been stricken deaf and dumb. He did not
remember where he had been on Monday