The sun., 1896-10-25
CLUE TO THE BOMB MAKER.
CORONER MILES EXPECTS TO FIND
THE MAN VINO KILLED ANDRUS.

Lead TO Hts Captur,-L LouIs, Macleod
Andrua's Former Once BOY, Taken "a
Yonkers and Exnn,incd-Andrus Buried d.
%soner Miles OF Yonkers sad yesterday that
h., al received fresh information which made
a, ~, N, certain than ever that Hamlin J. An.
drns the man who was killed by the explosion
~ a bt NIB In his private Office. was murdered.
Tbe co, 'oner Is confident that tho murderer or
nurdere rs would be in custody within a few
davs u, , made this statement soon after he
had ani.b ed questioning and cross-questioning
I.opis Ma sLeod, boy, who was taken 10
Yonters en- ny yesterday afternoon by Police
Sergeant Nc LauRhlin.
yopnu Mac LeOd was formerly an once boy at
Mr. Andrpa's Nflce at the Arlington Chemical
works He W ~ OF two employees who
ware discharged a short time before the explo-
sjon. When tho investigation was begun. in
,,t,v waa made n ' to the discharged employees,
and 4, wpu foun, I that one OF them. man
,n,n.d Tbou,son had been laid of in order TO
r.dpc. tho force and that the arrangement
,as sntirslv amicab . between himself and his
.mn,,vers II was A. nd that Macleod. the of
fee boy was dschark Sa tor cause. "hat the
cause wns none of the Interested persons would
sav n, that time. and Ney declined to do so
y,.,orsav Sergeant Mclaughlin said how
ever that 1t was nothing that coulu nave any
bearing On he mystery OF the bomb explosion.
Macleod is nearly 10 years old. He is n
bright boy, but In small an looks about twelve
or thirteen. He lives with b Is parents IN fonk-
era. He was discharged fro IN the factory on
Oct. 3, AMI the same day. &C rording to the in
formation Of the police. he vent to visit his
aunt, Mrs. l.. b. MacGregor. W Tho lives at Ja-
maica, l.. l.. and he was there p to yesterday.
Early yesterday morning Sergeai Mclaughlin
left Yonkers and went to Jamai 70 In quest of
Macleod at the instance Of Coron,F Miles He
did not arrest him, but took him to- fonkers as
a witness. He refrained from aski ng the boy
any questions on the way, In order tn ut no ideas
might be suggested to him, and he requested
that nobody else should ask him any q questiona.
He kent u close watch over the boy. but said
that the only object in taking him to fonkers
was to find out whether he knew anything
about the presence or absence of wires IN
the cellar at given times. InAsmuch as
the theory all along has been that the wires
which connected with the battery and bomb
were put up within few days OF the explosion.
II Is difficult to why 1t should be deemed
worth while to send Sergeant all the way to
Jamaica for boy who had not been on the
premises since Oct. 3. unless II was supposed
that he had other knowledge aside from his
familiarity with the premises.
IL was observed also that Macleod was not
taken to the factory to look over the ground
when the train arrived in Yonkers. Instead
Sergeant Mclaughlin took him at to
Police Headquarters and telephoned to Coroner
Miles that he had arrived. The Coroner di-
rected that the boy be brought to his house and
this was done. For about an hour the Coroner
subjected him to an examination. Then he was
taken back to headquarters. Soon afterward
Coroner Miles came out and got into his buggy.
There was q quiet. triumphant air abnut him.
what did you learn from the Macleod beyT'
he was a-ked:
"6o you still think Mr.. Andrus was MUIR
"There isn't a doubt Of 1t: and what's more
am positive that am now on the track of the
guilty person or persons. This whole mystery
and and Il tim may " not be for several days"
Then you are In possess'oh OF fresh fnfor-
Yes; but can't give the slightest hint as to
the nature or 1t. One thing Is certain; Evil
,denceis forthcoming to lead TO the punishment
ofthe guilty person or PERSONS" 3, :
Do you believe that there was a plot In
which more than one person was concerned ?"
"fS ssIs persoIfwiom you believe guilty in any
Esy cennreted with the Andrus family"
/, II can't answer that, either" replied the Cor
In the mean time. Sergeant Mclaughlin had
teTs to hotel to get lunch. The fact that he
was kept in custody, though not under arrest,
together T With the h, S
had given valuable information. and that his
es.imony was or more than ordinary impor-
tance. Although many witnesses and suspects
have been examined heretofore By tile Coroner
and By Police Captain Manvin, in no case has
MeI.surhiin said thai THE the boy Would remain in
his custody for the present -,
that Sergeant Mclaughlin made a visit to Nj: Mr..
Andruss house In the evening of the day on
hch the explosion Occurred In an
Kiely. the gas N An at the factory, said he had
given to Mr.. Andrus himself a few days before
M at n ntATn nj
Kjely's that the pol Ice based the theory that
Mr.. Andrus had made the bomb himself. This
theory was declared absurd by the members OF
the family. who said that Mr.. Andrus had got
the gas pipe in order 20 n1 gas stove in his
shop which Mr.. Andrus had at his house, with
out finding them.
"that the things had been used in repairing the
gas stove, and lsald they would show me how
were unable u show me anything CORE. ponding
90 the pieces X ELY says he gave Mr.. Andus"
!. was s,,o learned yesSsrdsy tsT Hiram
purchased number or batteries from p. F.
Washburn. a hardware dealer at 8 North
Broadway. II was at first reported that these
atieries were OF the same sort a. those u ed to
explode the bomb. Mr.. Washhurn corrected
cells ordered by Hiram Andrus were SAL
ammoniac cells. and that. although some dry
they we're Immediately returned. Mr.. Wash
burn la a cousin OF Hemlin J. and John e.
but ,ometimes furnishes batteries and Wires to
customers on order. He said yesterday that, as
far he could remember. he had never sold
any wire to Hiram Andrus.
"About eight or ten months ago. he said. d" |
sold aHiram Andrus six SRlammOnac cells
These wet cells. and are set M in glass cups.
They were to be used In operating call bells
about the factory. believe | furnished two
bells with the hatterv, hut no wire. Two
or three months later Hiram Apdrns
the same as before. The electrical supply
company from which ordered them
sent instead six dry cells OF the kind
known as Mesco, the same kind as those
found by the Coroner. l knew that these were
not the sort Hiram Andrus had ordered, but
thou ht they might do just as well, and sent
them up to the factory. Hiram Andrus sent
wouldn't do. Two of those cells are now IN use
at my own house, two are in stock In the store
here. and the other two were sold hy my clerks
One of these was sold In June and the other
about two mont hs ago. The cle-ks do not re-
call To whom they sold them No set ot four
or even Of two has been sold by Us. however"
Mr.. Whshburn went 10 the factory and fOnnd
all tho cells which he had furnished 10 Hiram
Andrns In use for operating the bells; y, w, r.
Eschmann, who WAS associated with the An
drus brothers In business. was RnxiOns yester.
day to correct the impression that these pur-
chaSes nf Hiram Andrns could have had any
thing TO do with the outfit used for firing the