Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-05-02
CARRIE BROWNS MURDERER.

Inspector Byrnes Tells More About the
Case-The Woman's Body Claimed.
The fact that Inspector Byrnes believes that
he has the murderer Of Carrie Brown of New
York was announced in Thursdays STAR and
the chain of evidence against "Frenchy No 1, !"
or Frank Sherlock, was described:
''Now, % to the man who went to the room
with Shakespeare" the inspector continued;
I'VE arrested Frenchy No. 2, about whom there
had been so much talk, on Sunday morning.
We found that he had spent the night of the
murder at place four and q half miles away
from the scene Of the murder. The people he
was living with convinced us that it would have
been impossible for him to have been away
from the house two hours that night without
their knowledge, and We are satisfied that it
would have taken him that much time to 20
from where he was to the scene Of the murder
and return. We simply let 'Frenchy No. 2 60.
The man who went to the room with Shakes
speare left the hotel an hour later. There il
this to be said Of him: If he is an honest man
he will naturally not come forward and &C
knowledge the fact that he went to the hotel
with the woman. He would be ashamed to
do 1t.
snow We come to the knife with which the
murder was committed. We cannot trace the
knife to Frenchy' or any one else. It is . very
common sort Of knife, and such as might be
used on banana ships. It is 30 common and
cheap that there is really no way Of tracing it.
It is such knife as might have been used
about kitchen to peel potatoes with. No man
who had premeditated murder would have
taken that knife with him to commit the deed.
We are now working to try and trace the knife
to 'Frenchy.' That is why the inquest was sd-
journed today to give us time"
The prisoner, who gave the name Of Geo.
Frank, was arraigned before Judge MARITIME
yesterday upon the sworn information Of the
district attorney that he, Mr.. Nicoll, charged
Frank with the killing Of Carrie Brown, other
wise called shakespeare" The hearing was
postponed until the conclusion Of the inquest.
claimed by Mrs. Emma Allen, her daughter,
who lives in Salem, and by her order it was
sent to her home to receive decent burial
THE INSPECTORS PRoCEssEs DESCRIBED.
New York special says in regard to In
spector Byrnes' success in catching the MUIR
derer: The inspector has felt more keenly than
he ever has the necessity which has been upon
him for week to make good his frequent
declaration that crime Of "Jack-the- Ripper
sort could not be committed in New York and
the assassin escape, and 1t now seems that the
very man whom the inspector first suspected
and the first one to be arrested is the murderer.
The story which the inspector tells, and with
much dramatic power, of the detective pro-
cesses which led up to the arrest of the man
sounds like story Of the French masters of
detective fiction. The inspector tells it in sort
Of monologue; it is CHASTITY and yet graphic
narration. He summoned q number Of news
paper men and told it to them and repeated it
70 several Of the city olAsisls and they wentaway
from his narration a. they would have gone
from theatre where mastery actor had been
portraying great crime. The inspector is Q
good deal Of an actor himself; you can almost
see the blood stains the track, the murderer,
his manner of delivering his blows and his
weaving Of net Of falsehood % he tries to ex-
plain away the suspicious which have led the
detectives to arrest him.
HOW HE REASONED IT OUT.
The inspectors processes are as methodical
as are the rules Of logic, and he applied them
in this case SO that the demonstration which he
made in his own mind led him to discard all
other theories and to fix upon Q single one as
the motive for the crime.
His earliest investigations satisfied him that
the similarity between this murder and those
Of the Whitechapel district in London is purely
accidental. Therefore the theory Of homicidal
mania had to be discarded. Next the inspector
did not for a moment believe it possible that
any OF the brutes who oonsort in that vicinity
could be overcome by the passion Of jealousy.
Jealousy implies some sort Of regard, and these
miserable creatures have no other regard for
one another except that which is born of their
desire for money. Therefore the inspector
made up his mind that robbery was the motive,
and if that was SO the wretch who had been con-
sorting with Shakespeare" would hardly have
committed the murder. She had no money
when he met her, but she had such money as
he gave her when he left her, and no money
was found when the body was discovered.
Proceeding along this line Of reasoning the
inspector suspected that some one might have
entered the room and either demanded the
money she had just received or attempted to
rob her Of it, and out Of this passion came the
murder. This theory led the inspector to in
quire who occupied other rooms, and he found
that the man ''Frenchy," who had consorted
with these women for years, had one across the
hall on the night of the murder. Investigation
showed the marks Of blood; the man who occu-
pied that room had stained its walls and bed
clothing with bloody fingers.
Then the inspector, having this man in
custody, caused the particles Of dirt beneath
his finger nails to be removed and corpuscles Of
human blood were found there. This to the
inspector Is the most convincing evidence
against the man. Moreover the miserable fell
low lied about himself which to q detective
like Byrnes always increases vastly the sus-
picion Of guilt Therefore he believes he has
got the man, and has already made out q
sufficient case against him to bring him to
trial
Scientific Expedition.
There arrived here Wednesday the joint