Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1895-04-29

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JIMMY LoGUR.
Of the most notorious all round crooks In
the annals of crime The case turned upon
the murder of one of this mans wives,
Johanna Logue, but 1t was a fitting cli-
max to a remarkable tale that proved that
he was not her murderer.
On the night of Feb 22, 1879, Johanna
Logue vanished as suddenly and as COM
pletely Us IL the earth had opened and
swallowed her. The newspapers at the
time were full Of it, rewards were offered,
and no one was moro indCfatigable IN bis
efforts to locate the woman than LoQua
But th0re was no trace OF hor, and grad
ually the case faded from memory. On
Oct. 10, 1898. II years 0fterward, a car
penter repairing tho house OF 1850 North
Eleventh street toro up some boards In
tho kitchen, and there found tho skeleton
of woman. ClinginR to the bones Of the
throat was a handkerchief tied in knot
and next to the moldering bones lay the
soles of a woman's shoes. This was all
that remained of Johanna Logue.
When it became known that Logue and
his wife had lived in the house, suspicion
at once pointed to him as the murderer,
but all search for him proved unavailing
On the evening Of March last the door
bell of Coroner Ashbridge's private resi-
dcnco rang, and answering it in person
no was confronted by an old white haired
man who said abruptly, II ON Jimmy
Logue, and / havo come to give myself
up" That was all no said in relation to
tho case. and the coroner handed him
over to the police under an assumed name.
From fhnt TINA m A Shhri6cra
and Detective Geyer worked together In
secret until they had unraveled the com.
plete story, which eliminated q few days
ago in the arrest of o man whose identity
was not revealed until yesterday. He IL
Alphonso Cutaiar, Jr.. tho illegitimatt
son of one of Logues former alleged wives
He is locked up at the city hall Oh charge
of murder, while in neighboring cell II
Loguc, hold as the star witness.
Cutaiar Has Confessed.
Cutaiar's crime-for he has made a con
fession in which he acknowledges causing
the woman's death. though. he asserts, in
voluntarily-is best understood from &
brief recital of Logue's career.
He was already n notorious character
when in 1858 he was married to Mary
Jane Andrews. With her he lived tive
years, when without the forInality of &
who though sho had not before been
wife, was the mother Of an 1S-months
old child, Alphonso Cutaiar. Logue and
Mary had not lived long together whom h,
| became enamorod of her sister, Johannt
Gahan. whom he established in a scparat.
household, paying all expenses, until II
1899 Mary died.
| Meanwhile Loguo, who had been work
ing hard ut his profession, fell into tn
hands OF the police for a series of burglar
les. On May 2S, 1871, he was srraiRne'
at the central police station for sentence
but bcf'!o the case proceeded he aske'
Magistrate Smith to do him favor first
| Ho wanted to be married to Johanna. Tn
magistrate complied, and Logue stand
ing in the dock. was married to the WON
an. Then ho was sentenced to seven year
In the penitentiary
During this term Johanna boarded Il
this city, and promptly upon his rcleas
in 1877 Logue came for her. They wen
to New York, where for time he operat
ed with the equally notorious Pete
Burns who died some years ago in Jail 4
Florence, Italy. Logue raised money
some way. for not long after his releas
he bought SEQ. 600 worth Of government
bonds in New York.
In February, 1879. Logue and the won
an came TO this city. Meanwhile y0un
Cutaiar had become a barber, and Logu
bought out for him the business OF b.
former employer. William Matthews, an
later bought the adjoining property Il
50. l00 and fitted it up as a shop for CT
taiar, Logue and Johanna living wit
him in the dwelling portion, which WI
exponsively furnished.
An Hiatus Passed In Prison.
a few days aftor this Loguc and Il
woman went to New York for a sho
visit. There Logue fell in with anotht
burglar named George Mason, and ON u
evening of Feb. 80 the two men left 4
Boston. The following Tuesday Log
returned and found his wifO gone F
came to Philadelphia and went to b
home There he found Cutaiar, his jOurne
man, Fritz Ecksrt, and . young appre
tice named Harry Fricka Cutaiar to
him that tho last he had seen of JobauI
was on the preceding Saturday. She hG
come from New York, visited some frien,
and spent some time at the barber sho
At 7 o'clock In tho evening she open
the door of tho shop cried. I'm OF
and was gone. Ho had seen that abe v
intoxicated and called 10 her to wait UNI
= no was at leisure. so that he could escO
her to the railroad station, but she did NJ
Logue at once thought that she b
eIoped with Peter Burns. but it was touE
that Burns had sailed alone for Europ
and all trace Of the woman was los
With the assistance Of her brother. Pet
Gahan, Logue searched the country q
and wide for her, but to no avail.
The next event was when he was caug
with Johnny Irwin in the cigar store
POrtuondo s. Co, this city. in Noyembe
1879, and was sent to prison for three yea
and nine months This sentence was II
mediately followed by two years for 10
bing houses in Reading. and again
Aug. 3, 1885. he was given six years
another burglary. His last sentence W
ten months, imposed on June s2, 1876
for robbery, and after his release On Ap
m g2, 1898, he was lost sight OF until
n gave himself up to Coroner Ashbridge.
At the time Of her disappearance
woman wore jswelry worth %. 600 .
had In the bosom of her dress four 81. o
government bonds When thoy moved
the Eleventh street house In 1879, Log
had secreted seven Of these 81, 900 bon
under the carpet of the stairway. tell
no ono but Cutaiar where they We
When he returned from New York,
found that CutaiAr had stolen one OF
bonds and sold 10 to Drexel for el.O'
OF this money no gave 81. 600 to Sallio
. Camp. who afterward became his WI
but upon Logue's threats he got the ma
ey back and returned 10 to him Cuta
and his wife lived at the house for q y
after JOHANNES disappearance. when &
doors coming from under the kitchen d
made tho woman 90 sick that they VI
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