The evening world., 1891-05-01
Seen by an Evening World" Re-
porter, but Not Allowed
TO Speak,
0llCial Statement BY ByflsS 0. tla
Proofs Against Him.
..cr OF the hght-Haired Man
Wna Was Last Seen With
Carrie Brown.

The one topic OF conversation in Kew Iu;k
to-day Is whether or not George Frsn.
co.'s or Frank sheriick or Frenehy No. !, as ne
h yariously termed. murdered Carrie Brown.
who was so horribly Slaughtered in the East
River Hotel
The cireumsianiiai evidence gwen oct By the
police leads many 10 believe that Sheriick !.
guilty. But there are also points which tend
10 STOW the possibility Of lis not being the
men.
Uniil the public hears sherIiek's explanation
as 10 how he got the tet-taie blood stains and
itere must be doubt 81 to his guilt or inno-
ernee.
TIE following is what Inspector Byrnes has
snerlick's aTrnst: -.
eli YVES s O'Clock Friday night. Frank
sseri,eE, or FTenehy. was standing In the
saloon uhdet tae hotel talking TO the bar.
tender. We had learned that on the wednes-
day night previous Frenchy and this old
woman Shakespeare had occupied the room
where the mnrder was committed, and We
learned that he was about win her and with
other low women the following day-the day
on the night OF which the murder was con-
mittNd.
"Frenchy was about The saloon down in tae
Fourth Precinct with the woman the evening
of that day. He was at the East River Hotel
alone a. about 10 O'Clock. and he was there
drinking st II O'Clock when tie old woman
Shakespeare and her companion came in and
got their drink and went upstairs TO room 81
"Tnis man Freneny was, as l have stated
before, man OF wicked and unnatural habils,
ana the women ue have had under arrest say
that he has frequently occupied rooms on tae
top noor Of that hotel with them. and tha; he
has repeatedly beaten and kicked them and
Otherwise mlltreated them
''He had taken taeir noney away from them
and created disturbances which had N ade ii
necessary on more than one occasion for the
hotel people 70 throw him out OF the place.
Frenehy had suca . tough reputation among
the women that none OF them. except old
Shakespeare, would have anything 10 do with
him. The other women. to guy him. got to
calling him old Snakespe ares mash
"H 10 against The rules of tue sotel for Q
man not accompanied by woman to 60 to the
top noor OF the hotel II M against the rules
10 let room on the top noor 10 q Gngie man.
This rule was MADE because the men Who
accompany the women 10 the hoiel usually
remain only Q little while They 90 out and
leave the doors Of the rooms unlocked. The
women stay behind. and IN the early morning
hours the rooms are nlled with women II
would be unsafe 10 allow men OF the character
OF those who visit the hoiel TO be on the same
nooL.
- The nigai OF tie murder Eddy Fitzgerald.
the little bartender, was on duty al the hotel,
In charge Of the door. he did not know OF
this rule Aner Shakespeare and her
e1mpAnion OF that nighi had gone upstairs.
Frenehy said 10 EddT thAt he guessed he would
20 TO bed. and asked for q room on the top
fooL He gave in payment for 1t twenty-five
singie cents.
"TmH niRhT have been IL O'Clock and might
have been later. Some time after this Sam
Shine the night clerk came 10, and PIiE-
gerald gave the pennies to him.
'Shine asked: Where did you get these
and HtEgerald replied that he had got them
from . man on the top floor.
''6hine asked what the man looked like, and
Fitzgerald said: 'He's tall and DARK yea
said Shine. 'iI's thai olAck Frenehy.' netUo
talked about IAe adVisAbility Of going up stairs
ana throwing FTenehy oai. RIt1geraId said
the man had been up stairH twenty minutes
Shine said he suesssd the fellow was in bed
and they would risk letting him stay there.
% When Frenohy vas arrested and broaFbt
TO the Giation-house he had on no undsreIoih-
Ing. He wore . eoArse Ahirt, pair OF Trousers
and pair Of socks he was examined. ana
the lover part OF hu ShiTt Was found to be eoy-
cred VITA blood in front II vas Ahoui where
the blood would strike had he stood over the
woman By the side Of the ted.
''Thsrs was . blood mart on the back OF tue
neck Of the snirL jusI Suea . mark - would
be made By the woman II Ehe had thrown up
her hand and SeiEed him while sac EiS S,raE-
Ghng In = death grasp There WAsA splAsh OF
blood on The Waistband OF the shirt, and Il Was
plain thai an Atiempt had been made to vash
II OF.
There were blood stains on one OF ais
eoeAA- On the outside Jamb OF the door o;