The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1895-06-06
THE HARRIS MYSTERY
Another Suspect Is Arrested While
Fighting In the Street.
WAS THE PAL OF LOCKMEYER
Pilly Flynn Declares He Is Altogether Too
Tender Hearted to Commit Murder,
but Admits the Soft Impeach-
ment Of burglary.

NEW York, June IA row at the cor
ner of Avenue A and Twelfth street early
today resulted in the arrest of Billy Flynn
alias Mike Smith, the Butler Harris mur-
dor suspect, for whom the police have been
looking
Flynn was the pal of Fred Lockmeyer
who was arrested as a suspect in the muir
der case few days ago and who was aft
erward discharged when 10 convincing
evidence was found againsthim.
The arrest of BockmCyor WAS made on
Information furnished by the woman Kate
Cromie, who had been arrested for disor-
derly conduct in the house 81 East Fif-
toenth street. where Flynn and Lockmeyer
lived. She tod of the suspicious actions
of the men on the afternoon of the Harris
murder She afterward denied the story
that she had previously told.
Flynn was said also to have been the
pal of Louis Dittmetier, the alleged bur
glar who was under arrest at the York
Vile prison at the time Kate Cromie was
| there and told her story. Dittmeier was
accused of robbing the house of Jacob Lon
don. at 316 East Ffftieth street. He said
he was the lover of Annie Shields of 615
East Fifteenth street. who had made the
charge against Kate Cromie.
How F1yun was Arrested
Patrolman Larkin saw the row today,
and ran to quell it. One of the men es-
capped. The other Billy Flynn. was arrest
| ed
The detectives fear that little will de-
velop from the arrest as they have against
Flynn about the same evidence that they
had against Lockmeyer.
AS the latter was discharged, they be-
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concerned Flynn will be discharged also
! Some of the older detectives, however, feel
contident that in Flynn they have found
a man who is implicated in the staying of
! Harris.
Flynn was taken before Justice Burke
in the Essex Market police court and re-
manded to the East Fifty-first street sta
tion. He will probably have a prelimi-
nary hearing at Yorkville court
Nothing discriminating was found on
him when searched at the station house.
Flynn is known among his friends as
the 'Junkman. His method in carrying
out a burglary is TO drive a wagon up to
the corner nearest the house he may have
In mind, then walk lesurely into the
house, and If not seen, take whatever he
can get. When caught, he always make
the plea that he was there to buy junk.
Two months ago he was caught in the
room of Mrs. Edward Kelly, wife of the
banker at II East Thirty second street
Mrs. Kelly bad just come in from q shop
ping tour. As she entered the room she
saw Flynn walking over to her jewel case
where there was So, coo worth of jewelry.
She asked the man what he wanted and
he replied that he was there to buy junk.
He Got Off Easy.
well, this is queer place to buy
junk" " said Mrs. Kelly, and with that she
caught hold of the burglar and screamed,
A servant ran to her assistance, and the
two women held Flynn while another serv-
ant went for a policeman, who arrested
him.
Mr.. Kelly appeared against the prisoner
in the Yorkville police court the following
morning. He found that Flynn had taken
nothing from his house, and said he was
not inclined to be hard with the fellow,
Flynn received only ten days on the island
Whom questioned about the Harris mur-
der case today, he said:
why never killed that man. Look al
the Kelly case in which l was mixed up.
II 1 was a bad man, could have done
Mrs. Kelly, but I haven't the heart to Kill
anybody.
Another charge against Flynn is that
with the prisoner, Dittmeier, he robbed
the house of Dr. Bissell Is West Fifty
eighth street, which is next door 60 the
home of ex- Chief of Police Byrnes.