The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-11-20
Frank II. ArbuckIe Found UncOn-
En- Route to the Police Station.
HEART FAILURE THE CAUSE
MURDER AND ROBBERY SUSPECTED
BY SOME OF THE POLICE.
Edward w. Curry, of IOwn, the Vie
tim of EIks Initiation Ceremonies,
Once Resident of Indiana.

NEW YORK, Nov 19.-Frank p Ar
buckle. chairman of the Democratic State
committee of Colorado and receiver of the
Federal Land Office at Denver, was found
in an unconscious condition, lying i'm an
obscure place near a vacant lot, just off
the sidewalk, in a lot of weeds on the
west side of Eighth avenue. between One
hundred-and- -fiftysecond and One-hun-
redand-fifty-third street, at 2:45 O'Clock
this morning. He died in the patrol wagon
on the way to a station house without
regaining consciousness At first the po-
lice were confident Mr.. Arbuckle had been
sandbagged and robbed, but the police
surgeons and the coroner's physicians say
death due to heart disease.
Arbuckle was about fifty years CT age,
five feet nine inches tall and weighed about
220 pounds and in his attire had the APP
pearance of being a prosperous business
man. He wore a black diagonal suit of
clothes Of fine material which bore the
name of the maker. j. a. Merriam, Fond
Du Lac, Wis., In the pockets Of the dead
man a number of letters addressed to
Hon. Frank p. Arbuckle, care of Tam
many Times, No. 2S6 West Thirty-ninth
street" There were also found a number
of certificates Of the Cripple Creek and
Central City Consolidated Mining Com
pany. The letters all related to mining SUBJ
iects and schemes, which indicated that
the dead man had been interested in min
ing ventures. Besides these things found
in the dead mans pockets there were also
found SLIGO in change, several programmes
OF theater. latch key, two handker-
chiefs marked with the letter "A" pair
OF linked cuff buttons, a gold ore charm
and three pieces of gold ore. His shirt
was marked "A"
Orncers sent out on the case went to the
Atlanta Casino, near where Arbuckle was
round. There they had a talk with the
bartender, Charles Horstman, who con-
hrmed their theory that the man had been
fouily dealth with. Horstman said that a
man answering the description of the dead
man came into the saloon about an hour
before the time he was found unconscious
and called for drink of whisky. He ap-
peared at the time to be partly under the
influence of liquor and i'm paying for the
drink he displayed a large roll of bills and
then pulled from his pocket heavy gold
watch, which was attached to a large gold
chain. After taking his drink the man left
the saloon. That is the last known of his
movements until he was found in the weeds
amount of change, was found i'm his pockets
and he had no watch or chain.
1t was surmised by the police that Ar
buckle got on an elevated train some where
down town, and falling asleep, rode to the
end of the line. He then got off the train,
it is thought and walked down stairs and
into the Casino saloon. which Is at the foot
of the elevated stairway. 1t is believed
by some of the police that after leaving
the Casino the man was set on by thugs,
Knocked down and robbed. No marks of
| ing to the police. except slight abrasion
| of the head. This might have been caused
be-
have been received in a fall. No one iiv-
| ing near the scene of the tragedy could be
| found who had heard any unusual noise
| during the early morning. The police sur
| geon at the station house. however. after
| thorough examination of the body of
| Mr.. Arbuckle. declared that in his opinion
| death was due to heart failure, brought on
| by an attempt to ascend the steps of the
| elevated station.
messenger sent to Frederick Siegel,
| editor of the Tammany Times brought that
| gentleman to the station to which Mr. Ar
| buckles body had been taken. Segel S
| Identification of the remains was complete.
According to Mr. Segel, Mr.. Arbuckle was
Instrumental in raising s13o,0O0 for the re-
cent Democratic national campaign, which
was about one-third of the whole sum dis
| bursed by the campaign committee. Mr..
Siegel said that Mr.. Arbuckle had been
stopping at the Fifth-avenue Hotel until
within a few days. His later movements
| were not known to Mr.. Siegel. The neigh
borhood where the dying man was found
| has an unsavory reputation. There are a
number of Raines law hotels. frequented by
! boatmen and women of low character.
Nearly every week the police receive a re-
port of some robbery or knockout drops
case in the locality.
Coroner's physician OHanlon performed
| the autopsy on the body. With the con-
| clusion of the autopsy all grounds for sus-
| pcon of foul play as the cause of Mr..
| Arbuckle's death vanished. DR.. o. Hanlon
| told the newspaper men that the abrasion
| en- the head was caused by the fall of the
| body. No fracture or indentation OF sku!
was found. nor were there any marks OF
/ violence on the body. The autopsy, how
| ever revealed that the stomach and intes-
tines were badly swollen. No traces of
| drugs or DoisonS were visible Inc ulS-
| eased parts were sent 10 cheHist Wi'lhauer
! for a miscropical examination. The results
| of the autopsy tend to show that the dag
| nosis of ambulance surgeon Rossman, OF
the Manhattan Hospital. who. when the
body was brought 10 the station, declared
| il to be a case of heart failure, is correct
| A suggestion of suicide was thrown out
but when Colonel Siegel was asked later il
| there was any reason for Dinning faith to
| such a conjecture. he said IL was absurd.
Colonel Segel has telegraphed 10 the
| dead mans brother. Richard Arbuckle. who
! pected will arrive tomorrow morning. Dr.
| O'Hanlon did not grant certificate OF
| death tonight. He prefers TO wait until
the arrival Of relatives ,oi the DEAD man
| Witthauer has made "a report of his micro
! scoDical examination.
The World tomorrow will say: AT 9
| late hour last night Captain Kirschner and
his detectives arrested Charles Butter,
colored man. on suspicion of Knowing some
| thing about the death of Mr.. Arbuckie
| The latter protested that he knew nothing
| about It, Butler Is a hostler and an eX-
! convict The police refused TO state wheth
! er they had any specific evidence against
the negro.
A Successful Promoter.
DENVER, Col. Nov. l9.-Frank p. Ar