The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-06-21
MAKES A FULL CONFESSION
duplicates THE TWO MEN UNDER
ARREST IN THIS CITY.
Identified by BertiIIon System Circu-
Iar-COnfronted by Supt. Colbert
and Two Greenwood Men.


attempted to rob Job Eldridge on Massa-
chusetts avenue last January.
James Burton, alias James Emmett, alias
James Hennessey, is the man. He is now
confined in the Tennessee penitentiary at
Nashville serving a six years sentence for
burglary committed on Feb. 5, two or three
weeks after his crime. Burton, as he has
been known here. made full confession to
Superintendent Colbert last Saturday in the
Tennessee penitentiary.
Mr.. Colbert called on Governor Taylor
and laid the entire case before him. The
Governor did not know what precedent
there might be for granting the man a par
don in order that he might be brought here
to answer the charge of murder, but in
formed the superintendent that he would
do everything he could to aid the cause of
justice. To-day the superintendent will go
before the grand jury to secure an indict-
ment. Petitions will be circulated among
the f1remen and other city employees and
officials urging the Governor to allow the
man to be brought here. There is scarcely
any question but that requisition papers
will be issued and honored, and that poor
Frank Redmond's murder will be finally
avenged. AS soon as the necessary docu-
ments can be prepared Superintendent Col
bert will either return to Tennessee for the
prisoner or send some of Captain Splans
detectives
Superintendent Colbert, Captain Splan
and the superintendent clerk, John E.
Engle, are the only members of the depart
ment who knew all of the details of the
efforts made to apprehend the murderer,
but every member of the department
worked necessarily to apprehend him, and
the superintendent spoke in complimentary
terms of the earnest cooperation that had
been accorded him. To say that they are
all greatly satisfied at the outcome is put
ting it mildly. 1t turns out that the super
intendent was right in his first declaration
that Carl Harvey and Edward Phillips, now
in Jail, were the accessories to the murder,
as Burton implicated them in his confess
sion, stating that Harvey planned the rob-
berry of Job Eldridge. and that it was with
a revolver Harvey gave him that the
shooting was done. The two men refused
to talk when they were interviewed last
night but could not conceal the uneasiness
they felt. The police hope to secure con-
Victions against all the trio and from a
brief outline of the facts and evidence at
the command of the department 1t must be
confessed the case looks very black for
them.
STORY FROM THE BEGINNING
In giving the story of the facts that led
up to the discovery of Burton Superintend-
ent Colbert went over the history of the
entire case. On the night of Friday, Jan.
% last, Fireman Frank Redmond was MUIR
red. Tollings of the fire bells announced
that fireman was dead. About $50 o'clock
firemen in the engine house opposite Job
Eldridge's secondhand store at 275 Massa-
chusetts avenue heard cries of murder"
Hastily rushing out, Firemen Frank Red
mond, James Cassidy and Philip Kie saw
that there was some sort of trouble across
the street. They saw a man fleeing dag
onally across the street towards them. See
ing them coming toward him the man hes
itated an instant and then ran on. keeping
the middle of the street Once he fell. He
was up in an instant and on the firemen,
Frank Redmond in front, gaining on him
rapidly. AT last he darted into an alley.
and turned back to defend himself with a
revolver. AS Redmond came into the
mouth OF the dlley, the man fired one shot.
Redmond fell upon his face. The other pur-
suers stopped to attend to their comrade.
He was carried back to the engine house
and laid on a cot, where he died within ten
minutes. The bullet had struck him square
ly In the forehead. 1t penetrated the
brain. Every effort was made by the police
to capture the men A number OF wit
nesses had seen them, but 1t was blustery
winter night and there was but little to
work upon. Superintendent Colbert COM
municated with every suburban town by
telephone within q radius of twenty miles
before O'Clock, with one exception. Green
wood, a little town q dozen miles away,
could not be reached, although the tele--
phone exchange sounded the wires time and
again F. O. Hoyt, who keeps a hotel next
door TO the telephone station, says that he
heard the bell ringing loud and long, but
W telephone
answer.
MEN REACH GREENWOOD.
About fifteen minutes before u that same
night three men in a buggy pulled up at Mr..
Hoyt's stable opposite the hotel. The men
were wet and cold from long drive. They
told William Peek Mr.. Hoyts night stable
man, that they had come from Franklin, as
Burton was travelling man who wanted
to make a railroad connection. After stay
ing long enough to get warmed up two of
the men drove away, after telling Burton
that he could stay at the hotel across the
street. A few moments afterwards, Peek
took Burton to Hoyt's hotel. Mr.. Hoyt
came down to let them in Burton repeated
the story about being a travelling man.
When questioned to where his sample
cases We're, he replied that they would be
down on the morning train. This appeared
strange to Mr.. Hoyt, as the man had just
said he wanted to get the morning train,
and GOyt asked Il ledulnS question: BUR
ton was little taken back, but evaded
the question. He asked Mr.. Hoyt to call
him at 6 o'clock the next morning. MIR.
Hoyt went down into his office at that time
and was surprised to see Burton sitting at
the stove. He had remained in his room
but short time. He appeared restless and
looked as if he were haunted by some
dread He asked what time breakfast
would be ready and half hour later went
in to eat. Mr.. Hoyt by this time was thor
oughly suspicious of the man ard ms com
panions OF the night before He went across
to the stable and told Peek he believed
they were ghouls, and had him saddle a
horse and ride to the village cemetery to
see whether a body of an old man had been
removed from a recently made grave. The
this time Hoyt saw Burton come down
from his hotel and hesitate uneasiiy at the
gate BY and by he walked away and
nothing more was seen of him.
MIR. HOYT'S SUSPICION.
Shortly after a morning train brought
copies of the Journal to the little village.
Under a six-line head Mr.. Hoyt read an ac-
count of Fireman Redmond's desperate
murder Like fash it passed through his
mind that his roof had given shelter To the
murderer.
Boys" he exclaimed, that man killed
Redmond Let's go after him..
A thorough search of the town was made
but Burton was not found. Hoyt went TO
the railroad station. He was informed by
the ticket seller that no stranger had
bought a ticket Mr.. Holt stationed himself
on the platform unttl the train passed He
failed to see Burton emerge from Day
Brothers hotel on the blind side of the