New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-12-08
ARRESTED FOR THE MURDER.
THREE MEN CHARGED WITH THE CRIME

NoI.NT VrENOS'S CORONER SURE HI HN0 Inn
>,AyERs OF ELLA NEWTON.
Mount Vernon continued 70 be excl''o He'"'u '
over the mystery which surrOnnds Tue "'"'" "
ve,r,on There have been all sorts of rumors cur
rent throughout the day. Coroner DrewN maue every
ef ort to trace the girl from the time she i-i' "',
Bard,s until She reached the lnveInere ho'e" IL
was a difficult matter. the road leads through Il
barren country in which the houses are le" anu ''
between The feeling that the girl did ho' tame nv
own life was more freely expressed yes"to. ''"n Wv
dav before th, being mainly due to the TACT ' 'ne
,hvsicans had said that there marks upon her
body which might have been caused by an attempt
to assault her Neither Dr.. Weiss nor DE- smith wo"r
however say positively that the marks were due t.
this cause. -,
TIE case was given fresh Interest yesterday Dy ''t
story which got abroad that the coroner had oD'eu
an important clue. II was said mat the gIl '"i''
at a house between Mount Vernon ana fa'' '"e''er
+, seorc Of work and that 1t fatal step for her
II was sad that Tile girl there met young hk' "ooe
reputation was not Of the best, and that he 'o"'u 'e
an ab,,t what Iz,ppcncd anerward. Neither Coroner
Drew nor Chief Foley would deny this story
rb. hody WAS removed New York yesterday
morning by George Newton, the girls s''Pia'he''
Before The body was taken away. coroner Ore" A"oe
in Duncan GAY samuel see Michael BURKE Ahur'"
Kcnlon Elias Floa,e and Lawrence Dooing as Jury
They saw the body at bu'r D"'S ''"'
ment and adjourned.
Al 10 :45 o'clock last night two color'd men "o'r
arrested AT yew. Rochelle by direction O Noroh"'
Drcws. brought 10 Mount Vernon and locked up NJ
nolIce hendaua-,ers Oh suspicion Of having mraIeH
n. Girl The arrests made by lHiWhri ciath
and John Frrdcrlcus, With Jeremiah MVre. "a.
and Frederlcks are private detective ron 80 80,
%nr and Moore is a deputy sheriff Of We-trhes'rf
conniy The two colorcd men gave ihelr 'Inle' -
Io,ep6 .y-cr twenty eight years, and wa yer u -uT,
twenty four years old. Tney Wcfr arrested III "
h,xsc 0, a Mrs. Flynn. and Will be taheh 10 WIN"
Plains to-day. " J., A.. -, ,,o,.a
Coroner Drews IL positive that he mas f'iue ~
.uiiceut Ia convict The men, ana tais tHl eiv
N'idence witch will De- educcd at the inquest VIII
,,To thon warrant thcii detention without bail 10
nIvait the action Of the Grand Jury. ,
Al a few minutes after Il O'CLOCK lHS hloIni!h
CoIoncr Drew, assisted by Detective moore, ven -
mo house Of Mr.. Meyers, the woman VINO h'ePs
-.a Intelligence Office az which Fla VI. Newton "p
nliad for the address OF some one wanting hurse
p' and arrested Mrs. Meyers son James on 'sldcluh
- having committed the murder. James MNriS wa
lacked nj, at Police headquarters with the TWO ne
rn,. ,vho we're arrested earlier in the evening Cor-
66ncr Drew thinks that Meyers saw the Sfl ny hl3
mct ner's place and followed her. and that hr chcu
hn- IA East Chester. When he reachel thec IL
thinks he tried 10 assault her. iii,
IL Is ALSO believed that he murdered her c'nci
With or without the assistance OF the hcTu>, ~
h,t after She was dead tho three carried hrr ihto .c
water Movers WAS IN bed when tii Coroner anu , w.,
Ta,ac,,,es arrived They arrested him in bcd. ne
rodc ma resistance None OF the prisoners WVuu ';lh
hut H. is believed that one of tho negroes VIII "eh'h
and tell the whole story.