Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-06-25

Meeting Frank Funk with the affair was OBJ
tanned This consisted OF the suit OF
clothes worn by the murderer, and the
blood-sfained garments are now IN Inspec-
ments which were SO fully described by Mrs.
Buckley. the l street boarding house keeper,
where Funk had boarded for something
like three weeks.
There was q pair of trousers of mixed
goods with the coat and vest to match, the
white shirt and turned-down collar, the
brown derby hat, and sven the green tie.
Just how these garments were obtained
only the police and the boarding house or
hotel people who turned them in knew.
These garments. together with the shoes,
were turned over to the inspector by the
keeper of the house where they were lsft.
1t is reported that Funk changed his
clothes in a hotel near enc of the depots
about 7:30 o'clock Thursday night, a LITTLE
more than an hour after the commission Of
the crime.
portant link, were left in the room he
had occupied, and they were not found
until yesterday. They were kept until this
morning, when the blood stains on them
aroused the suspicious of the proprietor
and he sent them to headquarters.
Soon after these articles were received
Detective Phillips went to Mrs. Buckley s
boarding house, where he found the
trousers belonging to the coat and vest
that Funk had left in the hotel
Mrs Sophia Brown, married daughter of
the woman who was murdered and robbed,
was sent for and when she reached head
quarters and entered Inspector Mattingly' s
room she was shown the garments of the
man whom she had known and in whose
company she had been not two hours before
the murder was committed. She fully
identified them as belonging to Funk She
teld long conference with the inspector
before she returned home.
Detective Parham made an investigation
this morning of the report that man had
been seen to jump the fence In the rear
of the Brooks house Thursday, but ne was
unable to find the colored woman VINO
it was reported had seen the man. An oiu
colored man who lives there stated that ne
was sitting In the alley fully two hours
Thursday and was there during the liine
the murder was committed He saw no
one come over the fence, and ne Is certain
that no one could have left the premises
in that way without attracting attention;
Detective Weldon left the city last night
and went in search of the fugitive. 1t Is
thought he went to Philadelphia. Some
pencil shavings in a cuspidor in the room
occupied by him were taken to headquar-
tiers by Detective Phillips. 1t was thought
possible they might be fitted on the pencils
found in the Brooks home, but they had
been in the water so long time that MOTH
ing could be done with them.
Mrs. Brooks Condition.
This afternoon at the Emergency Hosp-
tai the physicians said that there was no
change in the condition Of Mrs. Brooks.
She is still delirious and the physicians
have been unable to get any information
from her. The funeral of her husband
took place this afternoon. The body was
buried in Congressional cemetery.
1t has been stated in city paper that
Mrs. Kate Clark, sister of the accused man,
resides at No. 903 New Hampshire avenue
This is declared TO be a mistake. Mrs.
Ciark's home being at No. 903 22d street.