The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-11-09
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ARE THEY THE MEN?
New York Police Think
They Have Two of the
Harlem Saloon
Robbers.
MYSTERY STILL UNsoLyED
Witnesses of the Murder Fail to
Identify the Prisoners
Both Are Held.
MYSTERY STILL UNS0LVED
Witnesses of the Murder Fail to

NEW YORK, Nov. 9, 1s95.-Two men
are now locked up at Police Headquar-
ters who are suspected of being the
masked robbers who held up Walters
saloon, at No. 1872 Southern Boulevard,
late on Thursday night. and shot ana
killed Richard Pope. The first prisoner
is a young lad who gave his name as
Raymond Elroy. He was arrested late
yesterday afternoon by Policeman Croug-
han after he had tried to steal watoln
from a Hebrew named Sacofskey. The
other prisoner was arrested In the Plant
ers' Hotel, a lodging house at NO. 800
Bowery. last evening. He gives the
name of George Parker and says he
hailed from Boston.
The two men spent the night at the
Central office and were put through
searching cross-examination. The detec-
tives have an idea that the men in Gus
tody are two of the masked robbers,
but they have SO far not been positive
ly identified. Detectives have been hard
at work investigating the accounts they
gave of themselves and proved in every
instance that they were lying.
ELROY A MERE YOUTH.
Raymond Elroy is mere youth, but
stockily built and evidently a cool. des-
perate fellow He is not y4.Y laxative,
and answered questions put to him in
very guarded siancei The story he rcId
was that he belong cd in Boston and lett
there last night, coming I, this city on
the Fal! River boat. !Ie slept in Bow
cry house, but claimed that he walke't
the streets in the neighborhood ot the
Bowery all Thursday night as his money
was gone. He said his parents lived
No. 213 Elliott street, Boston, and that
he had worked as waiter in Shows
restaurant at, No. 1,132 Washington
street, in that city. He said he had
worked there three or four months and
left three or four months ago. Tele-
grams to Chief Detective Watts in re-
gard to Elroy brought the following re-
ply.-"Raymond Elroy not known at
either address given. No such people
known here. Elliott street number is
meat market. Washington street num-
ber is dime museum"
When Elroy was confronted with this
information he still insisted that his
parents lived at the address given. The
revolver found in Elroy's possession is
self-cocker. self-acting, six-chambered
one, made by the Harrington & Richard
son Arms Company. It is almost new,
Three of the chambers were loaded and
there contained empty Shells
FJSHY STORIES.
Asked how he came into possession Of
the weapon. Elroy said that he got TWEEN
ty cents by begging and purchased the
revolver with the money from man
on the street He also had in his
pocket a hypodermic syringe in case
He explained that he had had that for
some time, but did not know what 1t
was. Besides large handkerchief. the
police when they searched him, found
a letter from Nate Salisbury, saying
Raymond Elroy had been in his employ
for a period of fifteen months as super
numery rider and had always given sat
isfaction and he took pleasure in rec
ommending him to anyone requiring his
services.
Last night the chief detective sent for
Thomas Walters, proprietor of the sa-
loon which was held up, William Gillen,
his bartender, and Richard Manley,. who
was in the saloon at the time of the
shooting, to see if they could identity
Walters. Gillen and Manley said he
robbed the till. but they could not posi-
lively identity him. They heard Elroy
talk and told the detectives that they
unwilling to swear to it.. GilAen is
under the impression that Eiroys voice
sounds like that of the robber who clean
ed out the till. The robber wore black
W THE OTHER A CIRCUS MAN.
The other prisoner, George Parker, is
fernY creus nan he into tie
Planters Hotel, at No. $50 Bowery and
lounged around the reading room al al
lodger was sitting near Parker reading
account Of Pope's murder, Parker sl
snatched it from the man who was read
ing it, exciaiming:-"Let me see that.
He began to trenble violently and be-
came so agitated that he could not sit
The lodging house keeper sent around
to Headquarters and told the detectives,
under great excitement. Like Elroy he
claimed that he game from Boston
short time ago. He said ne was circus
Gus. He told a lot of lies and contra
dictory stories about himself. First he
said he spent Thursday night around s n,,, ,,.a z
avenue. Then he claimed that he was
up in Morrisania Thursday night trying
to get out Of the b 81, city pg iigos eeresndg ar @
He said he was in the neighborhood
of Walters saloon but in the next breath
- THINKS THEY ARE THE MEN.
Bartender GiMen also thinks that Park
er looks like one of the masked men.
In Parkers possession landg Wen ef erewIar Mas af
card of a boarding house kept by Mrs.
Ellen Potter ait No. 1853 West Twenty
third trssst ana as an
niece Of evidence The handkerchief was
a large one and when when taken from Para. a,sls.