New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-03-08
FOUR ARRESTS IN PATERSON
EXCITED MOB FOLLOWS THE SUSPECTED
MEN THROUGH THE sTkEETs.
ONE PRISONER THROWS THE OFFICER DOWN AND
TRIES TO EsCAPE-rHoUsANDs ATTEND THE
FUNERAL OF THE MURDERED GIRL
THE SUSPICIOUS MAN IN GRAY
COAT DISCHARGED.

night was held in St. Joseph's Roman Catholic
Church this morning In spite OF the drizzling rain
fully two thousand five hundred people crowded into
the street in froat of the girls home in Park-avA
The crowd In front OF the house followed the pre-
| cessIon to the church. which filed TO overflow
| Ing in a few minutes after the doors were throwh
| open. The services conducted by Father Oh
lan the rector Father Brown. assistant rector ana
| Father Brady. Of St. Johns Church full choir
rendered song service. Father Gillian preached the
| sermon. He said that. although 1t was unusual 70
| talk at funerals. the present case was one wnich
| should not go by without Word being said. 1t was
| a striking example. he said OF how necessary u
always is for one 10 be ready 10 face his Gre
| ator He hoped that Miss Sulivans death would
| teach lesson in that way to every one.
There was an affecting scene at the home where
Mamie Sullivan lived with her brother and sister.
The Youngest member OF the family, Angelina sullS'
van tainted while taking her last look at the BODY.
] Another sister. Miss Sarah, fell in swoon while
| leaving the house.
| The immense crowd at the church gave pickpock-
| cts an excellent opportunity TO operate Severss
persons reported to the police that their pockets
| had been picked.
| SUSPECTED MAN PROVES AN ALlBI.
! Chief Of Police Grau visited the Bergen County
| Jail at Hackensack to-day and had an intervie"
with Joseph Gillflan. the man In gray ulster sus.
| pected Of having committed the murder Inc Chlet
| at its conclusion said that Gillflan was not the
two years old and born in Peoria County. Ill.,
but was brought up in Attica. Ind. where he mar
RED Six years ago he quarreed with his wife ana
she aka eas SIX nee them he has made his living BY
selling pencils and doing ODD JOBS On mo1b ba riSh,
in the Rescue Mission. on Tuesday he came to
Jersey and that evening found himself IN ha IA aS
train Paterson and spent th@ night as iod p
Police Headuar,ers He started 10 esVe NaTh
Paterson. he returned on Wednesday n.ght 10
applied for lodging at the Rssrpa s the ant as
boarding house kept by LuceLo RafesS NJ
M KsSsdar afternoon he eft Paterson and spen,
Thursday night in boxcar al Hawthorne receiVihs
The Chief learned that Glilhllan had told the truth
his whereabouts on the night OF inc n h.
after D. m, and did not leave until the following
morning.
DEAD GIRLS EYE PHOTOGRAPHED
A photograph was taken OF Miss sulvan's eye to-
day but what the result of the work was mas not
been made public. The picture was taken by ls s.
F. Wiley and Leonard H. Doremus. A story was
aaoat that the Photographic plate had revealed
shadow In the dead womans eye. Tribune re.
porter Or. Wiley and the phoograpner, out
fu. They said that they were acting u5drr ndSlSs
The picture had Not then been printed from ths
plate o,har assor,,s this ar,.,.
noon which had been committed on THURSDAY ni S
Patrick McDonough. pudder, employed N tne fas,
work about go O'Clock. he was stopped by TWO mer
a, Spring and Clay s;s They demanded money ne
over the head with a blunt instrument knocking
him down. The fellow hit him again but at that
fed McDonough was not rendered un; =, psOo
and he made his way to his home 4, no Frnrd
made charge Of assault and batSry Sga,nsr John
who, he swears was one of his assaiiants 49,,
The second newly reported victim Is othnar All III.
| Barclay-st crossing of the Lackawanna Railroad
Aigier says that he was walking up Marsna nic
and when near Ciay-st he struck in the back OF
the head. He fell senseess TO the ground. ana me
highwayman took all the money that ne had 81 ~:
When he regained consciousness Alligier found al,
hs beevnr r in ece eSaens he
view OF the recent murder made him appear al heao-
! quarters to-day and tell his story
THE IMAGE IN THE EYE
! Dr. Wiley said late tonight that the form in the
| photograph OF Miss Sullvans eft eye was quar-
ter OF inch long and Of Irregular width. directly
| in the middle OF the rena. At no point is II AZ
wide as 1t IS long. The picture IL contained In
space two and one-haf inches square ana SHOWS
/ underneath the tip OF the physicians fingers and
the instruments use in ksepns the eysa opsn.
/ but he is confident that it IS the asst impression
the re9 before Ire ed g over the
surface was removed with al foreign matter; me 3,
which the body lay. was dark Four large gas lets
and an equal Mumher OF eandes were b aseb me Inc
Accomplished something known only once before In
the history OF photography l was o success:
complete and certain he SAID Out ne "ou.o Tea.
nothing further.
A DESPERATE CHARACTER
The city was again tarown into excitement this
evening by the arrest Of four supposed to be
connected with the recent assaults. There were
five in the gang and they were ostensibly peddlin7
leanet songs officer Tracey's attention was at
tracted 20 them by their suspicious actions In lower
Marketst They stopped several people, ana , We're
Tracey signalled to officer Stewart and they made
one ~ the toughs saw the officers coming, and
capped but the other four We're cauenI Iney gave
their names sna lanes CLARK They are ali known
to the police except George Clark on ne way %
away ' from officer Tracey. Clark aid the officer
both rolled into the gutter crowd imm M,
collected and o aeh wb the his ra the by
oners right arm. and; another oifcer coming up
Clark was subiued by this time an excited crowd
rs the murderer.' rose from the mob. as they
pressed forward on the officers and prisoner. For
a moment it looked as II there WAS going 10 be
riot but the officers acted promptly. and pushing
their way through. were soon heading a large pro-
The cry OF The murderers arrested" flew through
the city and the crowd increased outside the station.
house until grave fears entertained that at.
tempt would be made TO break into the staton-houss
and seize the prisoner The arrival OF the o,h h
prisoners however created diversion; ana ana t ,s
plicated
When being searched ne was seen changing re.
vover from hand to the other. trying 70 moe
up his sleeve. II was promptly taken from MN. re
F fn1 p who % vi recognse BY
name OF Feeney. had his pockets stuned tu, Q. 1,yY
evidently stolen The police think that yoIrne
Heminawyav was sandbagged and robbed by this
gang.
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