The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-10-12
MOTHERS AFFIDAVIT
Frank Moore and Tom BristOw Ar
rested for the Young Murder.
The Mother of Moore Makes the Start
ling Charges Against the Men
Solving the Mystery.

About IL o'clock, last night, two men
were brought to the county jail and locked
up They were Frank Moore, alias Reed,
and Tom Bristow, both aged about twenty
two years old. In the arrest of Reed and
Bristow it is believed that the mystery of
the 'thick-set" men who figured prominent
ly in the murder of John Young has been
fully cleared up. Reed and Bristow were
arrested last night by Marshal Maholm, or
West Indianapolis, and Constable Charles
Sorters, OF this city. The arrests were
made on information furnished by the
mother of Reed, whom it is thought will
produce enough evidence to convict her
SON. In an affidavit sworn out in Justice
Daniels's court, yesterday afternoon, she
charges the prisoner with the murder OF
John Young, which occurred on the night
or April II, in room Of dilapidated
structure at No. ALP West Washington
street. IT will be remembered that a few
days ago Moore was fined by Justice Dan
iels for assault and battery his mother,
Mrs. Sarah Moore. The latter lives just
cut of the corporation limits of West Indi-
annapolis, but at the time of the Young
murder resided in town. Her son lived at
home, and with them Tom Bristow board
ed occasionally. Both men were known to
the officers who arrested them as being of
unsavory character.
From the day of the Young murder these
men were suspected by the officers Of being
the guilty men, and number of slight and
unguarded statements made by Moores
mother, a month or two after the affair,
strengthened the belief. Two days ago,
when Mrs. Moore became involved In
trouble with her son, she warned him to
be careful or she would tell what she
knew about him. This assertion reaching
the ears of Marshal Maholm and Consta-
bic Sorters, they attempted to extort from
her something further in the direct line of
evidence The old lady was obdurate and
refused to speak until yesterday, when she
announced that she was ready to make a
statement. AS her reason for doing so, she
said that she was afraid Of her life at the
hands Of her son Frank. In a rear room
OF Justice Daniels's Office, at o'clock yes
terday, Mrs. Moore related facts and cir
cumstances that undoubtedly form con-
Elnclng chain of guilt against the prisoners
her story, In substance, is as follows:
On the night of the Your murder her
SON., Frank Moore. was absent from home
untli about o'clock i'm the morning At
mat hour he rushed breathIessly into the
mouse, his clothing torn and covered with
blood. He was terribly agitated, and his
mother, in fright. exclaimed:
My God, Frank, what is the matter
with your"
He replied:
Tom Bristow got into trouble with a.
feiiow on West Washington street over a.
all'
Without further explanation the young
man picked up a light and started for his
room roo AS, AS ne closed the door he stopped
Mother, if anybody comes here to see
me tonight tell them I'm not at home"
He then retired to bed and an hour later
Tom Bristow came in. Mrs. Moore. occu-
pying an adjoining chamber to the one in
which the men slept. was awake when
himself upon the bed at the side of Moore
He was silent a moment and then, Civ
ing Moore a shake to rouse him, hoarsely
Frank, Frank. Young's dead. Let's get
out of here at once"
This statement appeared to have a start
dressed himself Both men prepared to go
out and Moore ordered his mother to get
MS clothes ready They then walked from
the house and did not return until the next
5 day, when Moore presented himself and de-
nanded that his mother give him money
She informed him that she had but 81 This
himself packing a valise. While thus en-
gagged he had little to say, but as he placed
pair of trousers in the satchel he sig
nificantly remarked
Have you taken that blood out of my
pants?''
After an hour or two Moore and Bristow
started away, the former informing his mo-
Their that they were going to Cincinnati.
They were gone two weeks, when they both
returned Moore again taking up his old life
of dissipation and abuse of his mother.
Since their return the officers who arrested
them yesterday have kept close watch on
the men, and allowed nothing that would
finally strengthen the suspicious against
them to escape. For the past two months
Bristow has been a bartender at thesaloon
of Ben Wilson, corner of Risner and How
ard streets. West indianapolis. Moore has
spent most of the summer and fall around
the Oklahoma saloon, which is located in
the river flats west of the city. He was
arrested in this dive yesterday. Bristow
was found in the country, at the home of
his father. eight miles out on the Bluff
road When searched at the jail last
night a letter was found In the pocket of
believe will prove Of valuable Importance
to the prosecution. The epistle was ad-
been written by James Binan. the husband
of Emma Binan, who figured prominently In
the Young affafr. From the tone of the
missive it is evident that Moore was very
had apparently been endeavoring 10 get her
to leave her husband. Concluding his letter
OF or warning to Moore; the e husband said
DO. You may not know me- but you will
If you don't let my wife alone
Young was not killed outright, and was
the rooms of the Binan woman, his skull
crushed and his brains protrudng. He was
taken to his home on West Maryland street
and died a few hours later. In the block
where the injured man was found resided
the Binans and woman named Ida OH
YER Acting on testimony given by these
women the day following the death of
Young, the detectives arrested man
nance ma :. seibert who belonged to an estirna.
strayed into the locality where Young was
killed. His presence there at that time
came near getting him into serious trouble
but his preliminary examination result;
he was dismissed For weeks the eoro anr
and police, believing that Emma Binan and
Ida Oliver knew mora about the case than
they were willing to tell, worked night and
day. upon the mystery. but were unable to
The officers who arrested Moore and Bris-
tow are confident that they have the muir
derers of Young. Their theory is that the
men were in the room with the Binan and
Oliver women when Young appeared upon
the scene and that in a quarrel which en-
sued the latter was struck in the head with
a stick Of wood and then thrown down the
steep stairway.
During the testimony before the coroner
there was constantly recurring the state
rnent that "uhick-set" man had been seen
running away from the neighborhood a
few minutes before Young was found
This individual has baffled the skill of po-
lice and coroner and 1t was beginning to
myth. The person of Frank Moore recalls,
the ''thick-set'' fellow with startling clear
ness Bristow, the partner OF Moore has
respectable parents and relatives His
father was called to the last grand jury
and viii, doubtless. be compelled to exam
Inc the evidence against his son. Marshal
Maholn and Constable Sorters have worked
quietly upon the case but have accom-