Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-04-29
pH1LApELrn1A. Aprll Is.

while the larger portion OF the Phlla-
delphia population was attending
church today there lay ON desk In
dingy little room down town the skull
OF murdered woman. There for six
long hours was unfolded horrible
story Of crime,
The central figure in the story is
James E. Logue. known 10 the police
departments OF the continent as Jim
my Logue, burglar, bank robber and
one Of the most notorious all-round
crooks in the annals OF crime. The
case turned up In the murder OF this
mans wife. JOHANNA Logue. but 1t was
fitting climax to II remarkable tale
that proved he was not her murderer.
ON the night of February 20, 1879, Jo-
hanna Logue vanished as suddenly and
as completely as II the earth had
opened and swallowed her. The news
/ papers ut the time were full OF IL, re-
wards Were offered, and no one was
more indeiatigablc IN his Efforts to
locate the woman than Logne himself.
ON october 10, IN 1893, fourteen years
atterward. carpenter repairing the
| house ut 1850 North Eleventh street
tore up some hourds In the kitchen and
there found the skeleton of u woman,
When II became known that Logue and
his Wife had lived In the house, sus-
piciun at once pointed to him as the
murderer. but an search for him
proved unayaillng. ON the evening OF
March last the door bell Of Coroner
Ashbrldges private residence rang and.
answering II In person, he was con-
fronted by an old. whlte-halred man,
who said abruptly, ~ am Jimmy
Logue, and 1 have come 10 give my
self up"
That was all he said In relation to
| the case, ana the coroner handed him
/ over TO the police under an assumed
name. From that time on Coroner Ash
bridge and Detective GCycr worked los
| geth6r in secret until they unrnVelled
| the complete story. which eliminated
I few days ago IN the arrest OF man
| whose identity wna not revealed until
| today. IIo 80 Alphonzu Cutaier, Jr,
| the illegitimate aon OF one of LogueA
| alleged wives. He Ia locked up In the
| city hnll on a charge of murder While
/ IN n uelghboring cell II Lpgue, held as
1 the star witness In Cutnicr'H crime,
| who has made confession In which he
| acknowledged causing the womhha
/ death, which, he asserts, w best UNDER
stood from n bricf recitation Of Logue's
career. Ilo was already "A notorious
| character however, when In 1898 ne
was married TO Mary IunG andrews.
with her he lived two years. when,
without tho formallty OF divorce, he
| was welded TO Mary Gnhnn, VINO,
| though she hnd not before been wife,
| was the mother Of mn ls-monthS-old
| child. Alphouz Cutnier Jr. Logue ana
1 Mary had not lived long together when
he became enamored Of her sister, 90
] hanna Gnhnn, whom he established IN
a separate household. paying all exc
] La Mary died MpnnA
| while Loguo. who had been working at
his profession. fell into the hands or
| the police for a series OF burglnrles.
! ON NAV %, 1871, he was arrnigned NJ
the central police station for sentence,
| but before the case proceeded he asked
Magistrate Smith 10 do him favor
] flrst-he wanted 90 be married 10 Jo-
| hanna.
Tho magistrate complied, and Loguc
standing in the dock, was married TO
the woman. Then he was sentenced
! 10 seven years In the penitentiary.
During this time Johanna boarded In
this city, and promptly upon ms re-
lease In 1871 Logue came for her They
went to New York, whore for time
he operated with the equally notorious
Peter Burns, who died some years ago
in jall In Florence, Italy Loguc raised
money In some way. for not long after
his release he bought 100000 worth OF
government bonds In New York. In
February, 1870 Logue and the woman
came TO this city. Meanwhile young
| Cutaie~ had become barber and
Logue ANught out for him the business
OF his former employer and fitted II
up as n nhop for cutaier, LoBue and
Johanna living with him In the dwell
ing, portion OF which was cxpensYely
| furnished few days after this Logue
and the woman went 20 New York on
n short visit. There Logue fell In with
| another burglar named George Masin.
and on the evening OF February 20.
the two men left Tor Boston, telling
Johanna they would return shortly.
The following Tuesday Logue returned
and found his wife gone, Cutaier told
him the last he had seen OF Johanna