The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1901-05-18
PRIEST PROBABLY MURDERED
Rody Found In Room or an Alleged
Doctor In New York

Rev EdwaM :, Phillips of ST. Ga
briefs church, HaElcton, Pa, VITO ~
Gently had u conference with j, T.
Morgan In reference 10 the threatened
strike In the iron aud coal regions OF
Pennsylvania, was found IN house
ON Ninth avenue this morning
The coroner saws that the idrntlnca.
ton can hardly be questioned, aS pa
prrs round on the body seem tn prove
H. The police are working IN what
may prove to be murder,
pr Kirk STANLEY formerly ot san
Francisco, a Massage operator, IN whose
rooms the body was found. IS under ar.
rest rs Il suspicious person
decomposition had advanced - rar
when the body WAS discovered that u
curSory examination VAS not sufficient
TO rrveal the cause ~ death and an au,
topsy viii be held
stanley has been subjected 60 rigid
examination and he Is said 20 have told
conflicting stories. Mrs Prrnlus, from
whom Stanley leased four rnomS, In one
" which the body vas found, says that
her tenant clHiuei to b. trom san
Francisco and called himself "pr stan.
ley He was accompanied by young
woman whom he introduced as his wife,
| The body was discovered hy Mrs
rcrnius' daughter who went In stan.
! lty's apartments 90 remove srm" bed
ding which was hanging out or The
! window, The police were Immediately
notified. end search ~ the BODY dis,
closed number of papers Amonr
| them was a letter from John Mitchell
ar'adan' NJ thr United Mgarworkrrs
and addressed to Rev pr Edward ;
Phillips. Hazleion. There were also srv.
eral kilograms from Mitchell, half
rate coupon such as Is issued 20 clrr-
gymen and several r,Vetpts made out
In pr Phillips name
I, was made public FOR the first time
after the Identification OF the body that
| two confidential alarms had been sent
out by Captain OF Detectives Titus for
Mr.. Phillips. who. according 10 yh's IN
formation. had been missing from his
home In Hazleton since Aprrl 2s.
Police Captain Donahuc. after exam.
ming the body. the rooms and effects
NJ the dead man. seut out general
alarm for the apprehension OF stanley.
shortly after midnight stanley was
aoprrhended on FItte,h street, near
Eighth avenue. Stanley ACCOMPANIED
the policeman and when he reached the
house was taken at once to Captain
Douahue's private office and was later
locked up.
The prisoner seemed to be- sun ring
from he effects % driak ur drugs. His
manner was thai u man who was
badly lazcd. He aid his name was
Kirk Stanley, and that he had come
20 this city about year and half
ago He said they called him a doc
TOR. but he had no diploma He was
massage operator. and Intended tJ
open an office here
The prlce are searching fur wo-
man who was known as S,1alry's wife
They say this women left the house
in Ninth avenue May 9. and has not
yet returned Father Phillips disap-
peared May 8.
stanley Is said to have vile AMI
4 l2-yrar-old son in san, Francisco and
ls said TO have resided at the Palace
Hotel in thar city After coming 70
New York he frequently received 500
checks from Alameda, Cal. He pro-
fessed to cure rheumatism by the appli-
cation ~ air at a temperature n about
400 degrees.
Today Stanley was arraigncd In po-
lIc" conrt and was remanded To the
custody of the coroner He refused 20
make any statement In court
The body Of Father Phillips was re-
moved 70 the morgue. DR.. A f. Dough-
erty. u Wikesbarre. Pa. who said he
Is nephew Of the priest, Identified the
body He said Father Phillips had
come TO the city to buy some statuary
for his church.
Coroner Bausch committed Stanley to
the Tombs in default Of $4,000 bail
to await the result OF the autopsy
Stanley, in an interview with reporter
said:
This is terrible. thought | had
been arrested for debt Of s. | owed a
Mrs GDldstein. did not know the
body Of the priest was in my room"
In a talk with Coroner Bausch. stan
ley had said ne net Phillips on the
street talking with two girls thar he
Joined the party and invited them to
his rooms tina; while there they all
drank until the girls left, and that ar
tarwards he and Phillips We're sick but
recovered after taking some medicine
that Phillips had with him.
"DO you know the names Of the two
girls you say you and the priest brought
to your rooms on the morning Of May
81" the reporter asked Stanley.
Il do not. and / don't think / would
recognize them II were to See them
again"
The police say the woman who lived
with you as your wife brought the
priest there that morning"
That's a lie" he cried excltedly.
"she was not there that day at all"
After the autopsy on the body Of
Father Phillips had been completed.
Coroner Bausch announced that no
marks Of violence had been found on
the body. The condition Of the organs
showed that the man had suffered from