Evening star., 1894-02-23

Two Men Held by the Police for Fur
ther Investigation.

ther Investigation.
TWO citizens OF the state of Pennsylvania
residents Of Perry county, are held as pris-
oners in Lieut.. Kelly's police station until
their case can be fully investigated One of
them is John II. Albright. an engineer, and
the other Is Jesse de Silver, :. mechanic
They were in q bar room on b street this
morning about 10 o'clock, when a tail man
from the same part of the state called in a
policeman and requested his assistance to
arrest them. The policeman assisted him
and the men went quietly to headquarters.
where they gave their names.
De Silver was very much under The in
huence of liquor and Albright was not per-
fectly Sober. The tall man, who said his
name was Reuben Loudermilk. told the Of
ncers that he had followed the men from
harrisburg this morning. There. i.e said. he
had done work for the chief of police, al
though he was not commissioned officer.
he also made statements about Albright S
past life and accused him of figuring in the
green goods game. When Albright saw
MIN on the train he said he came TO him
and made proposition to do DE Silver,
VINO, he said had 500 i'm his ovcaet kc-
cording to Loudermilks s statement Albright
SAID they would put him out of the way if
necessary in order to get the money.
soon after reaching here Albright went
to the treasury and got new bills for
500, and he had them in his pocket when
searched at headquarters. He also had ia
his pocket the alleged bogus kilograms,
which are as follows:
Alleged Bogus TeIeErams.
Albright, he said, produced what purported
to be kilograms, which he showed De ST.
yer and told him that for $50 he could get
him s2,5OO In green goods" Then, he said
DE Silver gave up $50. A bottle of whisky
inquired In the party, and its effect was
visible when they reached mere.
although intoxicated when ha reached
ponce headquarters, he said, he parted
with the $50.
BALTIMORE, Jan. Il.
'"ro ]. II. Albright:
Message received all o. K Come n
time, understand. Come yourself and l will
give you all You want. j. Il. s."
BALTIMORE. Pr
'"To ]. II. Albright:
Message received all right. Meet me at
washington tomorrow. -Four cases ready
there, and come alone J. ID *"
Detectives Weldon and Boyd took charge
OF the case. and De Silver being a nom
resident, ii was thought best TO lock hlr.l
up as a witness, which was done, but rot
until after he had damaged Detective Wee
dons clothing and given the officers a live
ly fight to prevent his leaving them.
Assistant District Attorney Mullowney
was asked about the case. and he decided
to charge Albright with grand larceny
Albright said to Star reporter that the
arrest was surprise TO him. He SAID he
was an engineer and has family at Dun
cannon, Perry county, Pa. He said he had
been employed as engineer In the brewery
Of Graupont & Bauer, on South Market
street near llth street. Harrisburg. and
from there he went to fill a similar position
in the saw mill of H Kalbach at Cold
Forge, Perry county. Albright said he came
here to see a man named Cooper, who is
employed in a brewery.
De Silver's story tallies with that of Al
bright so far as names and locations are
concerned, and the loss of his bottle of
whisky seemed TO annoy him more than
being locked up.
Both men will be held until the affair is
further investigated.