The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-05-18
DEATH Of FR. PHLLPS|ALL QJET At ALBANY
CHAMPION OF THE HAZLETON
MINERS COMES TO MYSTERIOUS
END IN NEW YORK
HAD BEEN DEAD FOR DAYS
WHEN CORPSE WAS FOUND IN
ASSIGNMENTS OF A MASSAGE
OPERATOR
LATTER PUT UNDER ARREST

NEW YORK, May 1.-THE body Of a
man found late last night in a house in
Ninth avenue has been identified as that
of the Rev. Edward S. Phillips. of 81
GabrieIs church, Hazlet6r, Pa, who re-
Gently had conference with ]. Pierpont
Morgan in reference to the threatened
strike in the iron and coal regions of
Pennsylvania
The coroner says that the Identification
can hardly be questioned, as papers found
on the body seem to prove it. The police
are working on what may prove to be
q murder.
Kirk Stanley, a massage operator, in
whose rooms the body was found. is
under arrest as a suspicious person.
Decomposition had advanced so far
when the body was discovered that a
cursory examination was not sufficient to
reveal the cause of death. No autopsy
will be held.
Stanley has been subjected to a rigid
examination, and is said to have told
conflicting stories. Mrs. Barnerius from
whom Stanley leased four rooms, in
which the body was found, said the ten
ant claimed to be from San Francisco,
and called himself DR. Stanley" He
was accompanied by q young woman
whom he introduced as his wife The
body was discovered by Mrs. Barnerius'
daughter who went in Stanley's apart
ments to remove some bedding which
was hanging out of the window. The
police were Immediately notified and a
search Of the body disclosed a number
of papers. Among them was q letter
from John Mitchell, president of the
United Mine Workers, and addressed 10
Rev. DR. Edward S. Phillips Hazleton
ia. There We're also several kilograms
from Mitchell, addressed to the priest
a half fare railway coupon, same as is
sued to clergymen. and several receipts
made out in DR.. Phillips name.
MISSING SINCE APRIL Is.
1t 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
MIR. Phillips, who, according to this in
formation, had been missing from his
home in Hazleton since April %.
The first alarm was sent out on May
s and the second yesterday and detec-
tiVes from the central office have been
quietly searching the hotels and hospi-
tails in this city for the missing clergy
man.
Police Captain DOnohue, after examin-
ing the body the rooms, and the effects
of the dead man, sent out a general
y .
Shortly after midnight Stanley was
seen walking through Fifteenth street
When he came to the corner Of Ninth
avenue. half a block from his apart
ments, he stopped. A policeman saw
him. Stanley saw the policeman at the
same moment and turned and walked
rapidly through Fiftieth street toward
Eighth avenue. The policeman ran after
him, and, touching him on the shoulder,
said the captain desired to see him.
Stanley accompanied the policeman, and
when he reached the station house was
taken at once to Capt. Donohue S private
office. He and the captain were closet
ed together for more than an hour. The
captain then took Stanley before Ser
geant Shible and told the sergeant to
lock him up.
PRISONER WAS DAZED.
The prisoner seemed to be suffering
from the effects of drink or drugs. His
manner was that of d man who was
badly dazed. He said his name was
Kirk Stanley and that he had come 20
this city about a year and a half ago.
He said they called him doctor, but he
had no diploma. He was a massage
operator and Intended TO open an Office
here.
Capt. Dononue was reticent in discuss
ing the case All that he would say was
that the prisoner had made conflicting
statements He had denied knowing the
man whose body was found in his rooms.
and said he mad never seen him before,
and that he did not know that there was
a body there until told by the police.
The police are searching for a woman
who was known as Stanleys wife. They
say this woman left the house III Ninth
avenue on May and has not returned.
Father Phillips disappeared on May s.
,,.-l oil
and was remanded to the custody of the
coroner. He refused to make any state
ment in court
Coroner Bausch committed Stanley to
the Tombs in default Of $4,000 bail, to
await the result of the autopsy.
In a talk with Coroner Bausch, Stan
ley had said he had met Phillips on the
street talking with two girls; that he
Joined the party and invited them to his
rooms; that while there they all drank
until the girls left and that afterwards
he and Phillips were sick, but recovered
after taking some medicine that Phil
lips had with him.
DO you know the names of the two
girls YOU say you and the priest brought
to your room on the night of May 9?'
the reporter asked Stanley.
81 do not, and l don't think 7 would
recognize them were to see them
again"
1.-The police say the woman who lives
with you as your wife brought the priest
there that morning"
That's l!e," he cried, excitedly.
She was not there that day at all. We
had not quarreled at ALL
After the autopsy on the body Of
Fatner Phillips had been completed
Coroner Bausch announced that no mark
Of violence had been found on the body
The condition CT the organs showed that
the man had suffered from chronic
nephritis and fatty liver. The coroner
said that owing to the suspicious cir
cumstances surrounding the case, it was
deemed advisable to have the vital
organs aGalYzed.