Evening journal., 1894-03-26
THE MARTIN MURDER.
New York Police Think They
Have the Right Man.
A CHINAMAN IS UNDER ARREST

He Is Accused Of Chopping Up aud Boiling
Little Girl-A Blood Stained saw and
Ironing Board Found IA "a Laundry-rsy
Suspected AocoInplioes.
NEW YORK, March % After "a week of
untiring effort the central Office detectives.
aided by those OF the West Thirty-seventh
street station, have. or think they have
run TO earth the murderer of little Susie
Martin. whose mutilated body was discov
cred seven days ago in the coal cellar of
the tenement az 5i1 West rhrty-ninth
street. The suspected murderer. who is
locked up in police headquarters, is "a
Chinaman-Sam Sing by name-whO runs
a laundry at go Tenth avenue
The police also have ia their possession
a handsaw, such as is used by carpenters.
and an ironing board. the latter. 1t Is sup
posed, constituting the implements by the
aid Of which the mutilation Of the child
was accomplished.
Two Other suspects.
Justice Ryan admitted. although reluc-
family, that the accused Chinamau had
been arrested on suspicion OF having been
implicated in the murder of susie Martin.
"lhe police. said the justice, "have the
right man this tine and there are two 9th
ers whom the police suspect of being ac.
completes in the crime and who will prob
ably be captured before very long"
Itappears that Detective Hay of the West
Thirty street station received "a
letter signed Edward McCann on Friday
night last. in which the writer stated that
ON the day following Susie Martins disnp.
pearance he had seen Chinaman leave a
laundry in Tenth avenue with a suspicious
looking bundle under his arm and hurried
/ ly walk over TO the tenement at 5l1 West
Thirty ninth street McCann followed
close behind
The Chinaman. the writer said. went
down into the cellar OF the tenement. left
his bundle there and hurried back home
The writer further stated that he could
point out and identify the Chinaman ia
question. This was a hair raiser for DE
tective Hay, who at once communicated
with Detectives Crowley and Rogers of th,
central Office. The trio then started out [,
lind the writer of the letter.
In rear apartment on the top floor %
the tenement at 463 West Thirty-niutl
street early Saturday morning they foun,
McCann Matters became somewhat com
plicated from the fact that McCann, whl
is - years old, is both deaf and dumb
They found the deaf mute intelligent
however, and were able TO converse witt
him by means Of a writing pad
The mute led the detectives 10 a Chimes
laundry kept by Sam Sing and Sang Lunl
at 52O Tenth avenue. BY signs and profus
gesticulations Mccain made he detective
understand that Sam Sing, who was insid
ironing shirt at the time, was the ma
they were after.
A Blood stained Saw.
The half dozen Cinnamon in the plac
We're terrorized at the entrance of the d,
tectives. Crowley seized Sing and gusrde
the door while the other detectives ran
sacked the place. They overturned tub
and rummaged among the bedding an
other effects until Rogers finally exclain
ed, Great Scott, look al this"
What he referred to was carpenter
handsaw and an ironing board hidden b
meath a pile of rubbish in rear room
There were dark, suspicious looking stair
and discolorUtions on both the saw an
the board.
When Detective Crowley seized san
Sing, the latter resisted. The detectv,
wanted to make the arrest as quietly q
possible, so they tried their powers of pei
snasion on tbs Celestial. but with little d
no effect. The detectives then called in (
their aid Mrs. Brophy, who keeps new
stand next door
Mrs. Brophy's son owns the laundr
building. She herself is well known 2
Sing. AT Crowley's suggestion she e.,
planned TO Sing that the detectives onl
wanted him for half an hour When th
was made clear to Sing he consented to :
with the detectives without further remoi
STRANGE. The ironing board and saw wei
also taken along.