The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1897-07-30

iouuu DEfHeu dlfflOSt Dcyonu recognition
in n building on the Phillips farm In
Lynnfield Centre Wednesday. is now
locked up at the Lynn police station,
awaiting "A preliminary hearing, which
will be held tomorrow morning at 0
o'clock.
ii Is alleged that Williams, melted by
longing for funds to enable him to
reach the Klondyke gold fields, shot
Gullio, robbed him Of about 500 and then
fred the small shanty In which he lived
on the Phillips farm. near the Wakefield
line.
Wakefield, Mass, July 30.-The arrest
OF Alfred G. Williams of this town I'm
connection with the burning OF John
Cullio at Lynnfield early Wednesday
morning is almost the sole topic of con-
versation here. Among those who know
something about Williams whereabouts
on the night of the fire Is James Hickey.
who Is employed by Alfred A. Carleton
OF this town. and with whom Williams
boarded. With some variations. Hickey
relates about the same story OF Williams
account Of his nights experience as was
told the police by the prisoner.
Hickey says that Wil.elms came home
about 4:30 Wednesday morning covered
with blood, and apparently in an ex-
hausted condition. Hickey helped him
wash UP, and then Williams told him
the story Of the holdup on the side of the
pond.
Hickey examined Williams carefully
and found a number OF scratches on his
face and throat. and two or three abras-
ions. The nail on his left little finger
had also been torn off, and in fact every
thing in his appearance pointed to the
fact that he must have had a terrible
scufile with some one. during which both
he and his assailant used their hands and
fingers.
Williams told Hickey that he thought
it was about 11:3O Tuesday night when
he was assaulted, and he did not regain
consciousness until three hours after,
and then he found himself down the en-
bankment from the street on the shore
OF the pond with one arm in the water
He claimed that ii took him two hours
to drag himself back to the Carleton
house distance Of about ~ miles.
The police visited the place where
williams said he was assaulted, but
there was nothing in the appearance Of
the ground either at the top or the bot
tom Of the embankment which indi-
Gated that any disturbance had taken
place. The rain Of yesterday morning,
however, may have obliterated such
traces.
Hickey will he a witness at the hear
ing In Lynn on Saturday.
State officer Neal is hard at work on
the case, and says that considerable evil
dence has been accumulated. In the
room where Gullio was burned to death
was found an oil can, which was pc
culiar, as 1t is known that Gullio always
kept this can in an outhouse. II is also
knWwn that GulliO had S175 or there
abouts on the night Of the fire, and that
he was In the habit Of keeping part of
his money In the mattress and part in
his trousers, which were hung near the
bed. 1t is also known that williams had
the gold fever very severely, and that a
day or two before the fire ne told Guliio
that he wanted to go to the Ktondyke.
but did not have the money. Gullio told
him that he (Gullio) had sufficient funds
to reach Alaska, and asked Williams to
find out more aboutit.
The theory Of the police Is that the
raUderer OF Gullio broke into the house
and knowing where the Italian kept his
money, was going through Gullio's trous-
ers when the latter woke up. A terrific
flBht then ensued, in which both men
were badly scratched, but Gullio was
gradually overpowered and at last rem
dered unconscious or perhaps killed.
The fiend then went to the outhouse, and
taking the can Of oil went back to the
scene OF the robbery. Here he endeay-
ored to clear away all traces OF the crime
by sprinkling oil over the body of Gullo.
and then after getting all the money set
the fire and escaped. The police last
night did not think that there was any
shooting in connection with the crime,
although Gullio's body was so badly
burned that IL is hard to say just how
he met his death.
officer Neal stated last night that
Williams room In Wakefield had been
searched and SIS in bills found under the
carpet. A revolver was also found, but
its appearance gave no indication OF
having been used for some time, al
though IL was loaded.
Attorney Hurlbert, counsel for WILL
iams, has had the house Of Gullio thor
oughly examined, and quite a lengthy
hearing is anticipated on Saturday.
Nicaragua Canal Commission.
washington, July 30. Admiral
Walker, Captain Carter and Professor
Haupt, the new Nicaragua canal com
missioner. held a preliminary meeting
I'm the engineers office ut the war depart
ment yesterday. Although they have
not received their commissions they dis
ctIsSed at aorna length f,ifura ,,l,,n.
There Is no present Intention Of visiting
Nicaragua, but before n final report is
made the commission will make per-
sonal examination Of the canal route
and Its surroundings. Admiral Walker,