The times., 1899-05-25
IDENTIFIED BY MRS. HARDY.
Charles Busey Locked Up at the Sew
enth Precinct.

Charles Busey, colored. twenty-seven
years old, supposed to be the assaflant OF
Mrs. Ada Hardy at her home nsar Uni
versity Park Tuesday morning. was ar
rested and locked up at 1905 O'Clock yes
terday by Bicycle Policeman Davis, OF the
Seventh precinct.
The arrest was made In the house of
Mrs. Maria Proctor, also known as Ham
ilton, in Water Alley. between Thirty
first. Thirty second, Canal and Water
streets northwest. Busey had previously
been located at the corner OF Thirty-sec-
ond and NJ Streets by a coIored man. WHO
telephoned the information to Sergeant
keefe. at No. station. The sergeant at
once detailed Policemen Davis and LentIer
to make the arrest When they arrived
at the point indicated Busey had disap-
peared. The policemen separated. and Da-
Wis followed the trail to the house of the
Proctor woman, where Busey was found
and placed under arrest
Mrs. Hardy afterward positively iden-
titled the man. and he was locked up in
No. L cell, the same in which Armistead
Taylor was temporarily inearcerated after
the killing of Sergeant Passau. Busey
protests his innocence. but circumstances
point conclusively to his guilt.
Busey has been searched for by the DO
lice since Tuesday evening. when suspi-
cion first rested on him. His guilt has
been reasonably established by a strong
chain of circumstantial evidence. Detect-
i've Muller, together with Captain Tins
| ley, canal boatman, went to Lime Kiln
Nd, Tuesday night, while Detective Bur
roughs and Policeman Neil were sent to
Martinsburg, the former home of Busey
1t was thought the man might locate in
either place. Such was not the case how
/ nLsar ha hoe -,
/ since the commission OF the crime attrib-
uted to him.
| 1t has developed that Busey was at times
employed on canal boats plying between
this city and Cumberland Recently he
has been employed by Capt. Hiram Hardy,
! the husband of the woman assaulted. and
| by Captain Tinsley, who assisted Detective
/ Muller in working up evidence against the
| man. Both captains had a difficulty with
| Busey over money matters. The man
| claimed that certain wage was due him
while the captains protested that the
amount claimed was in excess OF that
earned. Busey is said to have stated that
/ if his full claims were not paid he would
/ get even"
/ 1t appears that he attempted to do some
thing out of the ordinary several days ago
when he visited the home of Captain Tins
| ley during his absence. He was seen peer
1 ing IN the WINDOW OIL tne mouse by Mrs
| Tinsley. She frightened the man OFF with
a revolver. Busey claimed that he wanted
to see Tinsley. but it is thought that he
| had other designs
| The guilt of Busey seems to be certainly
established He was singled out by Mrs.
| Hardy as the man who assaulted her from
among three other colored men, who had
! been brought to the station for the Lur-
pose of confusing the woman. When
| Busey was confronted by Mrs. Hardy he
refused to look at her and fixed his
gaze alternately on the ceiling and the
floor of the room. He was finally COM
PEELED to look the woman in the face, nuch
to his discontinue. Mrs Hardy, how
ever, had indicated before that Busey was
the man who had assaulted her and was
more positive after she had better look
at him. Busey viii probably be arraigned
in court this morning.