The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1896-11-25
FOUL PLAY SUSPECTED.
Mysterious Death OF Frank p.
Arbuckle In New York.
Found Unconscious ON the Street and
Dies Little Later Four Men
Arrested-Stories of the
Prisoners.

New York. Nov. 2O.-Frank p. Ar
buckle, president of the Cripple Creek
& Consolidated Gold Mining company,
Of Denver, was found unconscious at
2:45 o'clock Thursday morning. lying
on the sidewalk in Eighth avenue. be-
tween One Hundred and Fifty-second
and One Hundred and Fifty-third
streets. He died In the patrol wagon on
/ the way to the station-honse. without
regaining consciousness.
Denver, COL, Nov. 2O.-Frank +. Ar
buckle, whose death was reported from
New York Thursday morning, was u
prominent democratic politician. He
was chairman of the state democratic
central committee of Colorado, register
of the land Office in Colorado, under the
Cleveland administration, and a we'll
known figure in western politics. He
leaves a wife and family, and his sud-
den death is a great shock to the COM
munity.
New York, Nov. 81. - Capt O'Brien's
detectives have arrested three men who
are supposed to have been concerned in
the death of Hon. Frank p. Arbuckle,
of Denver, COL, who was found dying
on Eighth avenue. between One Hun
dred and Fifty-Second and One Hun
dred and Fifty-Third streets, early
Thursday.
The prisoners are George Stevens, a
reputed gambler; Joseph Davidson
and Frederick Menger.
Davidson, like the other prisoners. at
first protested utter ignorance of the
case, but when pressed with questions.
acknowledged that he had net Ar
| buckle on Wednesday afternoon IN
front of the Academy of Music and
made an appointment to meet him In
the academy saloon in the evening.
Davidson, according to the police.
met ArbuckIe at the saloon after hav-
ing made an arrangement with Menger
and Stevens to entlce Arbuckle to some
unfrequented place and rob him.
Davidson said that he met Arbuckie
according to appointment and intro
| duced him to Menger, Stevens and a
man named Stewart, who is at large.
The four had a number of drinks at
ArDuckle's expense and then started to
leave the saloon, but Menger remained
behind with Arbuckle to get cigar.
When Menger came out of the saloon.
with Arbuckle, Stevens took him TO
task, charging him with warning Ar
buckle and 'queering" the robbery
scheme. Menger became angry and
struck Stevens, who thereupon left,
Menger following him. Davidson said
that he followed Menger and Stevens,
leaving Arbuckle with Stewart, and
that he did not see either Arbuckle OF
Stewart afterwards.
Menger and Stevens deny any plot to
rob Arbuckle, but they corroborate
Davidson's statements in regard to the
meeting at the Academy saloon and the
subsequent quarrel.
Samuel Stewart, alias "Sheeny Sam"
81 years old, who is one of the four men
believed to be concerned in the alleged
robbery and possible murder of Ar
| buckle, was arrested Friday afternoon
and arraigned before Magistrate Brann
at the Harlem court.
At police headquarters he acknowl-
edged that he had been in Arbuckie's
company on Wednesday night, along
that the party had several drinks In
Luchow's and the Academy saloons,
Fourteenth street, near Third avenue.
Arbuckle was intoxicated. Some one
suggested a game of cards and Arbuckle
refused to play. Then there was
quarrel between Menger and Stevens,
and Stewart said he left the party, go
ing to a Third avenue barber shop to
get shaved. He did not see any of the
party again. and positively did not know
what became of ArbuckIe.