New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-11-12
yIpRy LAURENCE IS JACOB STORMS.
-ur IDENTITY OF THE MAN CHARGED WITH
ABDUCTING IVY ROCHE KNOWN.

NE IDENTITY OF THE MAN CHARGED WITH
ABDUCTING IVY ROCHE KNOWN.
y, the evening OF October Ii q young woman
,ste,,d at the Getty House, Yonkcrs, as May Mans
~ The night clerk Sandforh, assigned her to Room
w =, ,le second floor. The following day she
s,nsand at the hotel again, accompanied by Wo'i'
nsrently thirty-fve years old The two women toon
s,nner at the hotel and the elder one went away ~
:. now known that the girl who registered az May
J.,s0eld Is Ivy Roche, who disappeared from 'he
sone OF John d. Stephens, No. 1G4 West one huhueN
.,athirty third-st. october H. On OCTOBER u
-. left the hotel and went to live At Bolsers
"a house. at Mount st. Vincent. While hv1nS al
A. Getty House she had no visitors, but at various
.,rs At early morning she WAS seen In YES
.u,nt with a man who Is now under arrest III unS
a, % Harry Lawrence. of YonkcIs charged WIN ao
snccng Ivy Roche. This name Is given by 'he 'lia"
STA real pane is Jacob storms lie Is maiilcd maj"
h.ytog two children, and he lives In AshbuTlohaVe''
mar North Broadway. storms Is a booKkecper lor "
.rse commercial house in that city. where ne mas
, great satisfaction by bis APPARENT stcadlness Oh
sh,,e and industry For some time, however. he has
.en leading dssip ated life unknown to his employers
nd his wife II Seems that he inheri ed some tlle
am large sum Of money from Il deceased fehiuVe'
On Columbus Day ne visited this clty with MIS- 4 W.
white young divorced woman, and went to the honse
n Mrs Leck at NO. 144 west Twenty eighth-st where
Ivy Roche Twas staying. lie had met the girl before,
and he gave Mrs Lecks 200 to persuade the gill to
accompany him and Mrs. White to YonRers. On
having the train at Yonkcrs he went to his home
vhlle Mrs White ard the girl went to the Getty House
Al the door she parted with Ivy and went home
On the night Of October 2S. while she was living al
Solgcrs Hotel. she and Mrs. White wished the Maple
Hotel In Rverdae ave. TO keep an appointment PIE
yously made with Jacob storms ard friend OF his
storms drove up and Joined them. While 'hey were
tsIhing a noise Of voices raised in quarrel came up
70 them followed by shutting Of feet and angry eN-
Carnations. Then all was still. The three fastened
down the stairs, entered the coach ana drove away
~ fast as the borSes could so toward New York.
John McElmeel and James smith, while standing
upon the corner opposite. had noticed ivy Roche
enter the side door of the building. Her landsom"
appearance excited their curiosity, and they went
over to the hotel TO see who the women We're They
first entered the barroom and called for drinks While
there Smith and William Jones, the proprietor OF The
house, became engaged in quarrel. There were
three other men In the barroOm at the tine, and
rush for smith. Tie latter ran out into the street.
puge thinking that McElmecl was friend of smiths,
struck him blow oil the neck Just he was going
sered into the street ana fell down dead. Due
L now out on bail awaiting the action OF the Grand
Jury a charge of manslaughter.
The connection of Ivy Roche with this case was
found out yesterday.
All this tine Tvs Roche had been missing from her
home Her brother, Jesse Roche, had reported The
Ease the society FOR the Prevention OF Cruelty TO
children, and agents had been detailed ~ work it
up. After considerable time spent the invcstica-
ton, they succeeded in finding the girl IN Boger's
Hotel. at Mount st. Vincent ON Wednesday night
locked up ut Police Headquarters I'm this city.
A reporter called last might AT the homo Of Jacoo
storms about her husbands arrest servant who
opened the front door, said that MIS-. storms lHi
gone rS to City 5. and had o Two TSd 1t
potessed Ignorance about the arrest Of storms.