The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-03-13
GOT BEGGAR MEZRACHKI.
THE MAN WHO SHOT RABBT AEENDEs
FOUND IN PHILADELPHIA.

He was Trylng to Get to Italy by Sailing
Y ship. and begging snd Feeding Mean
yyhsIe-A mong His Letters was Com
meuda,ion from Dr. Mepdes's Brothsr
jose Mezrachki. the begGar who shot Rabbi
Henry pereira Mendes. pastor Of the shearitf
Israel Synagogue. In the latters house. D Wess
Ninth street. week ago last night little
after z O'Clock, was caught In Philadelphia
yesterday afternoon. Last Wednesday In.
spector Byrnes put Detectives Jacob and
Heidelberg on the case
They found that Mezraohki for nearly two
weeks before the shooting had lived at the
Windsor lodging house in tho Bowery. he
left there on Saturday morning. leaving an old
valise behind. Tho valise contained an old
black and white striped praying shawl. hall
pound OF loaf sugar. and some railroad time
tables.
On PENNSYLVANIA Railroad time table was a
pencil mark against the 8 P. NJ. train from New
York. On the chance that the man had caught
this train after the shooting on Saturday night
1t was decided to look in Philadelphia. The
detectives had learned that Mesrachki was a
widower and had s!T-yesr,oid Shild Lying
n3i V seans Jesi;s isd Who knew M s.
jacob JAZZ 50 and H eH Sscompssiea b. ths
10y. started for PhilpdSIphap o,. letter r IRON
Inspector ByrneS to 1nie1 oi foncS i.ope5o d.
d Bs,ectlves Hamm and EsEstsin TO pilot tho
New York detectives around;
minus. II was learned. from storekeepers
man answering Mezrachki's description. bad
his money on the way from New York.
iaf han 0 BEEN begging sas
more and Ohio Railroad depot telling, the
same tale he had previously worked From
merchants in Market street. The detectives
learned. as they supposed, that ne had re;
f. Sos s care Of the
Yesterday the Philadelphia, detectives started
thoy located Mezrachki in q synagogue IN
Chestnut street He was arrested on the boys
Tho man protested that he was not Mez-
but had never seen him. He was taken to
add rs TO sose MszrachEi were ioun$ on
him end then he edm s9t that he iSn M
, The story recited above was given out at
roSs ast gfs
was found BY Phiiadelphie detectives peddlirg
rings in Eighth street and arrested because he
5ssSpSled liz dessrlsti9n tsIeFrapnea f 5o5a
PHILADELPHIA, March 12.-Amorg the pa
pcrs found on MeZrackhi were several letters
from Hebrew clergymcn Recommending him
to charity. One under date OF New YORK, Jan.
%. signed F. De Sofa Mendes." reads:
have known Joseph Mezrackhi for some year, as an
unfortunate Israelite from Alexandria Egypt whose
property was -stroyed IN The British s.ege OF that
place lie had fought hard AGAINST the trials OF an emit
here pcnness and ignorant Of the language and
cusi oms OK the country aud hampered withal
by the increasing hurdships Of lung trouble. To
better himself in this last regard he now seeks TO find
in southern California anl IT Is especially Incumbent
have helped, and hope many more will do tho same.
Dr. Do Sofa Mpndes is brother Of the Rabbi
who was shot. Mezrachkt seems to have at
tempted to leave the country from Philadel-
phia- 4 slip in his pocket road:
There siinR vessels bound to Italy from this
port. The only way to go IL by way Of New York.
He also had an order for ticket to New York
from the French Benevolent Society Of Phila-
deiphia. TO Chief Miller he said that
DR.. Mendes and several of his congregation
had assaulted him in the synagogue on the
night OF the shooting. He would not admit.
however. that he had sought revenge on the
rabbi.