The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1893-10-18
1 SKELETON MYSTERY.
Will Doubtless Lead to an Ar
rest for Murder.
NOTORIOUS BURGLAR CHARGED.

Now Believed That Jimmy LoEue, tho
M Ex Convict. Killed His wife for Her Dia-
Snonds and Then Hid Her Body Dee
seath the Floor of His House.
PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 1S-The police are
present engaged in clearing up the
hystery surrounding the findinGof the
zemale skeleton beneath tho floor of the
tesidence of Mrs. Mitchell, 1850 North
Eleventh street. by carpenter who was
making repairs.
Clinging to the bones of one finger was
bund plain gold ring which bore the
Initials u. l.. to ]. L." Alongside the
femains were found pair OF woman's
= shoes, and q small caba, though rotted
with age, contained veil In good state
pf preservation.
The position in which the skeleton was
found, with knotted handkerchief about
che throat, which bore traces of blood
z stains, and other facts surrounding the
strange case all point to foul play.
The Mitchell family have occupied the
house for eleven years. Before Mrs. Mitch
ell moved into the house 1t was occupied
& by James, or as he is better known, Jimmy
a Logue, a noted burglar
y Mrs. Logue's Disappearance.
y Late do veopments help strongly to con-
frm the suspicion that the skeleton Is all
That remains of johanna Logue, the wife
d Jimmy" Logue. There is every reason
to believe that the woman was murdered,
the motive being robbery, The initials
engraved inside the ring aid in confirming
the theory that the woman was in life Mrs.
johanna Logue. She was last seen alive
on February l5. 1879. Some time previous
( to this date she had separated from her
: Nhusband and gone to New York to live.
She came back to this city to visit a
sister, and left the latter's home on the
above mentioned date oste nsibly to return
to New York. Nothing was heard Of her
20 AsteN Yards, although most diligent
benrctwas made by relatives and friends.
When she started back to New York she
had in her possession quantity OF hand
come diamonds and $1,000 in cash. The
family of Johanna accused Logue, who
ut that time lived In the Eleventh street
house, OF having murdered his wife
This he sternly denied, and TO prove his in
nocence commenced an elaborote searcl
for the missing woman, advertising re
n wards in newspapers, hiring detectives anC
in other ways demonstrating an anxiety t.
discover her whereabouts.
Finally Logue advanced the theory that
his wife had elopcd with pal, Pete
( Burns, and gone TO Denver With com
s panion he went to Denver, as he snid, Il
hunt for his missing wife, but found III
trace of Mrs Logue or Burns.
&HfTobabiy Murdered for Her Diamonds
- The theory advanced tod ay is that afte
Mrs Logue left her sisters house to retur
~ 90 New York she went voluntarily or wa
y enticed to her husbands house on Mort
- Eleventh street, where the latter, in orde
to get her diamonds and money, strangle
her, burying the corpse under the kitche
floor. An additional reason for murder
found in the fact that the wife owned
half interest in the house. Logue returne
from Denver, and In November, 1879, rot
bed house, and was sent to prison fo
three years. After he was released th
charge of numbering his wife appears t
have been dropped.
Logue's criminal career covers perio
OF forty years. His present whereabout
are not known. On April ~ of this yea
he was released from the county prise
- here, after serving ten months sentent
s-- house. breaking Since then he hi
nwp2 of in Pittsburg, New York an
ri. The authorities are confder
will have him before the bar
NJ to answer for his wife