The Indianapolis journal., 1894-02-23
NOT IDENTIFIED YET
Police Unable to Find Relatives or
Friends of Dead FOOtpad.
Further Details of the Movements of the
Two Robbers-Their Visit at the
George Hotel.

All attempts to secure a definite identin-
cation of the footpad shot and killed by
Dr. Albeit Wednesday night have thus fan
failed. During the day many persons visit
ed the morgue OF Kregelo, Son & Irwin, on
North Illinois street, thinking possibly from
the description in the press that they could
identify the dead man. but on seeing
the body none could identity him.
Acting Superintendent Campbell Jele-
graphed to the Chicago authorities
yesterday furnishing a description OF the
dead man, and also giving the name OF
his mother and her residence as given by
the robber to Coroner Beck and police sur
geon carp. No reply had been received al
a late hour last night.
The only positive information concerning
the robber is that on several occasions he
stopped at the George Hotel, at the corner
of New Jersey and Washington streets, in
company with a shorter man, who is sup
posed to be his pal in attempting TO hold up
Dr. Albeit. On Thursday evening. Feb. 10.
two men registered at the hotel. the latter
one giving his name as ]. B. Campbell, OF
Chicago. The name evidently hcti-
tious one, as his companion laughed when
the name was given. The two staid at the
hotel that night On Tuesday evening the
stopped at the hotel, giving his name as
Campbell, paid for a nights lodging, this
time giving his name as William Anderson,
of Chicago. He staid only during the night.
The clerks are positive that this man is
the same one killed by DR.. Albeit
On Wednesday night, shortly before
o'clock, a stock drover stepped hastily into
the office and told the clerk that two men
were following him. At this juncture the
two men, who were recognized by the
stock drover being the two who followed
him, entered the office. The smaller one,
probably the companion of the dead high
Wayman, asked the clerk if Sergeant La
porte had been there. On being answered
that he had not, he turned to pass out, say
ing that he expected to meet a friend who
had been brought TO the hotel by the SER
geant.
When Sergeant Laporte found the robber
lying in the alley north OF ONO street ana
west of Liberty street he thought the man
was drunk. For a time no satisfaction
could be obtained from the hghwayman,
but finally he asked the sergeant IL he
would assist him to a hotel, which the SER
geant promised TO do. This coincidence re-
veals the fact that the wounded man had
been attended previous to the arrival OF
Sergeant Laporte by the smaller man, his
companion 1t had been, i'm all probability,
arranged between the two that the wound
ed man should be removed TO the hotel IL
possible and then he would be Joined by
the smaller man and a companion. The
they could at any time Identify the smaller
robber jeff Harper. the night clerk, on
seeing the body Of the dead robber, recog-
nzed him as being the party who had previ-
ously stopped at the hotel under the names
of Campbell and Anderson.
w. Ostermeyer, residing at No. 26O North
Noble street, told patrOlman Sheigert yes
terday that while standing at the corner OF
Market and Noble streets shortly before 3
o'clock, after the shooting which he heard,
occurred, he was accosted by small. COM
pactly-built man, who hurT1edly asked TO
be directed to doctors office. When
asked what the trouble was. he answered
that a companion was lying in an alley
close by and was very ill., The fellow then
left to hunt for the physician. Sergeant
Laporte, after bringing the man 10 the
police station, returned 10 the place where
he had found the man, and on searching
found a flask containing half pint OF
Woolf. who keeps a saloon at No. l39 East
Washington street. Woolf remembers dis
tinctly when il was bought.
DIR. Albeit is rapidly recovering from his
injury, which was only slight flesh wound.
DR.. Marsee, the attending physician. is con-
fdent that DR.. Albeit viii be confined only
for two or three days at the most. The
wounded man was seen yesterday in his
rooms in the Windsor Hotel. He regretted
that a man had been killed a result OF
the shooting, but added that ne did il in
self-defense He added. with much empha-
sis, that he would allow no man 10 search
his pockets az long as he was able TO re-
sist, even though two revolvers were showed
into his face. He proposes 10 keep as a
relic the bullet that wounded him. 1t was
found embedded in roll OF bank notes in
one of his pockets.
Drs. carp. Beck and Cary held post
mortem yesterday on the body Of the dead
robber and extracted the bullet from the
liver in the sheath Of the portal vein The
bullet had entered the abdomen bat few
inches from the naval, passing directly
through the stomach and. striking the spine.
had glanced upward and backward.