The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-01-29
PALMER ACTS CRAZY
AND The POLICE OF ST. LOUIS BE-
LIEVE THAT he Is CRAZY.

Is Not Full of Religious and Several
Other Phases OF Insanity He Acts His
Part DeceiviasIy well-To be Taken
Back to New York = Crime News In
General.
ST. Louis, Jan. 2S.-Arttur Palmer the
murderer OF mis- mother, brother and sis
| ter in Mamaroneck, Westchester county,
| New York, who was arrested at the
| Planters hotel yesterday afternoon, VIII
be taken back to the scene of his crime.
| He spent the night at the Four Courts,
| in the custody Of an officer, who guard
ed him closely because It was feared he
would 60 something desperate. The
! chief of police thinks Palmer is crazy.
| Today, when spoken 10 about the mat
! ter, Palmer would not say word
| about the crime, but said that he was
| willing to go back to New York. A tele-
gram was received this forenoon from
! Sheriff Berry of Westchester county,
New York, to the effect that a deputy
| nad been started for st. Louis. and Pal
lner will probably leave in his care to-
morrow.
Sheriff Johnson, who sent a telephone
message from Albany, n. Y, to the chief
of police asking him to take into custody
Paul Jones. The message said the mans
| real name was Arthur Palmer and that
ne had murdered his family in Mama
| roreck, Westchester county, New York.
| The informat ton that Palmer was at
| the Planters, under the alias of Jones,
came from himself. He had written a
| letter on Planters hotel stationery to
Charles Holden, instructor in a gram
mar school, PA East One Hundred and
Iwenty-fifth street, New York:
Dear Sir-It is very painful for me to
write you. L mistrust that some calam-
ity has befallen my dear mother. She
sent me away saying that every thing
Tor my examination is perfect. / under
stand that you nave been appointed exc
cutor of (my dear folks) their property
Chiet OF Detectives Desmond sweated
Palmer for four hours in the most an
proved police fashion, but obtain moth
Ing conclusive from him.
The prisoner admitted that he is Pal
| lner. He talked of his home, his family,
the trouble his wife had with the family.
or their attempts to poison him with
arsenic. of their deserving death at his
nands, but all the time he kept insisting
that he did not kill them. He said that
some OF the neighbors must have done II.
Inere was scarcely statement made
by MIN that he did not contradict dur
ing the conversation, except the one that
he did not do the shooting.
Paimer told Desmond that he and his
FAMILY were Quakers and that he pray
ed great deal He had the old delus-
ION as TO getting message from God 20
study religion and go out to reform peo-
pie. IL his conversation was genuine and
NOT made up 10 show insanity the man
IS certainly of unsound mind. The police
here so consider him.
JOHN CHINAMAN'S WOES.
San Francisco, Jan. 2S.-Chief of Po-
lice Crowley is determined that if the
chinese residents in this city will not re-
gard the laws of the sta-a, they shall
forfeit all the privileges heretofore grant
ed TO them and over which he has dis
| cretionary control. In cart letter to
the Chinese consul general forhidding
the explosion of firecrackers during the
| Chinese New Year season, he gives no.
| ice TO all the local subjects Of his celes-
tlal nlghneSs, the emperor of china. that
they may not in the future hope for the
least liberation from The San Francisco
police department. q follows:
1t may be we'll for me to state that
heretofore your countrymsn have been
treated with great considera lion by the
authorities of this city in matters bear
ing upon the habits and customs of their
country on or about their New Year.
Recent events have shown that A very
large proportion of the Chinese pOuula-
ton are unworthy of being granted fav-
orS or privileges of any kind. because
they do not appear to have any respect
for our laws, but set them at defiance.
When the ire of the American people be-
comes aroused in this matter. the Chi
nese Will discover their mistake and this
question Will probably be settled in a
summary way. Respectfully,
'P. CROWLEY, Chief of Police"
That the Chinese may know the full
import of this letter % the coisul, the
chief declares that if he cannot prevent
the explosion of firecrackers in China
town by the detail of r1en he expects 10
place there. he will marcn fne ertire DO
lice department into the Chinese quar-
tiers and compel. by force &C number, the
observance of the law.
San Francisco. Cal. Jan. 2s---The DO
lice today commenced active operations
in Chinatown. The meeting places of the
See Yup Highlander societies were raid
ed and the furniture destroyed. A num-
Der OF pistols and iron bars wound with
strings were seized. Considerable COM
motion was caused in the Chinese dis
trict today by the posting of proclama-
ton by the widow of Little Pete offering
a reward of $1,000 for the conviction of
his murderers.
CRAZY MAN AND 4 RAZOR.
Chicago, Jan. oS.-An insane man who
attempted 10 cut his throat with a razor
in coach Of a westbound passenger
train on the Chicago and Northwestern
railroad shortly after it had left the de-
pot caused much excitement among
thirty or more passengers at late hour
asst night and resulted in a delay of the
rain at Oakley avenue until the police
could arrive and take charge Of the fren-
Zied man. Had it not been for the
prompt action OF the trainmen the man
would have succeeded in ending his life
n the presence OF the excited passen-
gers. As II was. he drew the blade OF
the razor across his throat but only in
fiicted a slight wound. The man fought
fiercely with the trainmen and II was
only after several passengers had offer
ed assistance that he was Overpowed
and held until the arrival OF the police.
On the way 70 the county hospital the
crazy man fought and attempted to
jump from the patrol wagon When the
hospital was reached ne became more
quiet and said MS name was Halpin
IIaviI and that he was on MS way from
France 10 San Francisco. The police
could gain no other information about
the man. than that he was going 10 Cali
fornia. He was fashionably attired in
new suit and had in his possession
small valse. His ticket II San Fran
cisco bore the same name that ne gave
10 the police.
DISCARDED BY REQUEST.
Hartford City. Ind, Jan 2S-Last
night Joseph Boxeu. merchant at
Dundee. seven miles north OF this city.
shot Ora Brotherton. daughter OF the
IN, "a Lii