The evening world., 1891-05-14
Ben Ais Indictment for the East
River Hotel Murder Probable.
No Defense Offered at the Inquest
Before Coroner SChultzs.
The Prisoner Says lie Did Not Oc-
cupy the Blood-Stained Room 33.

Hotel tragedy would be finished by this even
Ing.
The prosecutions case seemed TO be
nearly completed, and Levy, Friend a House,
attorneys for the prisoner, Ameer Zen All, or
Frenchy, SAID that they would not bring for
ward any witnesses for their client, believing
oner's jury would hold Frenchy responsible for
OLD ShakespC ares death.
Ese in the unlikely event OF Frenchys ex-
oneration by the Coroner's Jury, an indictment
by the Grand Jury seems unavoidable to
Frenchy's lawyers, and they will therefore re-
serve their ammunition for his triai.
The EVENING WORLDS Sporting Extra
yesterday told now Frenchy visited the East
River Hotel In company with the Jury and re-
garded the inspection Of room 81 and the ad-
jacent rooms 10 the scene Of the Uutchery with
ignorant indifference.
When room 80 was reached, however, he be-
gan TO jabber In French, and Juror Thomas s.
Brennan, VINO speaks that language, began to
talk to him.
Suddenly he turned and said to his fellow
Jurors:
"Why, gentlemen, this man tells me that
he never slept In room S3 the night of the
murder. lie says he was IN room ga"
Juror Brennan admitted this morning that
The report was perfectly correct but OF course
he could not, as juror, discuss Its important
relatl on to the case.
THE EVENING WORLD OF April 30 called at
tenslon 10 the peculiar fact that the MOTEL regis
ter showed no occupant for room 83 on the
night OF the murder a,ihough Its occupants Tor
every nlght oil that We were duly registered.
Proprietor Jennings could not explain this
Rnr a md IN al ~
OF 1t the police locked mp tue register and have
since refused TO let any one see II.
1t was nearly II O'Clock before the Jury were
In their places this morning. Frenchyh law
yers were on hand al 10 10, and Frencny came
In al 10. 80 in charge OF Keeper McNamara, OF
the TOmus.
examn alton, and Dr. Justin Herold, Coroner
Messemers former Deputy, was greatly inter-
estrd In mis- testimony, as ne Ii the medical ex-
Doctor Is there much blood In the arteries
sfter dea,nf" asked Lawyer House. ..,.--.x,.,
I'D iesnr the blood remain In the veins for
the most part5"
- 1t does"
"What Ia arteriai bloodf"
"Blood that has obtained its oxygen from
the lunga 1t u lighter In color Than other
"And venous bloodf"
"lt is deprived OF iA oxygen and In darke.
Lawyer House called DR.. Edson's attention
to the fact that DR.. jenkins had testified that
the cuts on old Shakespeare's body had been
made either just before or just alter death, but
probably after, and then asked:
"Suppoaing the woman was alive when she
was cut aud no tissues in'eryened between tue
arteries and the air, would not the blood have
spuried In all directions2"
'lt wouid."
"How long does It take blood 20 congeA?"
"0nly lew minutes
"When pld you examine these blood Spots
furnished you nv the police2"
..S "Sn na,pi Apr,in ~ 70 and 30"
"In Inspector Byrnes's room at Head
quarters"
- VINO assisted your"
"DI. Chas. +. Roberts, OF nv staff."
"What were the number, size and shape OF
the spots you ex xtmined2'
al can't tell without referring to my memo
randa at home
The spot on the front OF the shirt was
stain, tnat on the shoulder looked like smear.
| couldn't swear whether the stain was made
from the outside or inside.
~ didut use any otner test but the micro
scope and ,redted the spots with cold water"
scan you tell with any test the difference
between The blood OF live person and that OF
o dead one7"
"Not wnsre death Ia of recent occurrence. "
"Don't you know IN i there are authorities
who say IT'S possible = 49,
them"
"is there any known method by which You
can determine the difference between dried
human blood corpuscles ana others OF over
one forty y-hundredtn OF an men in diameter"
Juror Scaman-Doctor, did you compare the
number OF red ami white corpuscIes on the
spots You examined?
nNo; dId NOT.
Lawyer House Couldn't person get
blood under their nnger nails in wiping MS nose
with his nngers when he had the nosebced?
"And wouldn't tho scrapings from under
his hnger nails, even long time afterwaru,
contain blooL cOrpuscles7"
sYes, sir.n
Mary Miniter, the assistant housekeeper at
the Rast River Hotel. detailed the visit OF old
SHAKESPEARE and her companion to the hotel.
:" sne came IN the SIDE door aud said she
wanted a ntrV-cent room. she gave me
q silver dollar. that changed for her
and gave her a candle and can OF beer and
took her and The man Psiairs.
Z" Tue man wasn't Inis man (Frenchy) Ills
name wasn't Dut on the IeaiSter that night
The next morning Tommy Thompson toll me
to say that {. hnlcl0 and wife had room 81 the
nlght before. but didn't put 1t on tue regis
ter"
Are any names ever put en- the register
until the next daT7"
- Sometimes, when ihey give names"
on cross-exAminAtion the witness admitted
that she lied to the police about the name OF
ShAkespeare's companion, bu; sne insisted that
he was a blond III In, thirty-two or thirIy-three
years old, feet inch 8, had light complex
ion and mustache, ana she was positive that
there was no imaginal ion about II.
Sam bnlne, Otrle III tue East RlVer
Hotel, swOre that Frenchy occupied room 80
on the night OF the butchery.
How do YOU know" a'ked Lawyer House.
eddie Fitzgerald told me so, and put IL
on sheet OF paper that We nave for private
register"
"Thrn you donr know anything about IL
except what Fitzgerald told yOu?"
"No, sir.
general Manager" Tom Thompson, OF the
East River Hoiel, gave unlmporlant testimony
regarding the murder itself, but swoTe that no
regular register OF the guests OF tue hotel was
kept ana tuaI the names entered were all nc
titiouA.
On cross-ex mination Lawyer Friend drew
out Of nlm the fact that he was an eN-convct
and had been tried buI acquitted on a charge
o. NOmicie Q In killlng man name Slattery.
Dnorman John Jandas OF tne OAK street
station, swore tnat one OF Frenchys socks had
blood on the lnsiep as well as Inside his shoe.
Patrolman Edwin Lang, OF the Oak street
station, sWOre that he arrested Ftenchy at 8
O'Clock Friday evening, April -, the next
nlgnt alter the murder, IN front ~ Sal Water
street, three blocks from the East River Hotel,
where he took him aud had Eddie Fitzgerald
Identity him.
Capt. OConnor was recalled, and aWoTe tNAt
frenchy told him after he was arrested that he