Daily Kennebec journal., 1901-05-18
REV. fH. PHILLIPS


his uncle's action in New York except
on the ground that his mind was tenn
/ porarily upset by the excitement of the
conference on the miners struggle
with j. T.. Morgan. He said Father
| Phillips had comc to the city To buy
alme statuary for his church.
Detective Captain Titus said that
Stanley says he met the dead man two
weeks ago. accidentally. and he had
some drinks with him. He said the man
| went home with him and stayed sev-
e"al days then leaving. The captain
rnys Stanley tells several stories.
The autopsy on tho body OF Father
Phillips was completed at SIS =. NJ. Cor
oner Bausch announced that no marks OF
violence had been found on the body. The
condition Of the organs showed tnat tn,
man had suffered from chronic neprits
and fatty liver. The vital organs will he
analyzed.
Stanley. in an interview with a report
or. said:
This is terrible. | thought had been
arrested :or debt Of $ which | owed a
Mrs. Goldstcin. | ia not know the body
Of The priest was in r!y room"
DO YOU know the names Of the two
G;rls yol say you and The priest brought
10 your rooms on the morning OF May
o. Re was asECd.
Il 10 not. ana don't think | would
recognize were | TO see them again.
'Thc police say the woman who I've
with YOU as your wife brought the priest
there tia: morning.
THAT'S 4 lie." II, cried cxcitcdlv "Snc
wasn't there that dag at al. We had
uuarrelio1."
iE .huf no .,ntip, y lpi .1-it..
hut thought it came from tho sink or
some fish market.
At the conciIIsioa OF the autopsy Coro-
Ec- EauSch said:
The autopsy shows TO marks Of vio-
lencc. 10 fracture or any kind and no
hem"rrhage Of the brain. The conditions
Of the organs Of The body woIld indicate
that death was due to chronic ncphrilI
and fatty l!TCr. There Was about a dram
cf dark luid found IN the stomach. the
character Of which cannot be determined
except hy chemical analysis. Owing tH
the suspicious circumstances attached 20
the case ii was deemed proper that -
chemical analysis should ho made If n"
organs. which Will bc sent tn i'ruf. N,t-
thauss. Tho matter now rests with the
district attorney ana justice oi the SUI
prenc court 10 determine whether that
aralN sis shall Ec made.
DR.. O'Hanlon said: The AUTOPSY show
cd that INC man suffered from chronic
feart. and :nv of which would have noon
might have hecn given 4 hot bath aud
have hccn smo;hcrcd. There were 70
signs Of alcoholism in the stomach"
Coroner HausCh c3V" n permit for the
removal of the BODY from the mur:;uC u
m Undertaking cstllli5hmont.
Tho coroner said in relation to TIC
micSjni. watch that he was INFORMED ny
u. II. MchniT az the Peoil"'a Eauk.
NilkC.:har!c. Pa. hrOthcr-tn-l1W Of tH''
dead uriest. that the clergyman was seen
with his watch chain hanging cut on tkn
IL, Inc. oil la 'r.N-
tral Hotel ARA that he believed the watch
sad lcen taken IL 3ickruclsc!s.
Thc Evening World saws of Stanley:
STANLEY is q professional masseur. He
also gave hot A." treatment for rheuml-
tism. nclosing his raticut' IN a metallic
casi.t ana heating their bodies 10 4 tenn
i.rratr.c Of SOME o dor rse.7.
II wIa noticed ut thc mrreIe that the
grease.
~. noughcrtE tod Ccr ncr ,Elnsch that
Father Phillips had 2 watch, but none
Detective Sergeant Kiernan says that
Stanley admi It'd nc used lr"rphina- stan
ley told ficrnnn that he himself put the
room in which the priest was found dea !
ht fore he went away. Thursday morHinc.
that kicInan says that 1t would he i'm
r0S%ihlc for any person to nave gene into
the room even NJ night wi hout discover
ing the body The detectives are in pos
session Of photograph of tho young wo-
man Wlpfn bf. St1i!''N mirror tICpt rs MS
wife. which shows her to he Il rather
good looking roung iI"hrew girl Or.
Stanley refused 10 toll who she is. IL
avs Re IS married. hul dcflareS re-; that i..S
The detectives only theory. So far. it
that the priest died in the rooms. either
after having been druEgod for robbery
or simply rs a result of ihtoXic%tion ann
excitement. ana that Stanley was afraid
to notify the authorities, putting it on
from DAY to day.
DIR. 4. s. pouahcrtT Of Ashley. Pa, n
nephew Of the dead priest. says in speak
inp Of The tra"cdy:
For two years FL her Phillips has suf-
forcd from muscular rhnu:na tiSm, and FOR
the past six months his heart has given
him considerable trouble. My theory :;
that. owing TO tho strain resultant from
those labor problems in which he l1d en-
tered so actively. h" weakened ana
thought that stimuianta would help him
along. | suunosc when he met this man
he mentioned that nc was subject -
rheumatism and Stanley induced Fr.
Phillips to submit to his treatment. be-
licvc that in Father Phillips condition
this treatment was enough to cause
'.Thc check for $130 was drawn On tho
MARI Ie Savings ana Trust Bank Of tia-
2lc:0n. nr. .ncAnLT. ny hrother-in- law.
when ! came to New York watched OUT
ior any check which might come from
Father Phillips. because We thought that
If he drank he would probably draw SONS
money on this bank. where he made his
tclDSllS.
check was cashcd, there is balance OF
$50 to Father Philips credit.
II object to the statement that there is
woman III the case. do not believe
that the murder theory is tCnable. | have
known Father Phillips for p years and
his is the second time / have known OF
his going ont on spree.
Capt. Titus said tonight, that he had
important cllcs. ard. while he did not
care TO commit hrlself. he was satisfied
that the woman III the case would short
| ~ be arrested.
The clerk in the Vcndome hotel said
that Father Phillips registered there early
in The morning of April % as Z. Phillip
| son. Pa.
''On Friday morning" the clerk con-
timed. he told me he wanted 10 60 out
and see the town and wanted me to gel
some body to go with him | got the house
detective and he and Father Phillips wen!
out together. They went to the Victoria
theatre. where, according to Madden. the
priest went to sleep. Madden brought tht
priest back to the hotel and took his
watch ard chain from him and gave il
to me. l put il in the safe and returned
it to the priest the next morning. Mad
den said that Father Phillips looked as
h. hnI Irin