The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-12-09
On PECULIAR EVIDENCE
THESE NEW WERE ARRES TED For THE
MURDER OF ELLEN MENTION.

Young Meyers and the Two Negroe. Have
Perfect Alibis-rhe Detectives Made Lit
Gle NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Evidently Suicide.
Three persons have already been arrested
upon suspicion OF having murdered Ellen
Newton. and fourth unrest is threatened. all
by so-called private detectives from this city.
Not suggestion Of even crcumstantial owl
dence las been produced against these
men. Ono poor woman's heart has been
almost broken That might havo been avoided
ftho Coroner. who is directing tho wild pur-
suit for suspects. had made inquiry concern
ing tho whereabouts at the time Ellen New
ton died. of the men who are now IN White
Plains jail.
The most important arrest was that OF
James Meyers son OF tho woman who keeps
tho employment Office which Ellen Newton Wis.,
tied in her search for work. James. or Jim
mic. as every one cnlls him. Is % years old. 6
feet . inches in height. and weighs go
pounds. His face Is smooth and boyish look
ing. II Is n fact that he has been arrested Tor
fighting in saloons. but he Is ms unlike the
material OF which murderers are made rs It is
possible to imagine.
Tho townspeorle know little about young
Meyer except that he had an unusual nbhor.
rance for work. and allowed his mother. al.
most cripple from neuralgia. to support him
in idlcncss. Very few of them knew that only
with his parents in ono OF the handsomost
villas In Pelham Park: that his father was
member OF three or four swell clubs and that
house parties from New York were handsomely
entertained by his nothcr
That sort of thing is quickly forgotten. and
there was nothing in the crippled woman.
barely earning her bread in the ono room
which served as oflico ard bedroom. to remind
them o: rast Glorics. That is why il was so
l. Fa. 4 a
taken from his bed at midnight on tho charge
OF having committed murder. when she was
prepared to prove that he WAS IN her sight all
of the time after Ellen Newton loft her on
Monday until tho girls dead body was found.
That fact could have been asceit,tinel hy tho
Coroner as easily as 1t WAS BY II SIN reporter
yesterday
Mrs Meyers. who is large and still, hand
come woman. despite the marks OF toll and
care aad grief in her face. rents half Of n store
on First street. opposite the New Uayon ELi-
road station. The front part Of this she uses
rs her Office. nuI tho rear is partitions, 10y
calico hanEings into bedrooms for herself and
her son and Kitchen. Tho other half Of tho
store IL occupied by n mason and piastcrcr
named Bruce. Mrs. Meyers told this story 10
",0n Monday the Newton girl came here and
asked about work, gave her tbs, address Of
when she failed to got that rlnce. and 1ucs-
toned her some 10 learn what she was capa-
she was somewhat dear aud so she made sew sew
eral replies that were not answers to my uucs-
My boy was lying in bed on the othor side
Of the, curtain and heard her answers and
x ssr no n her mnd .hS
the deafness. and my boy turned over and
Il did not wake him. because 1 thought as
%osd Dies be- out Of as that Ye he fsp ne
for MIR; Bruce. who was out. Later between
fifty cent fee: She gave mo dollar and i sent
Jimmie to the feed store next. door to get
%ss Re d aS had ada
When the, detectives came hero yesterday
came home very late and had been drinking
suspected him OF such an awful crime"
That is her story. 1t was very easily cor.
feed store. The cashier. u young woman. said
taa sss nad nSs o for
day. Next door. ON the other side was Mi
Bruce. He was not sure at lrst that /, was on
MSRay sso hd seen, ,hs et OF o
said that that was the dayhe had seen Jimmie.
and his books showed that the payment was
to establish this simple train Of circumstances
scarcely oat Of her sight during the time he
Is charged with having walked unnoticed six
IN East Ts5s rhs n With
striking figure. could not walk block on
gone TO Invermere he must have walked six
miles through village streets and along coun.
Try roads. where strange dog, would excite
comment, and no one claims 10 lave seen him.
Tut the private detectives have him i'll the
county lal where h , must remain until after
some who may rene IN Dor when the Widow
Meyers entertained him ut Pelham Manor
hires a lawyer to get the boy out on writ OF
haheas corpus
q, The circumstances attending, the arrest Of
Joe Pug ssy. show that it was not less UNI ST.
fable than the arrest OF young Meyers. The
t%E neg, o ya in fuSssyf Ho2w not
called -sRostsmeRns heeitIeat." on tho oI Bos
not far from where Ellen Newton was drowned.
short time ago the FlEnns bought out a little
When. they, moved from the Retreat 10 the |
Hollow they .eit behind them large and we'll:
in wagon alter lis coop ana tie two ~" color.d
men accompanied hi n. One load did not |
sTrtT AL Inc w.te aGd 1la1 Nj q the COOP and
At work wnon the street car from Mount !
trirs TIC men quit Work to look at tho " car.
and were observed BY the Corouer's detectives |
The detectives saw thu negroes. ana Watching |
them out OF the car window. saw them enter |
the Eetreat again. That il all the detectives !
even claim 20 have seen 20 arouse their suspi. !
cion.
On their return they stopped at tho Retreat, |
but Flynn and his colorsl iahorOrs had de- |
Parted With tho remains Of the coop. Ira |
and who clai Inns to have been 4 l:nk.rton de- |
hctive. was there: ard Ira. in the language Of |
tyes. He told them where his Predecessor. |
Flynn. lived in the Hollow, and gave them the |
names o! III? negroes. That night tho men |
were arrested.
Yesterday the three prisoners were taken to |
the county Jail and on their way there a SUS |
reporter talk ed with Al! Of them: Meyers told |
tho story his mother had previously told to |
the reporter and which had been already cor |
roborated. The two negroes simply could not |
understand what 1t was all about. They both
told strai gnt stories as to where they had been
on Monday; and u visit tho reporter made to
lugslsy's Hollow corr9boratsd thor stories.
On Monday Joe Pugsley worked all day for
Flynn. IN his new saloon In the Hollow. and
for his aunt; papcrinG her cottage. On the
Q car Of potatoes at tho Now koch depot