The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-01-28
Slated for Robbery md as AccessorIes
10 the Murder of Fireman
Frank Redmond
MAN WHO FIRED is At LARGE
PRISONERS CHARGED WITH DRIy-
ING HIM TO GREENWOOD.
A Chain of CircumstantiaI Evidence
Welding-PhiIIips's Feed store Near
Did Man EIdrfdEe's Place.

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Formal charges OF robbery and accessory
to murder were placed against Edward
Phillips and Carl Harvey at the police sta
ton last night. The men have been de-
tanned there since Monday night, and there
are several circumstances which point to
them as being implicated in the affair, at
least after the fact Phillips keeps a feed
store at 277h Massachusetts avenue. the
second door north of Job Eldridge's second
hand store n mex door to Mrs. RAN
dolph's restaurant. Charles Hubbard. the
colored man who was present at the scene
of the attempted robbery while the strug-
gle in E~ldridge's store was still in progress,
has identified Harvey as one Of the men
who attempted to rob Eldridge. Hubbard
tells a straightforward story of what he
saw, and duplicates three men instead of
two. as. has all along been supposed. He
says he lives at 1893 Yandes street, and is at
present unemployed. Last Friday he had
been dow town, and on his way back
stopped at Kline's saloon, 2e5 Massachusetts
avenue, and took a drink with Kline.
1T was just half-past 6 when 1 started
out" he said. IL remember the time, for a
clock in the saloon struck the half hour as
Il Noo poSoAlo NAC WOOis II SOAOOlA ID
only a few doors from EIdridge's store, and
as / approached the store l heard some
woman screaming and saw that something
was wrong. / entered the store and by a
dim light saw a man coming from the
rear. Stoves are piled up all around the
place and the man was picking his way
among the stoves and coming toward me.
He passed me with a row OF stoves between
US. and 1 got a good look at him. That
man was the man arrested as Carl Harvey.
/ did not know his name at the time. L
passed on back TO the rear where two men
were struggling with Eldridge. AS 1
rushed up TO help the old man. the taller
of the two men poked a pistol in my face
and told me to get out. OF course, l could
not face that weapon, and started to get
out. backing toward the door. The two men
followed me out. and one of them turned
into the alley and disappeared. The tall
one ran across the street. 1 did not get a
good look at the faces of the two men who
were struggling with Eldridge. and do not
believe I could identify them. They were
muffied up. l am positive about the one
i first saw. He was Harvey
Job Eldridge was seen last night and
asked If there were three men in the store
concerned in the robbery. He said If there
were he did not know IL. only two came
III the llISl llIIlc, dilu Il Illllh Olly lNO dlAl
back when they attempted TO rob me.
They were the same two. There was only
one single lamp burning IN the store at the
time. 1t had not been cleaned for some
time and gave Il very poor light. L think,
though, IL there had been three men /
would have known it. because l was in the
front part OF the store when they came in,
and would have heard the door open and
close If another had ollowed them in"
Another suspicious circumstance" con
tinued Eldridge, lis the fact that neither
Phillips nor Harvey came into the store
Saturday morning to see me. Everybody
else in the neighborhood who knew NE and
many others who did not know me came in
10 talk about the matter and inquire about
my injuries. Phillips and Harvey came Ia
their store together rather late. but they
never came into my place. / went in there
later in the day, but neither of them spoke
of the attempted robbery or the murder"
A BARKING DOG LOCKED UP.
Mr.. Eldridge did not think either of the
two men was Phillips or Harvey. Such a
thing had not occurred to him. But" ne
said, Il think the robbers came from the
feed store. They were mufled up SO closely
that / could not see their faces, and one
of them could ave been Phillips for all
know. There is a suspicious circumstance
connected with the affair. / board here al
Mrs. Randolph's restaurant. and her dos
is a great friend of mine and frequently
follows me into the store. III anybody
strikes at me he will set up a loud barking
On the night of the murder the dog was no
where to be found, and did not make his
appearance until the next morning. l be-
lieve he was locked up in the feed store"
AIRS. Randolph knows Phillips and Har'
vey well. She could not say that either
of them was one of the robbers. though
she saw two OF the robbers while they were
struggling with Eldridge and as they rar
out of the store. THE robbers were muf
fled up so closely that it would have beer
impossible TO have recognized them" she
said. Mrs. Randolph says that Harvey anC
quently they got drunk, and on such occa'
sions Phill'p s would stay at the store al
night. AT other times he would not stay
at tre store. Thursday morning at
o'clock. she says, Harvey came. IN. go
breakfast for three. but she did not see tn,
third person and does not know who /
Both Mrs. Randolph and Eldridge say
that the feed store was closed much earlier
than usual on the night of the murder. anC
earlier than Phillips and Harvey claim they
close il. Mrs. Randolph saws she met Har
vey in the back yard behind the store a
about twenty minutes after o and the store
was closed then. She says the store Il
usually kept open until s or . o'clock a
If it turns out hat the police hay,
il must be given 10 Detectives Splan
Frank Wilson and McGun. for it wa:
through them hat the first start on the
case was made. Splan knew of the pres
ence of Harvey in the city, and also that
he was a man who might commit a rob
berry. Harvey had but recently been re-
leased from the Columbus penitentiary
and had q former police record known tC
the detectives. Ii was also known that hC
had been working at Edward Phillips
feed store. which is but two doors abOv,
Eldridge's store on Massachusetts avenue
His description was that of the short man
of the two robbers
ARREST OF HARVEY.
Monday afternoon Detective McGuf was
sent to make inquiries concerning Harvey'S
whereabouts at the time of the robbery
and murder. and he learned enough TO jus.
tify Harvey's arrest. and at 5 o'clock he
had sent Harvey TO the police station. Har-
vey's presence there was kept quiet. and ne
was put through a rigid examination. He
was guarded In his talk. but he gave
enough 10 lead the police to be-
lieve he was one OF the men who drove
to Greenwood Friday night. The story OF
the men seen at Greenwood was published
in the Journal at the time. Three mel
drove in there at about II o'clock. One o.
them remained there until the morning
south-bound train and the other two drove
back TO this city.
IL was decided Monday night to SEND
Harvey TO Greenwood for identification
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