Evening star., 1897-08-25

onef 10 pe nouceu he stood there facing
ms alleged victim and appeared perfectly
dumfcunded. His threat seemed to choke.
and presently there was a movement of his
AGam's apple, and he appeared as If he
wanted to swallow it. but could not co so.
Beads of perspiration were forming
about his head and neck, and the falling
of pin upon the stone floor could almost
have been heard. Detective weedon eyed
his prisoner, whom he still held by the
arm, ard IL appeared as If he wanted 20
say something.
Thoughtless Policeman.
Those in the room really expected to
hear some word of admission, when sud-
denly Policeman McNamee broke in:
"Ain't he the man you asked for a
match?"
This had the effect of breaking the spell,
and the prisoner somewhat relieved, then
tcld the detective that the man was n
stranger to him, and he had never seen
him before.
While nothing much was gained by this
move, the officers found some missing
links to the chain of evidence which fully
satisfied them that the murderer Of Far
mer Marshall is no person other than the
man under arrest.
Drawing the Web Closer.
The bullet from the dead mans pelvis
fits the empty shell taken from Johnson's
revolver, and in addition to this he has
been identified as having been on the Penn
sylvania Avenue soridge few seconds after
the fatal shot was fired.
When Detectives Lacy and Weldon re-
turned 20 the Police Court yesterday after
noon and got the prisoner, as published in
yesterdays Star, they took him to
headquarters and had a long talk
with him. His ,everal statements vary
considerably and he has more than
satisfied the officers that he has not been
telling the truth. In the first place. ii is
believed that his name is not Frank John
sen, and that he ever lived in st. Louis is
also doubted. for his conversation with In
srector Mattingly showed that he not
familiar with the streets or buildings in
that city.
The TeIItale Bullet and Shell.
The bullet and empty shell were next
examined and the detectives found what
they consider unmistakable evidence that
the leaden missile had been fired from
that particular shell. 1t was evident from
the condition of the shell that the bullet
had been fired from it within two or three
days at the most, and not three weeks ago.
the prisoner stated to Star reporter
yesterday. One side of the bullet. as well
as the shell, is ciscolored, and by putting
these discolored parts together the bull
let is perfect fit, but by reversing
them the bullet would not fit. To the
minds of the officers this was almost con-
of the revolver. Still they knew il was
ecessary to get other evidence, and they
went over the ground near the bridge and
made inquiries until they learned the
rames of persons upon whom they could
call TO give evidence which they had been
told would have an important bearing on >
the case. The first of these witnesses put
the appes rance this morning, and what he
said made the prisoner feel rather uncom-
Portable. d..
An Important Witness.
This witness is Mr.. Lawrence Joseph
Bell, a farmer. who lives on the Marlboro
road only a short distance from Forest
vile. On Monday morning when the trag-
edy was committed he was driving only a
few hundred feet behind the wagon of Mr..
Marshall. Just as his team reached the
east end of the bridge he heard the re-
port of a pistol shot.
That's queer" he said to himself, that
there should be a shot fired here at this
time in the morning. Fearing tragedy
had been enacted, he hurried his horses
across the bridge. and when he heard Mr..
Marshalls cry for help he went to assist
him. On the bridge he saw colored man
walking leisurely in the direction of Twin
ing City. He thought it singular that the
man would be walking away from where
there must be some excitement. when the
natural tendency is to go in such direc-
tion. But the man was walking so slowly
that he did not imagine he had done any
thing wrong. 1t was the identification OF
the prisoner as the man whom he had seen
on the bridge that morning that was
sought, and for this purpose Mr.. Bell was
summoned from his home in the country.
When he arrived here the prisoner was
locked up In the first precinct and Detec-
tive Parham went with him to the station.
Bcll identifies johnson.
Johnson was brought from his cell to tho
waiting room. and when Mr. Bell entered
he said: Hes the man." Mr.. Bell explain
ed that he could not be mistaken. for he
saw Johnson on the bridge and right near
a gas lamp II was as bright as day there.
and because of having heard the pistol
shot and the scream he paid particular at
tention to him.
This Identification proved the strongest
link In the chain OF evidence. sand Mr. Bell
vas summoned TO appear before the coro-
ner's jury next Monday. when he win