Evening journal., 1897-08-26
is TONG THE MAN I?
Detective Jones Has a Man
Accused of Murder.
ARRESTED AT wooDDALE TO-DAY.
HOLLINGSWORTH HAD A QUAR-
REL WITH A GANG OF ITALIANS
AND HIS BODY WAS FOUND THE
NEXT DAY HORRIBLY MUTT
IIATED-JONES WORKED ON
THE CASE FOR A YEAR.

II has been left to Detective William
T. Jones to solve the mysterious death
Of Abner Hollingsworth, who was
found dead on June 10, 1896, at Wood
dale quarries with Two ugly cuts in his
head, inflicted with a club or blunt in
strument. When the body of Ho,ings-
worth was found, one Louie Tong, an
Italian, was arrested, but he was sub
sequently released after the finding Of
tIhe oOr0ner's jury, which said that
"HolllngswOrth came TO his death IN a
manner unknown" The body OF Hol-
lingsworth was buried and the case was
lost, as far as the state and 1.-THE city Of
ficials were concerned. But there was
one man i'm this city who persisted in
the theory that Hollingsworth was
murdered, and with that theory in vew
he went to work and ferreted out the
crme, while the state and city officials
were inactive
Detective Jones worked on The case at
nights II secured evidence here and
there. blended them together, and as
the result of his labors Louie Tong, or
Tonga is locked up at the police station
ais the murderer of Abner Hollings-
worth. The arrest was made this
morning by Detective Jones and Con
stable Bowen. The officer went TO the
place in a covered coach and hitched
the team at the railroad station while
the search was being made for the muir,
derer.
TONG ARRESTED
The appearance Of the officers az the
quarries caused very little commotion,
as they were looked upon as visitors,
but when Tong's arrest was effected tine
Italians quit work to find out the cause
OF their fellow workman's arrest They
earned little for their trouble Tong
was at work loading stone on freight
car when the detectives advanced TO-
ward him and said: 81 want you.
What fOr?" replied Tong. 'Neve1
mind" said The detective. put on your
coat and come with me-" Tong did as
he was told and the two officers got on
each side Of him and marched him Il
The carriage. He was then brought tC
Wilmington and locked up at The police
station. Tong is greatly excited owe
his arrest and Il is most likely he will
make a confession.
i On June Is the Italian settlement a
Wooddale was busy. The speak-easiel
/
Italians who work in the quarry, ther
were number OF farmers from the VI
cinity, who made custom Of spending
( their spare time there. Among then
] was Abner Hollingsworth. a yOun
farmer. aged about 80 years, who live
with a widowed mother on the Lancas
ter pike about mile and a half from
the quarry.
On that fatal day HollingswOrth wa
J with ;he party at the quarry. He hal
trouble with Julian Raffealo and late
with other men. Patrick Thornton
: who was with him, said that he CAV
him SLIP, all he had.
After this HOllingsworth had iigh
with Louis Tong, and was heard &
threten him. About Z o'clock Andrey
Clrkson and Charles Maloney, tw
colored men, saw Hollingsworth lynn
asleep in a field in the rear of a shant,
near he quarry, run by Antonio Car
penter, or "Capulo."
The next morning his body was founl
Z lby Station Agent John Conner, lying u
a clump of bushes about 400 feet fron
where the two colored men saw hin
} On the left side of his head were tw
( cuts. caused by either a club or black
Jack, and two tracks made evidently b
- his heels led back to the shanty.
I Deputy Coroner Chandler and DeteC
4 tives MccVey and Witsil went to tn
I scene and Louis Tong was arrested an
sent in to the police station.
All sorts Of clues were run down /
the ease, but the mystery baffled IN
6 state officials. The sole credit OF car
. turing the criminal Is due to DetectiY