Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1895-05-04
Remarkable Story Of Crime in a
Great Metropolis,
THE PARTIES ARE ALL CROOKS
The Natural SON of bank burglar
Caused the Death or His
stepmother.

there lay on "A desk IN dingy little room
down town the skull of murdered wo-
man. There. for six long hours. was
unfolded horrible story OF crime. The
central inquire In the story Is James f.
Logue. known to the police departments
Of the continent az Jimmy" Logue-
burglar. bank robber and one OF the
most notorious aiI-around crooks In the
annals OF crime.
The case turned upon the murder OF
one OF this mans wives. Johanna Logue,
but Il was fitting climax To n remark
able tale that proved that he was not
her murderer. on the night Of Febru-
airy p. 1879. Johanna Logue vanished
as suddenly az IL the earth had opened
ana swallowed her The newspapers at
the time were full OF Il. rewards were
offered, and no one was more indefatig-
able in his efforts to locate the woman
than LOgue himself
ON October l6. 1883. IA years after
wards. a carpenter repairing the house
at 1850 North Eleventh street, tore up
some boards In the kitchen aud there
found the skeleton OF woman. When
II became known that Logue and his
wife lived In the house, suspicion at
once pointed 10 him as the murderer.
but all search for him proved unavail-
ing
ON an evening in March last the door
bell OF Coroner Ashley. in his private
residence, rang. and, answering II In
person. he was confronted by an old
white haired man, who said abruptly
II am Jimmy Logue and | have come
to give myself up" The coroner hand
I'd him over TO the police, under an as
sumed name. From that time on the
coroner and Detective Geyer worked to-
gether In secret until they had unravel
ed the complete story. which eliminated
a few days ago in the arrest ~ man
whose Identity was not revealed until
today.
lie is Alphonse Cutaier Jr.. an llleRit-
innate son Of one OF I.ogue's former al
legged wives. Cutaiers crime. for he has
made a confession in which he aeknowl-
edges causing the womans death
though he asserts involunt2rily is best
understood from brief recitation Of
Logue's career.
He was already notorious charac-
ter when. in 1858. he was married to
Mary Jane Andrews. With her he lived
two years. when. without the formallty
~ a. hANbANts ne was Ntbltu III AlhTA
Gahan. who. though she had not been
wife. was the mother of an Is months
old child, Alphonse Cutaier. Jr Logue
and Mary had not lived long together
when he became enamored OF her sis
ter. Johanna Gahan. whom he estab-
lished in a separate household, paying
all expenses until. in 1858 Mary died
Meanwhile. Logue. who had been work
~ at his tNrnFaagt.fs faI fv,s ha huy IL
Of the police for a series OF burglaries
on May 20. 1871, he was arraigned at
The Central police station for sentence
but before the case proceeded he asked
Magistrate Smith TO do him favor
first He wanted 10 be married To Jo-
hanna. The magistrate complied and
Logue was then sentenced to seven
years In the penitentlary. During this
term Johanna boarded in this city, end
promptly upon his release, In 1877. Logue
came to her
They went to New York, where for a
time he operated with the equally no
torious Peter Burns. who died some
years ago in Jail in Florence. Italy
In February. 1879, Logue and the wom-
an came TO this city. Meanwhile young
eutaicr had become barber and Logue
fitted up shop for Cutaler, Logue and
Johanna living with him In the dwell
ing portion. which was extensively fur
nished few days after this Logue
and the woman went To New York for
short visit. There Logue fell in with
another burglar named George Mason
and on the evening Of February 20 the
men left for Boston, telling Johanna
they would return shortly. The fol-
lowing Tuesday Logue returned and
found his wife gone. He came to Phil
adelphia and went to his home There
he found Cutaire, his Journeyman, Fitz
Eckert, and young apprentice named
Harry Fricke. cutaier told him that the
last he had seen of Johanna was on the
preceding Saturday.
With the assistance of. her brother
Peter Gahan, Logue searched the cuun-
try far and wide for her, but to NJ
avail In November, 1879, Logue was
sent to prison. and after his releas.
on April 20. 1893. he was lost sight Of
until he gave himself up TO Coroner
Ashbridge.
Al the time Of her disappearance the
woman wore jewelry worth 81, 900 End
had in the bosom of her dress four 81 QUO
government bonds.
Cutaier and his wife lived at the
house for "A year after Johanna disap-
peared. when foul odor coming from
under the kitchen floor made the WON.
an so sick that they were compelled TO
move away.
After that the house had numerous
tenants. Search was made for Eckert.
the 1ourneyman. and II seemed to be a
hopeless esarch. Finally Detective
Grler found him In barber shop on
Houston street, New York, where for
a long time he had been shaving from
twenty to thirty metropolitan police
men
After Cutaier's arrest several at
tempts were made To extort a confess
lon from him, and he narrated a num-
'er OF detailed stories Of the Grim,
naming Logue as the perpetrator, but
eventually on April II he told the true
story.
He said that when the woman sig
allied her intention OF returning to New
YORK she was intoxicated, and he In.
dueed her 10 wall until tie could accom-
pany her to the station. He took her
upstairs and made her get into bed
with her clothes on. Then. he says. to
prevent her getting away before ne
could go with her he bound her hnnG
and foot This was at o'clock In the
evening. Four hours later he found
her lying on her face with her head
under the bolster. smothered to death
IN an evident attempt TO break her
bonds. The next day he buried the
body under the kitchen floor. He might
have taken her Jewels. but denied any
knowledge OF the 81 600 bonds which she
WnE En16 In haNsa In ha.