Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-05-23
REV. EDWARD 5. PHILLIPS.
The Well-Known Priest of Hazelton,
Pa, Found Dead in a Room
in New York.
CAUSE OF DEATH NOT YET APPARENT.
Kirk Stanley, a Massage Operator
In whose Rooms the Body was
Found. Held Pending InvestiEa.
tfon-Said to Have Told Conflict
ing Stories.


Found. Held Pending InvestiGa.
tfon-Snid to Have Told Conflict.
ing Stories.
New York, May 1s.-The body of a
man found late Thursday night in a
house in Ninth avenue has been iden-
tilted as that of Rev. Edward S. Phil
lips. of ST. Gabriel's church, Halle
ton, Pa. who recently had a confer
ence WITH j. Pierpont Morgan in ref
ercnce to the threatened strike n
the iron and Goa regions of Penn
s~ylvania.
Identification UnquestiOned.
The ron says that the identlh'
cation can hardly be questioned, as
papers found on the body seem te
prove ii. The police are working on
what may prove to be a murder.
Kirk Stanley, o massage operator:
in whose rooms the body was found:
is under arrest is a suspicious per-
son.
Decomposition had advanced so far
when the body was discovered that a
cursory examination was not sutfi'
Gent to reveal the of death.
ard an autopsy will be held.
stanley RigidIy Examined.
Stanley has been subjected to a rig
id examination, and is said to have
told conflicting stories. Mrs. Bernius.
from when Stanley leased -four
rooms, in one of which the body was
found, said her tenant claimed to be
from San Francisco, and called nlm-
self DIR. Stanley" He was accom-
panied by a young woman, whom he
introduced as his wife. The body
was discovered by Mrs. Bernius' daugh'
ter, who went in Stanley's apart
ments to remove some bedding which
was hanging out of the window.
The Police Notified.
The police were Immediately mott
fed, and a search of the body dis
closed a number of papers. Among
them was a letter from John Mitch
ell. president of the United Mine
Workers, and addressed to Rev. DR.
Edward S. Phillips, Hazleton, Pa
There were also several kilograms
from Mitchell addressed to the priest
Il half-fare railway coupon such as is
issued TO clergymen, and several re
ceipts made out in DR.. Phillips name
Detectives Were Looking For Him
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 De
tectives Titus for Mr.. Phillips, who
according to this information, haC
been missing from his home in Ha
zleton slice April %. The first alarm
was Sent out on May S, and the sec
ond Thursday, and detectives from
the central Office nave bee quietly
searching the hotels and hospitals Il
this city for the missing clergyman
Order for StanIey's Arrest.
Police Captain Donohue, after ex
aiming the body, the rooms and eff
fects of the dead man, sent out a gen
eral alarm for the apprehension o.
Stanley.
Shortly after midnight Stanley wa
seen walking through Fiftieth street
When he came to the corner of Ninth
avenue half a block from his apart
ments, he stopped. A policeman say
him. Stanley saw the policeman a
the same moment, and at once turned
and walked rapidly through Fiftieti
street towards Eighth avenue Thu
policeman ran after him, and touch
ing him OF the shoulder, said the cap
tain desired to see him. Stanley &C
compa1ied the policeman, and whel
he reached the station house was TAX
en- at once to Capt. Donohue's private
office. He and the captain were clos
eted together for more than an hour
The captain then took Stanley befor'
Sergt. Shilbe and told the sergean
to lock him up.
Capt. Donohue Reticent.
Capt. Donohue was reticent in dis
cussing the case. All that he woul;
saw was that the prisoner had mad
conflicting statements; that he ha'
denied knowing the man whose bod.
was found in his rooms, and said h
had never seen him before, and tina
he did not know that there was
BODY there until told by the police.
Searching For n
The police are searching for a WON
an who was known as Stanley's wife
! They say this woman left the hous
? in Ninth avenue on May 3, and ha
: not returned. Father Phillips disaI
J peared on May s.
, Stanley was arraigned in polio
court. and was remanded to the Gus
: +odv of the corner. He refused t
= IN court