The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-07-25
DALTON And SULLIVAN.
Two East Providence Rogues Sus-
pected In the haswell Case.
THEY SPENT TUESDAY NEAR BY
The Men, were Seen In Grog Shop In
tho Village on Tuesday. and Dalton
Changed His Clothes Detective Parker
Knows Thsm-Nothing Else New.

There are no new developments in the
Hasweli murder case. The police are still
working on every possible clue however
slight, but 30 far no tangible results have
been accomplished. In regard to the cap
ture of the two men in the woods near
Central Falls, yesterday, Detective Par
ker expresses It a. his opinion that they
are not the murderers OF old man IIaswell.
The East Providence officers are busily
working on the case and have made q
little progress. 1t has been discovered by
them that Haswell had comparatively
small amount of money In his possession
on the night of the murder, his we'll
known habit Of changing the money to el
bills causing the roll to look large aud
considerable In amount.
The Boston eyeRiass peddlers have left
tho city, It being rather too warm for
their comfort to be continually shadowed
as suspicious characters. ff
The detectives have struck good cl ne
and are now following 1t.
Dalton aad sullivan Suspected.
There has been clue at East Provi-
dence for several days, and Detective
Parker was at Fall River Thursday fol-
lowing it up. Two men named Martin
Dalton and David Sullivan, who are
known to the police, the former having
been sentenced from this city for break
on Tuesday, and they answer the descrip-
tion of the Haswcll murderers very well.
Sullivan is the older of the two men
and Dalton answers the description of the
Detective Parker has known about them
for several days, but on bis trip to Fall
River and Newport did not find them, as
they had disappeared from their haunts
in those places.
Dalton is % or % years old and Sullivan
is AZ or 43. They were In grogshop in
East Providence on the day Of the killing
and Dalton changed his clothes near the
roundhouse and later changed again and
been quietly looking for them. but have
not wished to make the facts public up
to the present time.
On the morning of the murder Sullivan
was seen in Westminster street by De-
tective Parker, whose mind, Immediately
after learning of the murderous assault
on Haswe11, aud the description OF the
assailants, reverted to his meeting with
Sullivan whose description fitted to that
of one Of the murderers.
He Immediately commenced to work up
this clue and soon learned that the two
men had stopped in a saloon kept by a
man named Sullivan on Water street,
Dalton changed his clothing in the sa-
loon late in the afternoon, and later in
the evening returned and put his own
garments on again, doing the discarded
clothing up In a bundle and throwing it
into switchhouse on the Old Colony.
Upon learning the fact OF Dalton's
changing his clothes, the detective i'm
mediutely made thorough search Of the
vicinity aud succeeded in recovering the
clothes few hours later
He traced the men to Fall River where
they belong, ana is on the look out for
them at the present time. While in the
saloon both men showed that they had
considerable money, but would give no
explanation as to how they came IN pos
session Of IL.