The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-01-23
NOT MURDERER PALMER.
WEsTcHEsTER sLBU1H,s PRISONER
ABWEDE

| ne Speaks with m Accent s.d 10 Bigger
| Than Palmer, but Deputy Cottreii Says
| That re Answered When spokento Un-
der the Name OF Psimer-u. Denies IL.
| Ever since Arthur Palmer murdered his
mother and brother and nearly killed his sister
| at Mamaroneck on Monday night the deputy
| sheriffs OF Westohester county have been scour-
ing the country hsreabouts In an attempt to
nnd the escaped murderer. One of the impro-
| vised westchester sleuths 10 Deputy Sheriff
Cottrell. who used to belong to Inspector Byrne's
| stan. Each one OF the deputies had . differ
emit notion as to where Palmer went when ho
| reached New York. Cottrells idea was that he
| didn't go anywhere; therefore the proper
| place TO look for his man was right here In tho
| gay metropolis. Tho longer Cottrell stayed
hero the better he liked tho work OF searching n
| great city for an escaped murderer.
| Cottrell concluded, with the instinct OF a real
detective. that the most likely place to find his
man was on the Bowery, and go the Bowery
Was watched most of the night and some Of the
daytime. Finally. on Thursday evening. about
$3.50 o'clock. Cottrsll saw something that made
his eyes almost jump out Of their sockets.
Coming out Of a saloon in Delaney street
was Arthur Palmer. or Arthur Palmer's
ghost. Cottrell wasn't quite certain which.
The man walked east along Delaney
street, aud Cottrell stood looking at him for
sleuth's business to shadow. and he started OF
after the man Who had come out OF the saloon.
hind. and never lost sight OF him for a moment.
The deputy sheriff thought the man was un.
usually self- possessed for a murderer. He Just
never looked to the right or tho left. Cottrell
couldn't understand Il, and as he walked along,
getting further and further away from the few
landmarks he knew, he remarked to himself;
We'll, BY gosh! That fellow, got q nerve;
shot half his family and killed three quarters OF
the half he shot At"
Finally the man turned a corner, walked
entered house AZ l59 Chrystie street. Cottrell
followed. Pursucr and pursued met IN the hall,
and the deputy sheriff began talking about
Mamaroneck and l.archmont and murders. and
called the man Palmer. The man looked at
Cottro,i In open mouthed amazement. Finally
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front Of the man and attempted TO prevent him
from going up; The man objected to this. and
led hun to the street. after which he went in.
closed the door and went up to bed. His room
his room he saw that friend Of his, lodging on
the same floor was still up, and no told him Of
The and pna to
Yesterday morning. about $3.50 o'clock. Cot
troll appeared at the house again. He srw tho
.
man whose appearance he described. Hearing
the description, the lsndlady said:
oh. you want to SEQ Mr.. Silssonl,
Well. he lives on the second floor. I'll 60
The woman went upstairs. raped at Nelson's
door. and told linn there was man downstairs
who wanted 70 see him. u, A.
door, I'm n, no. dressed. but II he wants 10 sec
When the deputy sheriff got upstairs Nilsson
stood In the doorway In his nightgown and slip
pers; When he saw Cottrell he recognized him
ence in the hall the night before" '
We'll. what do you want here again 2" asked
For reply, Nilsson says, Cottroll tried to push
aud told the iandlady that he didn't know who
Westohester man that he must leave the mouse.
which he did. A short time after that Nilsson
II he went to the Bayard street saloon to read
his paper. He had boon there but short time
when Cottrel and policeman entered. Cottrell
pointed to Nilsson and told the policemen to
When Nilsson heard that. he was probably
He couldn't understand 1t ali and said So Cot
trell said that sort of blum wouldn't no. and
Police Court where he was nrraigned. In an
swer to questions, he said that he was Nicholas
Birth od and tha. Ii: r.deses
COULDN'T positively Identity Nilsson as Palmer,
this morning. when tome one OF the surviving
Palmer brothers will be In court to say that
Nilsson IL not Arthur Palmer.
Nilsson 10 six feet tall! weighs $50 pounds. has
light hair, full beard and mustache. and speaks
with q decided Swedish accent. Arthur Palmer
is 81 years old. about feet % inches in height,
weighs lao pounds. has light hair, and a very
thin. light mustache. Nilsson says that Cottrell
wa, drunk on Thursday night and still drunk
yesterday morning. Nilsson says that he
came, 10 this country, fifteen years ago.
and became naturalized. For some time up
to nine months ago. he work cd at his trade in
Fall River. Thrown out OF work. he came to
New York. but being unable TO get q job as q
steam filter he became messenger for the
Postal telegraph Company, where he worked
until few weeks ago. Nilsson takes his arrest
good-naturedly, and says he Is quite willing to
walt for somebody who knows TO say that the
Westohester sieuth made q mistake.
Cottrell says that no first saw Nilsson In tho
Delaney street saloon and that there the man
answered to the name OF Palmer. Cottrell says
that he spoke to Nilsson on the street, calling
him Palmer and that the man answered TO the
name. Both these statements Nilsson says are
untrue.