The sun., 1895-04-23
THE MURDERER NOT FOUND
POLICE AFTER MEN NAMED LOUIS
WANT LOUIS THE TRUCkMAN.

Ue Was One or the Woman Alice weish's
Consorts snd Answers the Description
of tho mig itnii.n-A Spanish PFisoner.
Louis. It is said. was the first name OF the big
man who quarrelled with Alice Welsh ut 4
o'clock on Sunday morning. an hour before she
was found bleeding to death from stab wound
In the hallway of the tenement at 143 Thomp-
son street. The Welsh woman lived at one timo
with u tall, dark, well-built man known us
Louis, who looks like an italian. hut 10 said to
bo an American. He follows the trucking busi-
ness. and for the present is likely to be known
as Louis the Truckman." Apparently the
energies of the police now are directed TO find
Ing Louis the Truokman.
Philip Mcwley, the night clerk of the York
town Hotel. was discharged In Jefferson Market
Court yesterday, as the police said there was no
use in holding him. The police got hold again OF
Mickey Welsh, by whose name the dead woman
wns known, and convinced themselves that
Welsh had nothing to DO with the crime
Welsh. however, told them that since he quit
the woman she had lived q part of the time
with man known to him only as Louis big
man. Then began hunt for Louises. wclsh's
description OF Louis accorded with that OF tho
man Quarrelling with the woman on Sum
day morning
Louis Laval, carpenter, OF 1877 Thompson
street, was big, and had at one time lived with
the girl, but he accounted for himself satisfac.
torily. and said that since he left the woman
she had consortcd with dutch Kelly"
whose proper name was unknown to Laval.
An Italian barber named Louis. whose shop Is
in the neighborhood. went away from his place
with jos the Shoemaker" about the time that
two Italian prisoners. about whom the police
were sccretive, were taken TO Headquarters
and this gave rise to rumor that the barber
was the desired Louis. This was not correct
81 srs %srks Ss
at finally m osoa soat E ssenus ss for hs hns nns
hing OF a pneiiis,: He, said that after
she lived for a week with Laval, then for two
for six months with him. Herman. whom she
truckman. Herman ssu. was tall, dark, and
we'll built. and might be taken for an Italian.
The description tallies with that OF the man said
TO have spent the early hours Of Sunday morn
Ing seiey hS Oh ss n"a SHar Sa that given
The murdered woman's body WINS claimed
yesterday by her sister, Mrs. Alfred Paine OF So
Mrs. Annie Wendell; poorly dressed Irish
woman Of ~ Forsyth street; who said she
should do to get her son out of tho
Ss' Rosa ss o sh' s
named BartholO1ny santa Rosa, q cigar man.
ufacturer OF Key West. Augustine has been
living with his father. she said, but came here
about two weeks ago and rented a store
at no Burling slip, which he intended
About o'clock yesterday afternoon she said.
two detectives entered her candy store at II
| Forsyth street. and snid that they had learned
| that policy slips were sold there After thor
ough search of the premises they were about to
| co. when one OF them the handle Of a
"hlack jack prOtruding from Augustine's vest
| pocket They at once put him under arrest
and took him to Police Headquarters. Mrs.
Wendell knew that her son carried the weapon,
and had advised him to get rid of it. He told
her that, every Cuban in Key West went armed.
| 1t has been said that Alice Welsh had been
| intimate with a Spaniard lately. so Mrs Wen
| del was asked IL she knew anything about tho
woman.
WELL l guess do" she answered. "I've
known her about two years. first mado her
acquaintance when she was living In Sixth ave.
| me. Afterward used to meet her at Bellevue
| Hospital. l did work there for a time. and
| Alice, who sent to the Island frequently for
intoxicat:on. used to be transferred TO work out
her time AS domestic in the hospital. My sor
never knew her"
santa Rosa. she said, lived at 1T Forsyth
| street. There 1t was said that they thought HI
was at home by midnight on Saturday. Detec
| tive Sergeant Perazzo denied fatty that tht
arrest had anything to do with the Welsh
murder case.