Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1895-06-18


tion coach drove up and stopped in front
Of the door Three men alighted. Ono
was Michael f. Hcnnessy, young law
yer; tho other Samuel Il. Farron, also "A
lawyer aud stooky man Of medium
height, who was exceedingly anxious TO
keep his identity secret. The lawyers
have an Office at $50 Fulton street, Brook
lyn.
The three men entered the police sta
tion. Mr.. Hennessy told the sergeant at
the desk that he had been retained as
counsel for William Henry and asked than
he be allowed TO see his client.
"You can't see him, y said the sergeant.
"Why notg'
~ have orders from the captain not to
permit anybody TO converse with the pris-
oncrp
"8ut am his counsel"
Can't help it. Those are my orders.
Thon the lawyer explained that the man
Of mysterious identity was an old friend
of William Henry; that he had retained
him as counsel, and as such he had an in
disputable right 60 visit his client. But
the sergeant turned a deaf ear TO his words
and adhered 20 his original refusal.
Theory Of Missing wnl.
The police are still working on the the
ory Of a supposed missing will, and that
the murder was committed while the old
man was engaged in a quarrel with some
one. Superintendent McKelvey said that
he was convinced that Henry was killed
on Wednesday night and not on Thursday,
as the police first supposed. Later In the
day tho superintendent said that he had
two witnesses who saw William at the
house Of his father on Wednesday night.
Anything in the way Of positive proof
the police, SO far as is known, do not pos
sess 1t is all circumstantial evidence.
The chief cause OF suspicion against Will
! Liam at present Is his conflicting stories
as to the way he spent his time on the day
Of the murder and before and after It.
Tho existence Of the letter Is another
cause Of suspicion. The burden Of it is
directed against William Both he and
Henry say that their father wrote the let
ter, which breathcs hatred toward the
elder son and speaks Of William being en-
1 gagged In a plot against his life.
The police are noncommittal in regard
70 Walter, but they have taken the precau-
tion to know his movements intimately.
| Since his fathers death Walters sole in
| terest has been centered upon the money.
There are several peculiar circumstances
surrounding Walters speech and actions
in the last few days which have not been
lost on the authorities, and from these cir
| cumstances it may be said that wherever
l Walter goes he does not travel alone.
While the funeral was in progress yes
terday morning William was arraigned
in tho Myrtle Avenue court. At the re-
quest Of Detective Sergeants Delehanty
and Boarly he was remanded to await the
pleasure Of the police The trunk and
treasure at about the same hour were tax
en- TO police headquarters and placed in
charge Of the property clerk.
The widow at the Funeral.
Mrs Maria Henry, the little shriveled
up old woman who bore the abuse OF her
miser husband for 80 years uncomplain-
ingly, appeared at the funeral yesterday
and was the object Of curious yet pitiful
comment She came TO the house in a
carriage from Mrs kcarney's sanitarium.
sThe poor little woman has new dress
for the first time in 20 years, y whisper
ed a sympathizing neighbor.
1t was true The miser's widow who
has been starved and Threatened and even
beaten at times; who had to depend upon
the charity Of neighhors for pair Of shoes
in which to get away from the house from
which her husband had thrust her was at
last clothed respectfully.
She is very short, very frail and very
feeble She wept a little during the serv-
ices, and when she came out leaning hcav-
lily on the arms Of the nurse and of her
son Walter She tottered at the head Of the
stoop stairs and would have fallen but for
her attendants.
1t was said that 81 years ago, before her
spirit had been thoroughly subdued, she
I az t14.r lao
husband. The present Police Justice Har-
| riman was her counsel. The suit was
finally dropped and her husband paid the
lawyers -S20-protesting bitterly rs
he did so. Several times in the last 20
years Mrs Henry made up her mind to
bring proceedings 70 compel her husband
| to support her dccently, but she always
weakened at the last moment, Just as she
did on Wednesday when she aud her son
| William were in Justice Hartman S court
for that purpose.