Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1900-05-24
ARRESTED IN PHILADELPHIA.
A Wilmington Negro Suspected of Know
ing Something About the Murder of Ro
Wilson White,

A Wilmington Negro Suspected of Know
ing Something About the Murder of Roy
Wilson White.
Henry Ivory, colored, OF this city,
was arrested in Philadelphia Sunday
on suspicion of knowing something
about the murder Of Roy Wilson White,
q fellow of the Law School of the
University Of Pennsylvania and lecturer
on Roman law in the college.
Mr.. White was murdered on Satur-
day night in a dark street, after he
had left q ''quiz" at the university.
While walking to the Powalton avenue
station, West Philadelphia, to take a
train to his home in Germantown, he
was knocked down with an iron bolt,
beaten on the head and face and left to
die. His slayers are believed 70 be two
colored men. The police force searched
all day for the murderers, and last
night six suspects were in custody, one
of whom has been identified as man
seen near the place of the assault a few
minutes before.
Special Policeman Frank Harrington,
of the Pennsylvania railroad, found Mr..
White unconscious at Thirty second and
Summer streets at 26 minutes past 10
O'Clock. He telephoned to the Ian,
caster avenue Eolice station six blocks
away, and The wounded man was
hurried IN a patrol wagon to the Pres
byterian Hospital From papers in his
pockets he was soon identified and bis
relatives were notified.
Without regaiping consciousness, Mr..
White died at the hospital early Sun
day morning. An autopsy disclosed a
wound from the right temple over the
ear and splitting the scalp. Another
blow had broken the upper part of the
nose and blackened both eyes. The
upper lips and lower chin were lacer
ated. The skull was not fractured, and
the coroner's physician believes death
was due to shock and loss of blood.
An iron bolt, IS inches long and five.
eighths of an inch thick, bearing a
nut on top. was found on the side
walk few feet from where the body
was discovered. With this weapon the
crime was doubtless committed. There
are hundreds of bolts of this kind in u
scrap pile in the Pennsylvania railroad
yard, block distant.
Mr.. White was popular in the uni
versity, and his friends say he had not
an enemy. Robbery seems to have been
the motive Of his assaiants. His gold
watch was stolen. but SIS aud checks
for $50 aud s. we're apparently over
looked.
Ralph Hartman, 16 years old, mes
senger boy at the Powelton avenue
station, informed the police Sunday
that at 20 minutes past 10 10 the even
ing he was accosted by two colored men
at the spot where Whites tody was
found six minutes later.
According to Hartman, the colored
men asked him the way. to German
town junction, saying they wanted to
take freight train to New York. He
says he gave them an unsatisfactory
answer and passed on. qA
Negroes found wearing caps were
arrested in all parts of the city, among
the number being the Wilmington
negro, Ivory.
1t was motley looking collection.
The suspects had been lodged in
various rooms. but at 10 o'clock Capt.
Miller had them all brought into the
big room and arrayed along one side OF
the room with their hats on. For a
time there were Just 13, which caused
some of the observant ones to remark
on the Significance of the number, but
three more were added to the row and
then young Hartman was brought 10
from the captains room and told to
scan the men in line and designate any
of them that he had seen on Saturday
night near the scene of the murder.
After brief scrutiny of the party, he
said: "There's one, there" pointing
to a negro of short stature standing
near one end of the line.
''Are you sure that is the man?''
| asked Capt. Miller.
Yes, / saw him." said the lad
quietly. n
Detective Ulrich then took the man
Indicated, who gave his name MS Henry
Ivory and claimed to live in Whining
ton. to a cell. All tho other men in
the line were also detained for further
examination. A white man. who had
been arrested in the neighborhood, and
who bore evidence of having been in
some sort Of trouble. having an ex-
tensive Eruise over one eye, had given
pretty satisfactory account of him
self, saying that he belcnged to the
Wild West show and had fallen from a
car. He was offered his liberty but,
having nc money, was given quarters
for the night
Ivory had partner, giving his name
rs Knight and his residence as
Marietta, but Ralph Hartman could
not positively identify him. Knight,
however, was detained.
Young Hartman said that he had
been to the house of Superintendent
Quicker at Thirty fifth and Hamilton
streets, and was on his way hack to
| the Powelton avenue station, when he
met two coored men at Thirty second
and Barring streets, going north. They
asked him how to get to Germantown.
Wishing to get them away from the
company's property, he directed them
toward Market street, and they walked
with him as far as Powelton avenue.
This, he says, was at 10. 20 to 10. 2j
p. m. and goes TO show that they were
not far from the scene of the murder al
| the time the latter was committed.
Both men were arrested by Detective
Ulrich on the Pennsylvania railroad,
between Germantown junction and
| York street. Ulrich had been assigned
| to scour the railroad between Powelton
avenue and Trenton for suspicious
| characters, and was scanning the tracks
from the rear platform of a train,
when be saw the two men. Getting cfi
| at Germantown junction he went hack
| and picked them up, and took them tc
| the l.ehigh avonue station. whence
| they were sent TO the Central station.
| Knight. ne says, was pretty nervous
| when arrested.
HENRY IVORY GORFESSES.
Philadelphia, Pa, May p. Super,
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