New-York tribune., 1896-01-03
NELLIS HELD WITHOUT BAIL.
4 MAN WHO SAYS HE SAW HIM All
TACK MRS RUNNETT.

Iig DECLARES THAT NEII.Is PUSHED HER OVER
THE STONE COPING INTO THE AREAWAf.
The police last night received Information
which may lead TO a solution OF the ni!s'e'!
Of the death of Mrs. Runnett at the mouse oi
Albert A. Nellis A went To the West SIN
ty-eghth-st station early in the evening ana
declared that he had accidentally witnessed MIS-.
Runnett's death and that II was caused oS
Nellis. who threw the woman down the front
steps of his Duse. He later swore to ms state
mcnt before Coroner IIOeber and as result Nei-
lis was al once rearrested on the charge Of homi-
eide and was held by the Coroner without BAH
while the police look up the new witnesses ante
cedents. This man declares that his statement
can be corroborated by another witness. ser
want girl who was In the street at the time.
The new witness against Nels is Joseph kaZ.
of No 42G West Flftv-sxth-st. Katz was until
lately a gripr,an in the employ of the Broadway
cable road but left the service Of the company
The dav before Christmas Of his own accord
He gives as a reference to his honesty and good
faith Superintendent Rounds. of the Metro
politan Traction Company
WHY HE HELD HIS STORY BACK.
Katz walked into the Yves; Sixty-eighih-s;
police station at O'Clock yesterday afternoon
and asked to see the captain Detective i'a"s
tc ok him to Acting Captain Nrtdenburgh' ana
10 the captain he said he had been witness 10
the "murcer' of Mrs. Runnett as ne expreSseu
it, He accounted for his failure To come 'o'-
ward before and tell what he had seen py say
ing that he separated from MS WE WI"
whom he had had trouble. and dreaded 'h"' !"
the publicity which would attend his appearance
i'm the case his wife would learn his ADDRESS anu
come forward to persecute him Wha' he "d'
soon however. had preyed so >rnuch uP'" '
mind that he was determined to conceai "'
longer. but to come out and tell what H. N''"
Katz then wrote down the following s'a'''"'' ~
Al the captains request.
Vas walking through seyemY Sax AMI o'clock
m .ho 1i,bf Of December y. when MY a Ja
wls atrrac,eI by woman wa9 scraue' ns walking
wes. from the boulevard on the same 7'af o' into MO
street When she am 20 hack h and went up the
,enS She turned bock again ana went Ho" "i,ers s,
street towards West End-ave rs od L'' cane on Of
p laiy ana girl about ten years o', CO. Pouleyari
,ha basement and went toward me Br}oouers,i
Before this lazy and cnsn ,rnsd from the direction
Of West End-ale. AMI went up t tnr She was
@ aE.''t ar, man Who opened the door ani came p',
t, her. This mar wa, a,Siug aR}ius a smoking jacket
tall and wore dark c'o'h'"s' ''
and 4 skull cap.
Thrown INTO THE AREAWAf.
,,,ri,,, rho alteration he held with her he TOOK
,a,r -, nor and turned her toward the street mo-
,ioning her 10 go away. She walked a ie" SIPS
dov.n the s,oop and then turned toward mn" aga,
7,h he ,unroa he'd her she stood half way up tne
st,ns and taking hold of her by both ol he'
ho,ilers uushed her the stone coping INTO '"e
ar.awav He then jumped up the steps quickly anu
.ont into the house closing the door after h''h y
minnie ,fterward a woman about hVe iee' sew"
in, hos tall came out Of the basement through an
,.or ca,s said 10 her. whats the matte one
said. II don, know. but am gong for ponce
man" she went for a policeman toward ane
i,o,l.., ,rd and I ala not her again. Went
after a policeman up West End-aye apout W.
biocks but ] could not find one Nn"h 81 u, -,
- the house found two police. .men there anu WIN
away. 49, .,.,,,o,+ In tho
cartain's room a telephone message was sen, u
Coroner Hoaber. He was th"H engagei Oh ar ar
other case but within an hour appeared al tle
station and put KaZ through riga SNai'll'la
.i.u He failed t. shake the mans stateH'i',
AMI Kat al his request. Willingly s"oIr u" dild
signed Tho statement he lid written. w h''h ~
had done So Coroner Ioeber sent 'e'e'ltt4
i,,,, Armstrong and Hahn to Nell!ss home WIN
directions to bring him 10 tn" station w hfI, , nl
accused man who T. our un Ter S'VoV pdll d'''N'',
he was taken into the back room ana 'ohlI"n'eu ,e
with Kat Tn latter's statement wa, '.'',
r.ad Oyer ~ him. and he was asked Wh't ne ha'
An can say about IT," said Neliis. rs tha'
il is A big lie and this man knows II. ,ho
NJ Hodge Nellis's counsel. was caU'd |" Inv
tati.n and then Nels wac locked up
Tho coroner promised - arrange Tor fur,hrr
bo,ring - the case ~ - o'clock to-day, ana III
The mean time ordered kaz 10 oe detained ~
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