The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1891-12-30
ARRESTED Al z. !; 7 AIT /. GRAVE.
Strange sceno, ut tho Funeral of a
Muraorod Man.
HIS WIFE AND BROTHER-lN-LAW
arrested, Charged with Killing tho
Man Over Whose Coffin They Wcrc
Observation-Disclosures Aftcrward
Tor Lack Of MISUNDERSTANDING New
Jersey Mystery.

Jersey Mystery.
NEw fonK, Dec, 29.-Tho funeral OF
William Durham, who was murdered
at Belleville, n. j., on Wednesday night
last, was rendered sensational Yesterday
BY tho arrest Mt tho grave Of diamond
Kate" was tho murdered mans
repnted wife, and her brother Conrad.
Tho body had been taken to Newark
Tor intermcnt in the receiving vault of
Paramount cemetery, and was about be-
Ing placed in the vault when detectives
stepped forward and arrested Mrs. Dun.
ham aud her brother. The crowd at
tho funeral became indignant and
threatened violence, but tho officers
hurried their prisoners away. They
Mere taken for examination to tho
Office OF County Prosecutor Crane,
where, after an interview lasting sever
III hours, they were finally allowed to
80 on their own rccognizauce, the pros
ecutor. satisfying himself hc had no
grounds on which to hold HIM.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Crane suspicion
was really directed against a former
husband OF Kate could not be learned
1t was said. that Mrs. Durham, before
becoming acquainted with Durham,
was married to rich Californian, from
whom, however, she separated when
she went to live with Durham.
The California husband, according to
rumor, has frequently visited Mrs.
Durham, and after each OF his visits
there were serious rows between Mr..
and Mrs. Durham. On tho day pre-
ccdlng tho murder Durham accused
his wiic OF having meta man ut Nutlev's
place, and the succeeding row lends
credit to the belief that the man whom
she met was her former husband.
The story OF the shocking crime is vet
fresh. William Durham was a notori-
GUS character in that section for years.
In Newark few. years ago he kept one
OF the worst dives in the place, and
aftcr. several mon had been robbed and
beaten there ho got into trouble with
the police and moved to Belleville in
company with notorious woman
known as Diamond Kate" but whose
real name is Katharine Hcinzer. She
has two brothers in this city, Conrad,
who lives ut No. 500 East Twelfth
street, and John, ut No. III Suffolk
street.
TROUBLE BEGAN OVER DIAMOND KATE. y
:. Dunham's place became the favored
resort for all the toughs OF both Newark
and Passaic, and to accommodate their
trade he furnished another place about
a mile and half further up the same
road. 1t was tho duty OF "Diamond
Kate" to look. after the business OF this
second house, and to help tend bar at
the SO called hotel. On the night OF
the murder, Durham, who was noted
Tor his violent temper and brutal ways,
was in an unusually angry mood, for
beside being drunk lie was jealous OF
Kate, who had stayed ut the other house
until almost II o'clock.
lie began trade against her. She
was at this time standing behind the
bar, serving drinks. She resented his
lmputations and appealed to Patrick
Phelan, one of Dunham's hostlcrs, to
youch for the truth of her, explanation
OF her absence. Phelan, who had driven
her over from the other place, did so,
and Phelan called him a liar. The men
came to blows, and Durham drew re-
volver. The other men IN the room dis
armed hlm. throwing the pistol behind
the bar, and forced Durham into the
kitchen, just back OF the barroom. Two
OF them stayed with them while until
he 1ell asleep in a chair, with tho bacl,
of his head almost touching tho Win
dow. They had been back in the bar
room, but few moments when a pistol
shot was heard, and, going into the
kitchen again, they found Durham
lying dead on the floor, with bullet in
his brain.
The shot had been fred IRON the out
side, smashing the glass and entering
Dunham's head just back OF the left car.
The windowcasin and glass were black
cncd by the powder, showing that the
pistol was within six inches OF the Win
dow when fred. Doctors and tho Off
Gals were summoned, and the entire
party, including Kate, who now claims
to be Dunham's wife, and Phelan were
arrested.
All told the same story, however, that
at the time tho shot was fired they were
all in. the bar-room. This statement
has been to some extent verified by the
finding OF Dunham's pistol, a thirty-two
caliber weapon, behind the bar still
loaded, while the bullet found in Dun
hams brain was of thirty-eight caliber.
All the prisoners were allowed to 70
temporarily.
"a DUNIIAM WAS UNIVERSALLY HATED.
That Durham had scores OF, enemies
is known. His brutality, lack OF con-
science and total disregard OF the rights
OF others made him universally hated
and feared. lie always carried re.
yolver and always seemed anxious to
use it. lie was constantly shooting at
stray cats, dogs or fowl, and it is said:
occasionally blazcd away at Kate. As
he was generally drunl, he seldom
hit anything, but obtained the reputa-
ton for being desperate.
In spite OF Dunham's brutality the
woman, who is rather pretty blonde,
seems to have loved him, and only on
rare occasions she turn upon her tor
mentor. Once she stabbed him in the
hand with an oyster knife while he was
.throttling her, and last week she knock
cd a pistol out of his hand and blackcn-
cd his eye when he was going to shoot
her. TWAS onlywhen her life was in
danger TINT she resented his BRUTALITY.