The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-12-15
LOOKED In VAIN
FOR THE DEAD MAN
Supposed to Have Died From a Dose Of
.'Knock Out Drops"
WHITE HOUSE WAS THE SCENE
Elmer Isby Of New Street Was the
Man But W;s Working When the
Coroner Was Looking for Hin to
Hold an lnqurs... LnBarr Thought
ii n Good Joke.

Chief of Police Robling. County De-
tective Leyshoni and Coroner Long
street heard yesterday that man liv
ing on New street died Sunday night
from the effects of "knock-Ou. drops
given to him Saturday evening in the
White House saloon, at the corner of
Penn avenue and Center street
County Detective LeyshOn directed
Coroner Longstreet to notify the un-
dertaker not to put any embalming
fluid into the body so that the contents
of the mans stomach might be ana
lyZed Mr.. Leyshon did not know the
dead mans name. but had heard that
he lived on New street.
Deputy Coroner Pennypacker went to
New street in the afternoon and after
walking along the street from one end
to the other failed to locate the house
and came back to his office. BY this
time the fact became known that there
was nobody dead from such a cause;
but that a man named Elmer lsby had
been drugged Saturday night and bad
got around all right and was working.
Arthur La Bar is responsible for the
story. He went to the White House
yesterday morning and told the bar
tender that the man who was "doped"
Saturday night had turned up MS
toes" He said that three doctors had
success, and just before he died he
made confession that he was in the
company of three women and a man
in the White House and that he got
something in glass of beer that set
him to sleep.
WOMEN IN THE CASE.
Chief Robling by noon time had
learned the names of the women and
the man. The women are Pearl West
colt, Lena Brink and Celia Clara.
Miss Clark is the one who was with
Frank SChults, the hostler who was
mysteriously shot out in Green Ridge
on the night of Sept. s last.
Fred Dimler. cook, who lives on
Hemlock street. South Side, is the
man. The chief sent Lieutenant
Zang and Patrolman Flaherty out
after him and they picked him
up on Lackawanna avenue about
o'clock in the afternoon. Dimler was
brought to the police station on a war
rant alleging ATTEMPTED robbery sworn
out before Alderman Millar.
The bartender at the White House
admitted that there was a man in the
place Saturday night who appeared to
be drugged. de was sitting on a chair
with his head leaning over on his
hands ON the table before him. The
tHItt "piltu Hl'llltHcu
We're in the room and they drew his
attention to the fellow asleep. The
bartender reused him up, gave him a
glass of seltzer, in which some salt was
mixed After another dose of the same
kind the man left the place for home.
WHAT LA BAR SAW.
When he came into the place he had
nearly $50 and a gold watch and chain
Some friend. presumably La Bar. took
the valuables away from him and left
him there. La Bar is quoted as saying
that he saw Dimler with one arm
around lsby and feeling with the other
hand for lsby's pocket, and left when
La Bar came in and saw him. 1t was
on the strength of this statement that
the warrant was sworn out for Dimler.
Isby is "A railroader and works for the
Delaware. Lackawanna and Western
company. He and La Bar are friends.
Chief RObling had conversation
with lsby last night. He said he didn't
believe he got anything stronger than
whisky to drink, and he eXonerated
Dimler of doing anything to him.
The warrant against Dimler was
dropped and Chief Robling felt like
prosecuting La Bar for circulating the
story of Isby's death. He did not do
it for any vicious purpose. but he
thought it would be good joke. La
Bar is the person that figured i'm the
Kinsley investigation. He lives next
door to lsby