The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-10-13
REYNOLDS ARRESTED.
Police Believe They Have
the Man Who Shot
Roger Costello.
IMPORTANT WITNESS PRODUCED
Says He Saw Thomas Leave the
House and Throw Away
a Revolver.

Thomas Reynolds, the supposed assail-
ant of Roger E. Costello. the produce
dealer of Mullica Hill, N. J.. who on the
morning of September Is was shot through
the left lung while asleep in the home or
his friend, Dennis Reynolds, No. 4Sf Heh-
derson street, is in custody. he was cap
tured at midnight by Detective clark
The prisoner is the son OF DENNIS hey-
nolds. The prisoner has retained ex-
Mayor Gilbert Collins to defend him. he
denies having done the shooting. He as
scrts that on the morning of the shoot
ing he was in his fathers house. he dio
not know Costello was there, in fact had
never met the man. He declares that his
father was drunk and made so mucn
noise screaming for drinks, that ne,
unable to sleep, got up and went out he
says that he boarded a Newark trolley
car and spent the night at the Palace
Hotel in Newark. From that city ne
went to Elizabeth and spent one week
at the Elm House. While there he read
of the shooting of Costello and becoming
uneasy returned to Newark, where he re-
manned one week longer, finally going to
Orange. From that place he returned 10
Newark. remaining there until nearly mid
night on Saturday last, when he came to
this city. Learning that the police were
booking for him he returned to Newark
staying there until last night, when he
came to this city. He was walking
through Barrow street and was turning
into Erie street when Detective Clark took
him in charge.
Immediately after his arrest he was
taken to the Seventh street police station
and there, in the presence of his counsel,
he made a sweeping denial of the shoot
ing. He was having everything his own
way when Chief Murphy sprung a sur
prise on him. The Chief had brought
from the cells a man who has been under
Arrest and in close confinement ever since
the shooting occurred. He was John
Ecanlon. At one time he lived in the
Reynolds house and for two years was
an associate of Thomas Reynolds.
On the morning of the shooting he was
on his way TO work and was passing the
Reynolds house when he heard a pistol
shot. He stepped behind a tree box and
awaited developments. He had only just
hidden himself when a man dashed out of
the hallway with one arm in his coat
and making a desperate effort to get the
other arm in the sleeve where 1t be-
1onged. The man paused a moment, adj
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his neck, tossed something against the
side of the building and then ran up
Henderson in the. direction of Pavonia
avenue.
The suspected man was stood up with
a dozen men last night and Scanlon iden-
titled him as the man he saw run out Of
the hallway on the morning of the shoot
ing The article described b. the man
was recovered and turned out to be a re-
yulver, n chamber of which was empty.
Ihree days after the shooting occurred,
Chief Murphy. believing Reynolds 10 be
the mar who did the shooting, sent Scan
lon before the Grand Jury. On his testi-
mony Reynolds was indicted for assault
with intent to kin. The prisoner was
turned over this morning to the county
ofDcl2ls for prosecution.
The prisoner had. until a few days prior
70 the shooting, been engaged In the pro-
as.ce business with his father, but a quar-
gel led to the dissolution of the partner
snip The police theory is that the son
sought revenge on his father, and thar
Costello, who occupied the room of the
elder Reynolds, received a. bullet tina was
anlenoed for another. Tne police think
this theory is borne out BY the prisoners
statement that he did not know Costello
was in the house.
Denns Reynolds is now in the County
Jan, having been committed to that in
stitution by Justice Potts for being drunk
and disorderly. When arrested he was
throwing away money. He had thrown
away $40 when taken in by the police.
19fs excuse lof being drunk was that the
shooting of his friend Costello had un-
balanced his mind.
Costello is still in the City Hospital.
The bullet, which lodged in his back
has been removed and the attending ply
sicsans say that he will recover.
The prisoner gives no reason for re-
naming away from mis- home so long
after the shooting. The police know that
When ne was in the city last Saturday
night he did not go near his home. but
went to two of his old haunts to ascer-
tain whether the talk of the shooting
had blown over or not.