The record-union., 1895-04-29
Special to the REcoRD-UNrox.

SpeclaI 10 the RECORD-UNI0N.
PHILADELPHIA, April 28.-While tn,
larger portion of Philadelphia's popula
ton was attending church to-day Their
lay on desk in dingy little room dowr
town the skull of q murdered woman
In lew hours there was unfolded
horrible story of crime. The centra
hgure in the story is James e. Logu
known to the police department a
Jimmy Logue-burglar, bank robber ant
one of the most notorious all-round crook
IN the annals of crime.
The case turned upon the murder O
one of this mans wives, Johanna Logue
but 1t was fitting climax to remark
able tale that proved that he was not he
murderer. On the night of January p
1870, Johanna vanished as suddenly as
the earth had opened and swallowed her
The newspapers at the time were full 0
1t; rewards were offered, and no one wa
more interchangeable in his efforts to locat
the woman than Logue himself Oh
october 10. 1893, fourteen years afterward
a carpenter repairing the house at l25
North Eleventh street tore up Somt
boards In the kitchen and there found tn,
skeleton OF woman. When it became
known that Logue and his wife had liyeC
IN the house, suspicion at once pointed Il
him as the murderer, but all search fol-
him proved unaYailing.
On the evening OF March 5th last tbf
door bell of Coroner Ashbridge's resi-
dence rang, and, answering it in person.
he was confronted by au old. white
haired man, who said abruptly: II am
Jimmy Logue. and 1 have come to give
myself up" That was all he said, and
the Coroner handed him over to the no.
lice under an assumed name.
FROM that time oD the Coroner and De-
tectlye Geyer worked together in secret
until they had unraYeIed the com moleff
story, which eliminated few days agC
IN the arrest Of a man whose identity was
not revealed until to-day. He is Al.
Phonso Cutaier, Jr., the iilegit innate sor
OF one OF Logue's former alleged wives
lie Is locked up in the City Hall on q
charge OF murder, while in a neighborinp
cell Is Logue, held as witness. Cutaier,s
crime, Ior he has made a confession in
winch he acknowledges causing the wo-
mans death, though he asserts, inyolun-
larlly, is best understood from a brief
recital OF LOEue'S career.
lie was already a notorious charactar
when in 1853 he was married to Mar
Bane Andrews. With her he lived two
years when, without fOrmality of a di-
FCrce, he was welded to Mary Gahan.
VINO, though she bad not been wife
was the mother of an eighteen months
OLD child, Alphonse Cutaier, Jr. Lopue
and Mary had not lived long together
when he became enamored of her sister,
johanna, whom he established in !,
separate household, paying all expenses,
until 1862 when Mary died.
Meanwhile, Logue, who was WORKING
at his profession, fell into the hands of
Inc police Tor series of burglaries On
May 26, l87l he was arraigned at the Gem
tral ponce station for sentence but be-
lore the case proceeded he asked Magis-
trate Smith To do him a favor first. He
wanted To be married to Johanna. The
magistrate complied, and Logue. stand
Ing IN the dock, was married to the
woman. Then he was sentenced to seyen
years IN the penltentiary. During this
Term Johanna boarded in this city, and
promptly upon his release in 1877 Logue
came TO her. They Went to New York,
Where Tor time he operated with uoto-
rious Peter Burns, who died some years
ago In jail IN Florence, Italy. Logue
raised money in some manner, for moi
long after his release he bought So. .OOC
worth of Government bonds in New
York.
In February, 1879, Logue and tbs
woman came to this city Meanwhile
young Cutaier had become a barber. anG
Logue bought out for him the business O
his former employer. William Matthews
ana htted 1t up as shop for Cutaier
Logue ana Johanna living with him IL
the dwelling portion, which was expen.
sively furnished. \ few days after thi.
Logue and the woman went 10 New York
for short visit. There Logue fell il
with another burglar named George Ma.
son, and on the evening of February 20tf
the men left for Boston,, telling Johann.
they would return shortly.
The following Tuesday Logue returned
and ioundhls wife gone. He came to Phil.
adelphla and went TO his home. There ht
found CutaIer, his journcyman, Fit
Eckert, and young apprentice namec
Harry Fricke. Cutaier told him the las
he had seen OF Johanna was on the pre
cedlng Saturday. Logue at once though
she had eloped wiki Peter Usurius. be-
1t was found that he had sailed TOR Eu.
rope, and all trace of the woman was lost
With the assistance of her brother
Peter Gahan, Logue searched the coun.
try far and wide for her, but TO no avail
IN November, 1879. he was sent to prison
and on his release in 1898 he was lost sigh
OF until he gave himself up to Coroner
Ashbridge.
AT the time of her disappearance the
woman wore jewelry worth 1000 and
mad in her dress $1,000 in Government
bonds. In his house on Eleventh stree
Logue had secreted these bonds under
the carpet of the stairway, telling no one
but Cutaier where they were. When hs
returned from New York he found Cuta.
ier had stolen one of the bonds and solo
1t to the DreXels for Sl,045.
Cutaier and his wife lived at the house
for year after Johanna disappeared
when foul odor coming from under the
Kitchen floor made the woman so sick
that they were compelled to move away
Alter that the house had numerous ten.
ants. The city was searched for Eckert
the Journeyman, and it seemed to be
hopeless search. Finally Detective Griel
1ound hlm In barber shop in Houston
street, Now York, where for a long time
he had been shaving from twenty tC
ihlrly metropolitan policemen. Fricse
was lound IN Philadelphia. His mind
soon aiter became unhinged from fright
ana IL became necessary TO send him tc
the insane department of the Philadel.
phIa Hospital. After he had heen sem
there it was found that the superintend.
ent IN the ward in which he was Lodged
was Alphonse Cutaier, senior, father o.
the accused murderer, and Fricke was
hastily transferred to another ward
After Cutaier's arrest several attempts
We're made 10 extort d confession hut bf
only could be induced to tell parts of tho
crime, naming Logue as the perpetrator
but eventually. on April 18th. he told the
true story. He said that when the
woman signified her intention of return
lng to New York she was intoxicated
and he induced her TO wait until he coulc
accompany her to the station. He took
Ger up stairs and made her get into bec
with her clothes on. Then he said II
prevent her getting away before he coulc
go with her, he bound her hand and foot
This was at o'clock in the evening