The record-union., 1898-03-22


tall-he again took up his role, accom-
panied by Officer Fisher, who kept as
near as possible, but not near enough
to hear all that was said.
When they returned Fisher told what
he had overheard. Darwin told Leroy
that the papers We're full of the story,
and then asked him where he got the
revolver. Leroy said he had borrowed
it, and that they would never lind the
secondhand joint from which he got II.
Darwin asked Leroy how he got into
the house, and the latter said he got IN
the front way by climbing upon
a little bench before the window. Then
the men talked lower and Fisher heard
more except that Leroy asked
Darwin how the .'old guy" was getting
along.
Then Darwin took up the broken
thread of Fishers narrative.
L told him.. he said, that the
papers We're full of it, and asked him
what he did with the gun-that l had
looked for it and could not find it. he
said, / put them all in the river, where
they won't find them l asked him
why he left the pans he got from the
Japs place in the room, and told him
that it might get me into trouble, and
he said he had forgotten them. / asked
him what he had done with the little iron
bar that was in the room, and he SAID
he had taken it along with him.
Il asked how they got into the house,
and he said by the front way. They
got in over a little bench near the
front porch. He didn't say how they
got out of the house, didn't ask him.
] told him if he hadn't thrown the
gun in the river I would get it for him,
but ne said he had thrown everything
in. Neither of the men wore mus
tache.'
And so Darwin's story ended AS a
matter of fact. the robbers did get into
the house through a front window in
order to reach which they must have
climbed over a little bench sitting be-
fore it,
HITTING THE PIPE.
Joe Jejame, who occupied room % in
the Vendome, and who had been taken
in by the officers, was next called in
He said he had an opium smoking out
fit in his room, and that about 10
o'clock or Whereabouts on Sunday night
Leroy and Starlight came TO his room
and wanted to borrow his kit. They
afterward came up and went into room
"A, adjoining his, and were in there
when officer Fisher called him out and
asked him if he knew where they We're.
He told Fisher he had not seen them,
because he was afraid they would Kill
him if they found he had given them
away
After Fisher left Leroy opened his
door and asked who had been talking
with him. Jejame said he told him it
was an officer and that he was after
him and the kid" Leroy asked which
way the bull" had gone, and he told
him ne went down the back stairs.
Fisher had in fact gone down the
front stairs but Jejame said he wanted
them to go down the front way, SO
they would get pinched. Leroy and
Searight at once started down the front
stairs, where they ran into officer
Hardy's arms and were gathered in.
STILL MORE PROOF.
But the evidence against the two
suspects, black though it seems, is
made still stronger. officer Bailey yes
terday morning found a dark lantern
in Croly's yard, where it had been
thrown when the thugs left the house.
The lantern was purchased at Vein
stock & Lubin's store, it appears and
the clerk who made the sale recollectS
all the circumstances surrounding the
transaction
According to his statement, the
young man who bought it entered into
a conversation with him and told him
his father was at one time employed in
the store, and that as a consequence ne
knew a great deal about department
stores. The man was Starlight
The clerk who sold the lantern said
that as a rule he could not tell one
thief from another, but that he could
not possibly be mistaken with'regard to
Searight-it was he who bought the
lantern.
SAW THE PRISONERS.
John j. Hanlon, brother of w. Fl.
Hanlon, who was the first person to
reach Mr.. CroIy, saw Leroy and Sea-
bright standing on the corner of the
street, by the steps of Mr.. Croly's
house, a few minutes before the shoot
ing occurred. He is morally certain
they are the men whom he passed there
at that time.
L dnklS ny dIl, the l1lllc sun VI lis
trict Attorney Ryan, is also confident
that he saw Leroy and Starlight on the
same spot a short time before the
shooting.
MR.. CROLY'S STATEMENT.
Yesterday District Attorney Ryan,
City Attorney de Ligne, Sheriff John
son, Chief of Police Dwyer and Drs.
G.. c. and G. l.. Simmons visited Mr..
Croly and obtained from him a clear
statement of the shooting and the cir
cumstances attending the affair.
The statement made by Mr.. Croly
was substantially the same as that
published in the Record Union" He
said he and his wife retired about o
p. m. He heard voices in the next
room, and supposed at the time that
the young woman employed in the
house had brought her sister home with
her He listened for some minutes.
and was about to ask Mrs Croly who
had come home with the girl, when tho
door of their own bedroom opened and
a light was flashed into the room
He saw two men in the doorway. and
leaping from the bed ran at them.
They fled toward the stairs, but he
grappled with one of them and re-
ceived shot in the breast 1t did not
stagger him, for he closed in with the
other man and began to pummel him.
The fellow ducked his head and bent
over, and it was then that he got out
his pistol and shot him (Croly) the
second time.
Realizing that he had two bullets in
him. and believing that it was all up
with him, he cautioned his wife to keep
cool and go down stairs and telephone
to the police station. In her excite
ment she said he had been killed, but
on the contrary he was perfectly con-