Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-11-17
Suspected Of Completely in the Der
yer Murders.
ARREST OF A FRENCH CANADIAN
A Chrysanthemum May Prove to
Be a Clue.
WORK OF THE DETECTIVES

DENVER. Col, November 1.-THE city
detectives have arrested Frank Rock, a
French c anadian. who lives in a small
house In the alley in the rear of the Mar
ket street row where the three recent muir
ders were committed. on suspicion of being
the stranger. Rock has associated largely
with the French-Macqueaux, who infest
Market street. 1t Is not known what evil
dence the detectives have against Rock
beyond the fact that he answered closely
to the description of a man seen running
through the alley about the time Kiku
Oyama was found strangled to death.
Rock has been employed as a roustabout in
Market street saloons. He is married.
A woman on the henceforth strangers
row." living only a short distance from
the place where these murders have been
committed. let drop a hint that may lead
to the arrest OF the right man. In the
room OF the little japanese was found a
chrysanthemum AT the time the ques-
ton was asked who gave her that flower.
No attention was paid TO the matter and
the woman relaxed into silence, being
afraid of saying anything further for fear
that they would bring the perpetrator OF
the murders down upon them next by aid
Ing in giving some clue.
No one ever seemed to think or care
who gave the Japanese girl kiku Ayama,
those flowers. III the police ever consid-
cred that clue lay behind that little in
cident, they dropped IL for some unknown
reason.
Armed with determination to probe the
matter to the bottom II possible and see
whether there was absolutely anything
that could be of use. visit was paid to
the row and the women from 10Th to 10Th
street interviewed. At the first they
would say nothing except to boot at the
theory that 1t was the Macquereauz.
The California women, in a way. backed
up that theory. but not a French or Amer
lean woman believes anything OF the kind.
and loudly says so.
One woman was found, who started the
report on a clue that had been limited
heretofore, but nothing further than hear
say could be obtained. and but q very poor
description of the man could be obtained.
This woman again inquired about that
flower. and asked why they did not run
down the giver of that token.
Closer inquiry followed. to find out what
she knew about II. and a tangible clue OBJ
tained that seemed to start a thread Of
circumstances to unrayel. Whether there
is enough to convict man behind that
remains TO be seen. but IL Is quite probable
that there Is enough to start on, ard
beyond doubt a stronger chain than that
upon which Demandy and Challoup were
held.
For the past two years there has been
a German living In Denver who seems to
have mania for women. This man for
merly worked at one OF the hotels and Is
described as being of medium height. sandy
hair and reddish mustache. He Is Pc
Culiar person and Is heavy set. During the
past two years he has paid the Market
street district regular periodical visits and
nearly every time carried flowers to some
inmates of the row.
He was sometimes well dressed and again
he is In his working clothes. Nearly every
person on the row knows this peculiar fell
low. and in most instances they consider
him harmless. but there are few who re-
fused to have anything to do With him, as
they were afraid of him.
This German left the hotel and has been
more or less engaged in the cultivation Of
flowers, and this undoubtedly accounts for
bis mania of presenting those women with
flowers
This man was seen on the row on Sunday
afternoon with q bunch of chrysanthe-
NUNS. going toward No 1857. There seems
to be no one who saw him enter there. and
the only thing that really might connect
him with the japanese is the fact that
Kiku Ayama appeared on the street a lit
tic later with some chrysanthemums, and
when asked who gave them to her said:
"a friend" This German had visited her
before, and had visited Lena Taper and
Marie C)ntassoit at different times.
He made a statement on one of these
visits that he had been robbed of Sl00 by
one of the Californians On tho row, and
that he would get even.