New-York tribune., 1896-09-28
4RNOLD FLESH'S STATEMENT.
HIS RITTER ATTACKS UPON THE ioi no
WHAT BERNARD 10TH SAYS ABOUT H.

- r,r,, .rr,CKS Upon THE LOTliS-
WHAT BERNARD 10TH SAYS ABOUT H.
Arnold Flesh the man who was found win mr.
bullet wounds in his body on the mo'i,,"e
Scpteuber ls in his bedroom nj the 'i'''' 49,
made his first statement with reteren'' !" 49,,
occurrence on Saturday last. 1t was '''"u' ~
,n.,.,.a- Frank Grady He exonerates HIS so"
hwS't, ~ n wos arrested on suspicion ana Is
, Mold IN answer the charge In pan oi
S,cO ~ married
Arnold Flesh some twenty years "s' ,,,,ror
- daughter OF Joseph Ioth "A button ih"n"l" r
with a factory at Amstcrdam-ave IN" t
,1 nftv-drst-s For some years roup'e "
,,.a,, tho two families. -Four years ago
,, riosh died and since then the dlsagre'n'"''
n.cnue so acut. that the loths broke OH an " ~.
la,ions with Flesh. but agreed 10 in"N'
FOR the latters children. on the morh''s o -
,cnbcr IS pistol shots We're h'arh III r''" "
,1 u,hcn IN. police and other people some -"
,,a i,,or h,,rs, into the apartments Flesh was
,o,,ud ,o ,o suffering from three bullet wounuS
and his eldest yon william. was discoVere" pr"u ~
Ing over the bed whercon ms ia'h'i nay '
,,,sh and his son refused TO talk about the fh''ei
a, IN. time and IN IN" course OF thc ih''H"e
., tho nollco many differences between the io'"
-. -, ,,rold Flesh were brought 20 light
H. "a. on.ninr paragraph Of tho statement "h'c"
AZ riesh made to his lawyer on Saturday ne re-
,ers I'm hitter terms TO what h" calls 'n' S'"'"',
w ,,.,,c,,s that the Ioths and especially
tnfh
ch,r.e,cr,zcd as a Misrepresentation all mat h"u
,o, son concerning the domestic relations OF
,,,,s.if and lb, wife and continued. In" per
s.c,,ions that were prnctiscd upon her ana mNS''i
,,or, ,h.. sam. source until her premature DEATH
...r. continued upon myself and my children even
,.,or. this suffering angel had been laid to rest
Af,cr reciting other details Of family trouo'os
Ar rlcsh declares that a "dastardly personal AZ
tack was made upon hip on the morning pr'''"-
Ing the shooting anrhN. l"' "'''"''' ~ '''
.a, al. the am. night" continues the state
mon, .bordering on Friday. and within twenty
four hours OF the time when IL Is claimed that
,,,,,d.d OF Mr. 10th onc-duartcr OF MS fortune.
r,s.,h 10th the fathcr-in-law Of Arnold fl'9h'
,.,cr econ nj his house No 50 st Nichol"s-hVe.
,es,crday refused 10 speak OF the allegations ~
,,rd choraci,rizng them as too absurd 10 answer
uernard 10th the SON specifically r"i'rreu ~ y,
Mr. Flesh was also I'm the house AT the uhe' anu
who, asked 10 give his opinion OF the s'a'emen'
said 20 a Tribune reporter .,,o ,,ho,o thing IL
..Vhet can | say except that the whole thi'e II
"A dcusion OF the mind me vrty hu mlos, ~ ~ he
Confused character OF the statement SHOWS IL " ",
lut The rnmbngs OF di-ordcrcd nrtiii ~, 80.
/ say anything regarding such ussu' dro, ~ md
su. a llef ,tions2 Ask to reply 10 n uH'ct anu
cnn,urchensible statement and ] would De naPpy
10 do SO but this thing | can only nk,h 10 .ne .
dreams OF a man who has gone 10 psu upon ~ "
has rcad tho statement will agree with me that II
l. It's own condemnation: . - ,,, ,
,uertv- xth-st station. who has the case IN
charge does not believe the theory that third per,
son In the room when the hialr LOON pa, "n
,raascd that m, shooting done by William
he SON Notwithstanding that Arnold Flesh In an
mtciv certain that the shots were not fired by his