The herald., 1897-10-11


interviewing every passenger on the car
they backed out, all the time keeping
their revolvers ready, and disappeared
in the woods. The car then pulled out
for Portland, arriving about 8 o'clock
The police were notified, and detectives
were Immediately sent in pursuit Of the
robbers
FIENDISH FIGHTING
DAYTON, O., Oct. 10.-Re sidents of
the tenderloin district this morning saw
a column of flames in the rear yard of
the home Of William Depuyster. In the
midst of the flames was found Mrs De-
puyster, and before aid could be rem
deredl she was dead, the clothing burned
from her body and her flesh literally
roasted. The kitchen Of the house was
covered with oil spots, and fragments
of a broken lamp were found in the
house and yard. Depuyster, when found.
would give no explanation Of what had
occurred, and was placed under arrest
on suspicion Of murder. Neighbors say
he and his wife had been quarreling all
night. Maggie Greathouse, who was on
the second floor Of the building all night,
witness. She gives no light on the
case, beyond the starting Of the quar-
rel shortly after midnight, and tells Of
an attempt by Depuyster to kill his wife
several months ago. At that time, when
he was arrested for disorderly conduct,
she says, after pro tracted quarrel be-
tween Depuyster and his wife, she went
to their room in answer to call for
help, and found Mrs. Depuyster's night
robe on fire and saturated with oil,
which Depuyster had poured over her
after breaking the lamp. He had ignited
the garment. The two women fought
him off and extinguished the flames.
The Depuysters have borne an unen-
viable reputation for some time and
have conducted several questionable
places.
Mrs. Depuyster's reputation has been
unsavory for years. Depuyster comes
from a respectable, well-to-do family
and was railroad man up to three years
ago, when he married the woman. Since
then he has been in various pursuits.
Opinions differ as to how Mrs. Depuy-
ster's clothing was ignited this morn
ing. 1t was at first supposed that a.
lighted lamp had been thrown at her.
but the burner to the lamp cannot be
found and nothing in the room where
the oil was spilled was burned, leaving
no evidence of an explosion. Some Of
the officers believe that the plan de-
scribed by the Greathouse woman on a
former occasion was the cause of desath
this morning.
A DETECTIVES CRIME
II no< Do<n =
lam Moore, who is under arrest on sus-
picion of having stabbed his wife to
death on Wednesday. was to day COM
mitted to the Tombs prison. The most
damaging evidence against the detec-
tive was given by neighbor, who said
she heard Moore in the house on the
afternoon of the tragedy. Two boys also
say that between / and Q o'clock ON
Wednesday afternoon they saw the de-
tective leaving. the house.
Moore denies that he killed his wife,
and says that he was in the Wall street
district all day Wedn esday until o'clock,
when he got word from police head
quarters that there was something wrong
at his home, and then he went up town
and found his wife dead. The effort to
suppress the fact that his wife had died
from a stab wound in the abdomen and
the burning of the murdered woman's
clothing at the time of her death all
tend against Moore.
LEFT THE HOUSE
NEW YORK, Oct. 10.-The home OF
Francis H. Scott, president of the Gem
tury Magazine company, in Orange, N.
j., was entered by thieves on Friday
and articles of wearing apparel and
household goods amounting to $4,000 in
value were carried off. The police of
this city have arrested three persons in
connection with the crime and have re-
covered most of the property. One of
them Is a woman, Mary Rogers, alias
Chicago May" and when the detec-
tives broke into her room two revolvers
were lying on the bed. She tried to
reach them, but was overpowered be-
fore she could cause any bloo6shed.
One Of the men Is Cyrus Highland.
the reputed husband of Chicago May.
The third person Is George Bennett,