Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1901-05-25
HAzLETON'S FAMOUS
PRIEST FOUND DEAD
Father Phillips, Peacemaker In the
Anthracite Trouble, Believed to
Have Been Murdered.
WAS FRIEND OF PIERp0sT MORGAN
Financier Took q Great Liking for fh'
Little Priest who Pleaded With Him
to Avert Miners s~trike-Found
Dead In Massage Parior.

New York, May 20.-The body or c
man found late last night In a house IL
Ninth avenue wcs identified as that OF
Rev. Father Edward 3. Phillips, the
pastor Of St. Gabriel's church. Hazel
ton, Pa, who was here on q vacation
and who recently a a conference
with j. Pierpont Morgan In reference
to the threatened strike In the Iron ane
coal regions of Pennsylvania. The po-
lice are working on what may prove &c
be q murder. Kirk Stanley, a massage
operator, In whose room the body was
found, is under arrest as a suspicious
person. The police are searching for 8
woman who was known as Stanleyt
wife. They say the woman left the
house In Ninth avenue on May y anc
he's not returned. Father Phillips dis
appeared May 8. Stanley is said tC
have a wife and a ~12-year-old son liv.
ing In San Francisco and Is said tt
have resided at the Palace hotel tr
hat city. After coming to New IorE
he profesed to cure rheumatism by the
! application of air at q temperature oil
about 400 degrees. Stanley was ar.
raigned in the police court and re-
manded to the custody OF the coroner
he TeIuSeu 10 MIAMI ahy -
court.
Father Phillips was conspicuous ir
the recent labor troubles In the anthra'
cite regions. He was the Idol or the
miners and was credited with bringing
| about q settlement OF the difficulty be-
tween the operators and their en-
ployes. He came to New York to see
j. Pierpont Morgan and plead the
cause of the miners. The great fnan.
| alA. NAAIr an 1Iltnn 60 tho s1iffln nTiadf
Of Hazleton," and they became firm
friends. On several occasions Father
Phillips was granted long audiences
with Morgan while magnates n pro-
moters were kept waiting.
No signs OF Violence.
At the conclusion of the autopsy,
Coroner Bausch said:
"A complete autopsy was made by
DR.. O'Hanlon, and II shows no marks
of violence, no fracture OF any kind
and no hemorrhage Of the brain. The
conditions Of the organs Of the body
would indicate that death was due &c
chronic nephritis and fatty liver. There
was about a dram of dark fluid In the
stomach, the character of which can
not be determined except by chemical
analysis. Owing to the suspicious cir
cumstances attached to the case II
was deemed reasonably just that 6
7 tEeIllsdl dIldl1 SIS bllObli bN iAfRAS W
the organ which viii be sent to Prof
Witthaus. The matter now rests with
the district attorney and a justice Of
the supreme court to determine wheth'
err hat analysis shall be made
How do o explain the pool o.
blcod?" the coroner was asked.
THAT the doctor explains In thi!
way-the body lying In a horizonta
position, enabled the gases which &C
Cumulated from decomposition to force
the blood through the mouth, and !
trickled down TO the floor"
DR.. O'Hanlon said:
THE autopsy showed that the mar
suffered from chronic Bright's disease
fatty liver and fatty heart, any o
which would have beer sufficient u
cause death. OF course, he might have
been given a hot bath, and might hav'
been smothered. There were no signs
Of alcoholism In the stomach"
Assistant District Attorney Garval
said that the district attorneys offic,
would authorize an analysis OF tn
vital organs.
Coroner Bausch gave a permit 70
the removal of the body from tn,
norgue to an undertaking establish
Gent.
Father Phillips friends said tn
body probably would be sent to tn
priests late home. They expect L
make a lengthy explanation OF tn
priests acts up to May 9-the day oil
which he is supposed to have met hi
death.
The police theory SO far is hat tn
priest died in DR.. Stanley's room, eth
er after having been drugged for rob
berry, or simply as a result of intoxica
ton and excitement, and that Stanle
was afraid to notify the authorities
putting 1t off from day TO day.