Evening journal., 1896-01-29

FosteII and Ficischnuer Held without Bail
as Accessories TO the Criine-rhe Coro-
ner's Jury Believe That the Mother
struck the Fatal Blow.
LONG ISLAND CITY, n. y, Jan. &c.
Three persons are now locked up In the
Queens county Jail in this city for connoc-
tion with the murder of William Erasmus
Lalor, who was found hacked TO death in
the Manley homestead, in Long Island
City. on Jan. . last. Mrs. Mary ID. Ialor
mother Of The murdered man, Is held on
the charge of having committed the crime
while Anthony Fostell of 12i Wilbur ave
nue. and John Flcischauer of 12S Prospect
street, Dutch Kills, have been arrested as
accessories.
1T was after midnight when Coroner 3.
G. Strong and the jury who have been in
yestigatng the murder finished their in
quiry. The jury brought in a sealed ver-
diet. They had spent three hours deliber-
ating on tho verdict, in which Mrs Lalor
is accused Of committing the crime and
Fostell and Fieischauer are named as ac-
cessories.
Following the murder Mrs falor was
arrested on suspicion and has been in jail
ever since. Fostell is a brotherin-law OF
the dead man, while Fleischauer was his
bedfellow. They were arrested at the
time but owing to a lack Of evidence We're
discharged. Fleischauor was at work in
Brooklyn when taken into custody the
second time, while Fostoll who is a fire.
man on the Long Island railroad, was ar
rested in the railroad yard at Hunter S
Point Both were arraigned before JUS
tice Ingram aud remanded for examination
on Thursday
Believe One of the Three Guilty.
There is no doubt in The minds Of Coro-
ner Strong and the detectives that one Of
the three persons in custody is the real
culprit. Suspicion points strongly against
the mother Conflicting statements have
been made on all sides, although it was
apparent that the parties concerned had
patched up n story between them. HUI
man blood was found on Mrs. Lalor's
dress and apron. The expert chemist who
examined the clothing testified that sever
al hairs, spots of human blood and a
brainy substance were found on hand
kerchief picked up in the hostell house,
where Mrs. Lalor lived, the day following
the murder.
Mrs. Lalor Is widow. She formerly
lived in the house in which the murder
OCCulicCf Dll when lef nlhDGlu llcls III
September Of last year, went 10 live with
her married daughter Mrs. Fostell Her
household goods were left in the old home
stead. The murdered man was ~ years
old. He was said 10 be indolent and shift
less and in poor health. He continued to
sleep in the old house and had Fleischauer,
one Of the men under arrest, for "A bedfel-
low DR.. Strong and the police say that a
peculiar relationship existed between the
two. New Years night Ialor, in compa-
ny with Fleischauer Fostell and several
others, was ont calling and did not get
back to Long Island City until about .
o'clock the next morning, when Floisch-
auer says he and Lalor went to bed. Ac-
cording to stories told after the discovery
of the murder Fleischauer and Lalor were
aroused about q o'clock that morning by
| Fostell, who was not feeling well and did
not want TO report for work that day. He
wanted Lalor to go Co the railroad yard
and report him i'll.
Witnesses were found who saw fleisch-
auer coming ont OF the house shortly after
s o'clock while others testified TO seeing
Mrs. Lalor and her youngest son James
leaving the house that morning, whereas
Mrs. Lalor and her daughter both stated
that the boy James spent the night in
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