Omaha daily bee., 1896-11-21
ARBUCKEE@sS STRANGE DEATH
New York F6lice Probing the Mystery Of
the Man from Denver,
FOUR MEN, ARRESTED ON SUSPICION
Colonel sicEei -Propounds the Thcors
that He Was Attacked and Robbed
ana that Heart Failure Fall
lowed, Due TO Excitement.

NEW YORK, Nov 20.-The general office
detectives have made three additional ar
rests in connection with the death of Frank
p Arbuckle of Denver. The prisoners are
George Stevens, a saloonkeeper; Joseph
Davidson, stenographer and Frederick
Menger, n bartender, The men are said to
have been with Arbuckle on the night be-
fore his death.
The Investigations of the detectives dis
closed the feet that on Wednesday evening
Arbuckle was in Luchow's saloon at Four
teenth street and Irving Place, in company
with the three men named. Stevens was
the first to be taken. He at first denied hav-
ing been in Luchow's saloon with Arbuckle.
As he was talking to Captain O'Brien, a
detective walked in with Davidson. David
son at once recognized Stevens and said to
him: Hello, are you in this case too?"
Stevens, according to Police Captain O'Brlen,
seemed nettled when this remark was made
to him. When Davidson was searched one
of Arbuckle's cards was found on his per-
SON. Davidson admitted having met Ar
buckle WedL esday night and said they had
arranged meeting for tonight. This was
why Mr.. Arbuckle had given him his card,
he said.
After this story was told another detec-
tive walked in with the prisoner, Menger
All three then admitted having seen Ar
buckle in Luchow's saloon on Wednesday
night. They denied, however having gone
up town with him. Menger said that
Stevens was trying to get Arbuckle to go to
Harlem with him ito go against a brace
gambling game" He did not know whether
Stevens had succeeded in getting Arbuckle
away
Menger has made the following state
mens:
a. in company with Joseph Davidson and
George Stevens, both of whom came from
Bentley, Kan, met Arbuckle in Luchow's
saloon on Fourteenth street. They wanted
to steer him up against brace game
and get his money. / had nothing to do with
this and left the three men at Miners the
ater. That is all / know about the case,
anyhow"
The three prisoners were arraigned in the
Harlem court today.
The men were held for further eXamina-
ton. Butler. the negro arrested last night
was released today, there being no evidence
to connect him with the alleged murder or
robbery of Arbuckle.
Richard Arbuckle Of Erie. Pa, a brother
of the dead man, reached the city today.
Prof. Witthaus, the chemist who is maxi
ing mcrosCopical analysis of the stomach
of the dead man. has not yet made any re-
port on the matter to the coroner's office.
Samuel Stewart alias "Sheeny SAM" the
fourth man wanted by the central Office de-
tectlve5, was arrested this afternoon by De
tective Dale. I've was pointed out by
Davidson, one of the other prisoners. who
was with Dale at the time. The prisoner
was taken t6lpelice headquarters. Stewart
said he was "a years old, and salesman.
His story Of his Whereabouts on Wednesday
night is as folfows: 81 was in the Academy
saloon with the three men arrested and
Arbuckle. Several rounds of drinks were
had and we went to Luchow's place, where
a game of cards was proposed. Arbuckle
refused to play. We left the place and in
a.,
quarreled. J. left them and went to a
| barber shop on Third avenue near sixteenth
street and after getting shaved went home. -
Stewart was arraigned in the Harlem court
later in thS afternoon, and was remanded
to the care of Captain Kochner of the West
Fifty-second street station, where the other
prisoners were also locked up.
Colonel Frederick Siegel, a friend of Ar
buckle, tonight said he thought Mr.. Ar
buckle by mistake got on an elevated train
going up town. and had been carried clear
uptown before he was awakened by the
guard. Then, getting out of the train, he was
somewhat dazed, and. not knowing exactly
where he was, was shortly after attacked
by the persons who robbed him, and that
the excitement brought on heart failure.
1t was learned tonight that Arbucke was
seen last before his death at Forty-second
street and Sixth avenue on Wednesday, just
before ~ o'clock He was in the saloon
attached to the st. Charles hotel at the
northwest CORNER OF forty-nfst ana SIKH
avenue. There he appeared to be alone,
though he treated number of men who
were in the place at the time. He showed
number of bills and gave his card to one
of the men. When he left the saloon he
was seen talking to a number of cabmen,
and finally went up the street toward the
elevated station at Forty-second street. He
was alone.
Acting Captain Kirchner said tonight he
had nothing new to tell about the case, but
he expected TO have new developments by
tomorrow morning. u.