The times., 1898-07-20
FRANK FUNK UNDERhRREST
Alleged Murderer of William Il
Brooks Found in Illinois.
A LONG, MEMORABLE CHASE
Fhe Fugitive Had Good Start on
His PurSucrS and Left No Clews
Behind Him-Requisition Papers
VIII he Requested Immediately
Lead Pencils as Evidence

After one Of the most memorable chases
in the history of the police department
Frank Funk has at last been iooated and
arrested and ne will be brought 20 this
city TO stand trial, charged with Jhe ruur-
der OF William Il. Brooks ami with an
assault on Mrs Brooks on the egel..ng
of June % last
Inspector Matdngly received the follow
ing telegram at p. m. yesterday:
"ConinsyiIle H., June I9.-Inspector
Mattingly, Detective Department. Wash
ington. ] have arrested Frank ttak,
alias Frank Wilson. who is wanted in
Washington for murder.
ALBERT WATERSHED. Nj. c.
The district attorneys office was at
once notified Of the capture and Chief
Clerk Given telegraphed the United STATES
district attorney and the United States
marshal at Springfield. H., TO take charge
of the prisoner until he heard from this
city
When Inspector Mattingly gave OUT The
news last night he looked as though an
immense load had been lifted from his
mind. Never in its history has the de-
tectiYe office worked so hard and so
faithfully 10 capture fugitive from sus-
tice and never was there more energy
displayed than in the search for Frank
Funk.
As yet no particulars Of the arrest are
in the possession of the local autho -Ities,
but they are satisfied. that the man is Tie
one they want. The terrible STRAIN uI.-
der which the Office has labored for the
past month has relaxed and the men are
able To breathe freely again The interest
manifested in the hunt for Funk by ali
OF the men on the detective force mas
been intense, and last night they spOhc
as thought his final capture was a l'.--
sonal triumph They had a hard prob
lem before them and they handled II in
an able manner.
From the start it was uphill work for
the police. Funk left no clews as 20
where he was going on the night Of the
murder. and il was not until the next
day that the officers Of the law were
informed OF the intimacy that existed be-
tween him and the Brooks family.
The daughters of the aged couple re-
peatedly stated TO the police on the night
OF the murder that there had been no
one at the house during the day and
that no one knew that their mother was
in the habit Of carrying a large sum of
money on her person.
On the next day. however. the detectives
learned Of the frequent visits paid TO
one OF the daughters by a carpenter liv-
ing in the neighbOrhood named Frank
Funk. and that one OF these visits had
been made on the afternoon of the day
OF the murder.
Inquiry developed the fact that Funk
had often expressed a desire TO get hold
OF a thousand collars to enable him to
go 70 the klondike, and il was also found
out that he knew Mrs. Brooks had nearly
dhat sum in her possession
Then one Of the daughters remembered
that Funk had asked her 10 meet him
some time in the evening, and that he
had not kept his appointment The other
girl also recalled she fact that the miss
ing man had requested her TO step around
the corner TO see his sister late in the
afternoon. and that she had not seen him
since.
seret. Keefe. Of the Third Precinct
who was the first policeman 10 arrive on
the scene of the murder. turned over to
the detectives a couple Of lead pencils he
had found lying on the floor just oIt-
side the door Of the room IN which the
bodies were found. Others similar TO
them were found in a bureau drawer in
the room formerly occupied by Funk.
Everything pointed to Funk as The
guilty party. and the detectives started
10 work upon the case. assured that he
was .he man they wanted.
Step by step they traced his move
msrts from the time he was at the din
ner table at his boarding house until he
lef. the hotel on Pennsylvania Avenue,
where he took off the bloody clothing
and put on a new suit purchased with a
portion Of the money secured. But when
he Ieft the hotel, he left no trace of his
whereabouts.
Detective Weedon was sent to PhiIa-
delphia. Funks former home, TO make
inquiries regarding his early history. and
Detective Phillips was detailed to get all
the information available in this city re-
latinG TO the local record Of the missing
man. All OF the detectives had some
thing to do with the case a. one time
or another Inspector Mattingly sent
out circular several weeks ago to the
police officers throughout the country
containing a complete description OF
Funk
II was at first thought that the fugitive
had gone 70 Camp AIger and enlisted II
one OF the regiments which was ordered
south, but a thorough search failed "a
disclose any trace Of him there. Then j,
was believed that he had gone 20 The
hl0ndike, whore he had often expressed
wish to go. and his arrest in the Wesi
Is favorable to that theory.
Inspector Mattingly expects TO heal
from the Illinois authorities today. wheT
a more detailed account OF the arrest vii
probable be sent and arrangements fol
his transportation to this city made.
request for requisition papers will
have TO be made to the State authoritie!
before the District of Columbia will b,
able to secure possession Of the prisoner