Evening journal., 1896-10-24
the Y0tKERS MYSTER'
Police Searching For the Slayer
Of Hamlin Andrus.
THE STATEMENT OF HIS BROTHER.


archists-The Detectives and Coroner
Have the Same Theory-Looal Police
Think II Was an Accident.
YoNKERs. N. Y. Oct. 24-coroner
Miles, the Ycnkers police and the Pinker
ton detectives hayo not yet succeeded IN
arresting the murderer Of Hamlin j. An
drus who was killed by the explosion OF q
bomb in his Office Wednesday morning
Az lenst two persons are being shadowed
by the police, and from developments it
is possible that third person may be
placed under surveillance
One of the shadowed men Is said to be
John Shelly, painter. Of 40 Elm street.
who was formerly employed at the Ma
tional Sugar refinery. Shelly is 46 years
old. He is said TO be a peculiar fellow, With
strong anarchistio tendencies The Off
oials refuse to say whether or not they
have any evidence connecting him with
the crime.
Rumors Of the Widest kind have been
put IN circulation within the last "a
hours. Chief of these Is that Mr. Andrus
killed himself Others are that the bomb
was not fred by electricity; that test OF
the four cells of tho battery found beneath
the Office showed that they could not
create sufficient current to fire bomb,
and that two former employees of the Ar
lingtOn Chemical company are being
shadowed under suspicion of having COM
mitted the murder.
Another rumor is that the killing of
Hamlin J. Andrus is the first Of a series
Of murders Of capitalists projected by the
anarchists and that many other wealthy
men were 60 die in tho same way No def
mite evidence has been found to substan-
tiate this theory Anarchists ara very
scarcein this city. In fact no one Is able
TO point ont ovon one man and show that
he Is an anarchist.
While Captain Of Police Mangin and a
few other persons in Yoi.a9 IS sfll cling
60 the belief that the denth OF Ms Andrus
was the result OF an accident, caused by
his experiments with the bomb which ex-
ploded an killed him yet John E. An
drus the dead man s brothor Coroner
Milcsy the Plnkerton detectives from New
York who are working on the case and
nearly every ono else are convinced that
Mr.. Andrus wns most foully assassinated.
A large crowd Of socialists assembled
in Getty square last evening and listened
to several speakers from tho tail end of a
cart The real purpose Of the meeting was
to protest against rumors rejecting upon
the local socialists in connection with the
Andrus murder.
Statement of the Victims Brother.
John f. Andrus, brother Of the victim
of the alleged anarchist plot, makes this
statement:
II am satisnad-!n fact, We have 10 our
possession information which points to
but one conclusion-that my brother was
murdered by anarchists, and If it takes
every dollar Of the millions which pos
soss the miscreants shall be brought to
Justice
81 know, from tho reports made to me
by detectives whom have employed, that
there Is, right here in Yunkers, a band Of
anarchists, and that they have sworn to
kill every rich man here
81 am usually Of quiet and peaceable
disposition, but from the moment that
found the battery and electrical appliances
a spirit Of vengeance took possession OF
me, and I will nevor rest until it has been
satisfied.
''I can almost fancy that 1 hear my
murdered brother calling upon me now.
His call will be needed
"While only one man may have pulled
the string which set of the bomb, he was
only one Of gang, and the real intention
was not accomplished.
"As / was the one whose life was
sought, tho man who pulled tho fatal
string was ogged on by the others. he
made bungling job OF it, but the fault
that he did not succeed does not lie at nj:
door. The scheme to murder emanated IN
the brain OF men far above him in intel
/ lect. Tho plot was OF the most fendisl
sort, conceived in murder, but an innocent
man was sacrificed.
1--WE knew that this gang OF anarohisti
had been holding meetings here of late
and two of the number, whom We believ,
TO be the ringleaders, are now under sur
veillanoo They are being continually fol
lowed by detectives, and II they make thl
slightest attempt TO escape they Will b.
placed under arrest.
Not only have we had two private dc
tootives on here from New York, but W
have also called upon the regular deteotiv
force Of that city for aid in the matter
and a number of them are here now.
IL do not believe that any OF the EN-
ployeos in our concern had anything to
with it, although il Is possible one of then
may have been made dupe unwittingly.