The times., 1899-08-22

AS LETT the mouse i hearQ Air. brOOkS
whining. and the sound appeared to come
from upstairs. ! paid no attention to it
and went 10 the Circle. where l waited
for thirty minutes. As Sophie did not ap-
pear left the Circle for about ten minutes
and returned as / saw her coming. When
she reached me / was seated or bench
She was excited and. coming close 10 ne,
said: Frank you must get out at once,
as the Arsenal people are after you. They
were Just at the house" She drew
large roll Of bills from her dress and
handed me two $50 notes.
The roll startled me, and reaching for
it. ] took il and told Sophie / did not
think she got ii honestly. She begged me
to give it back to her but / refused and
left her on the run for a car, which was
just rounding the Circle. ] rode down
Pennsylvania Avenue to furnishing store
and purchased a sweater and then went TO
two ether stores, where / purchased first
coat and then q pair of trousers. From
there ] went TO a cheap hotel, registered
under the name of Frank Nicholson, or
dered dinner and changed my clothes.
Dinner completed ! went TO the Pennsyi-
vania station. where purchased mileage
ticket There was no train for PhIiadei-
phia scheduled to start for several hours,
and I boarded car and went TO the Balti-
more and Ohio station. where / took a
tram Al aDOHi > CLOCK was lAAibuS
to get TO Philadelphia. as ] feared the
Army people would pick nae up inasmuch
as Sophie had told me they were hot after
me
MY intention had been when l got TO
Philadelphia to see my wife Jennie. but
when arrived al my destination remem-
bered that several letters from her had
been left in the pocket Of an old coat. and
/ figured that they had been found and
that my wife's house would be watched
That caused me to conclude to go 10 New
York, and ! did rot stay in Philadelphia
long When ] got to New York / went
down TO Park Row where ! met a chap,
who on seeing my money, advised NE TO
deposit il. / did so under the name OF
Edward Ball. I had 81 800 at that time.
While in New York ] met Pansy Parker,
q young woman of elaborate tastes. she
was a good fellow, and between her and
the races At Brighton, ] soon went through
my roll. 1t was then a case Of hustle, and
after two months Of coed New York liv-
ing I started West / went from place TO
place until / reached Altoona, Pa, where
] was arrested under the name Of Funk
and lodged in Jail 10 serve thirty-one days
for net paying a board BILL No one sus-
pected me there, and / really did not
think the police wanted me for murder.
From Altoona / Knocked about until April,
Meets His Father.
An odd thing about my stay in Pitts
burg is that ] met my father there by
accident I was walking UP the street
when I got a glimpse of his coat tails and
back as he rounded corner. / knew the
outline at once. and rushing after him. /
overlook him and slapped him CT the back
Ee was startled and asked me what l was
dcirg wandering about in broad daylight.
/ answered that the Army people had for
gotten me by this time. whereupon he
told me that ! was being searched for
for murder. I only remained in Pittsburg
for short tine and went farther West
until / reached ST Louis. There / de-
cided u 90 10 Moberiy until ] met a
jockey who was going 70 the fair at Co
lumb.a ] decided that being carpenter
i could get work during fair week and
changed my route. I had been in Column
bia two weeks when I was arrested. You
know the rest / was boarding with
policeman named Tyson / worked for
man named Miller. and was liked by him.
When ] finished my Job I got work build
ing stairs and doing other work ar Hub
bells dry goods store, which was being
remodeled. Hubbell liked me, too. II
was while / was al work at HubbeIi's
store that Tyson arrested me.
Tyson stood al the door sizing up the
tartoo mark on my arms. He tried to talk,
but YVES so excited he could not Finally
he stammered out Connolly, / want you
Connolly was the name l was known un-
der. Imagine II, too. Why, if | had want
ed to keep il dark and not attract atten-
ton. I would have taken the name Fore
man or something else that began with
4. There I was with my sleeves rolled
up half the time. displaying the F. W F,
and going by the name OF Connolly. Well
to resume. l asked Tyson why he wanted
me, and for reply he wildly waved his
hands and called 10 Chief of Police Slate
and others who were standing outside.
They took me to the 'holdover, and from
there TO the jail. While / was in Jail the
chief wanted me 20 submit TO an examina-
tion by twenty-five Of the best citizens of
the town I refused and tCld him If he
would take FIVE members OF his department
and a reputable physician who knew his
business. would submit to an examiaa-
tion. With that understanding / stripped.
bat scarcely had nay clothes been removed
when about one hundred people rushed in
to get look at NE. ! called halt as
there was no fun in feeling like the star
animal at a geological garden Finally
Detective Weldon came. He identified me.
and took me in charge. Since / have been
in his charge I have been treated like a
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met, and maybe he doesn't understand
his business, He and the inspector treated
me as their prisoner. but not in a harsh
and uncouth manner. That is about ALI
there Is TO tell. except the trip TO Wash
ington. and that was without incident I'M
less you care 70 know that it was hot.
Funk was asked IL he saw Maggie
Brooks the day Of the murder. and said
yes. Ee stated that be met Maggie in III.
xfferrQo- md asked hkr TO a..
OF his sister ano see if she had returned
He admitted that he also told her be wosid
probably call on his sister later in the
afternoon. Il never liked Maggie" Funk
said. and she never liked me" When
asked how he accounted for the bloos
stains on the clothing left in the hotel in
Pennsylvania Avenue Funk said: 'sThere
were 10 blood stains on them unless the
police have put thsm on"
Though Funk told his story in a straight
forward manner. it is not q complete one.
as there are many things he does not ac-
count for. For instance, eating one din
ner al : O'Clock and another at O'Clock
is admitted, but not explained. His pro-
tractsd absence from this city because he
claims that the thing looked black for him
Is not generally credited The police think
that II would have been better for him to
have returned al once after learning that
he was suspected, and explain matters
then rather than wait until he was cap
tured to accuse Others The police say
that Funk is alone guilty OF the murder Of
Brooks. but say that they cannot afford
70 let what the man has said go without
investigating IL They give that as the
reason for the action taken last night.
They say that while his story may not be
true. ii is possible
The Journey TO Washington.
Funl's Journey 10 Washington was prac