Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-05-18


the priest told me has was a Roman
Catholic clergyman from Pennsylvania.
| and offered to financially back me in
my cure He did not tell me his name.
Il took walk to get some air. I
asked him to accompany me, but he
said he would rather rest where he was
returned two hours later and found
the priest gone. 1 have not seen him
since"
Stanley is saitisto have wife and r.
year-old son living in San Francisco
and is said to have resided at the Pal
ace Hotel in uhis city. After coming to
New York he frequently received $500
checks from Alameda, Cal He profess
ed to cure rheumatism by the applica-
ton of air at a temperature of about
400 degrees
The body of Father Phillips was re-
moved to the morgue. DR.. A. F. Dough
erty, of Wilkesbarre. who said he is a
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 $1o, 900 bail,
to await the result OF the autopsy
Stanley, in an interview with a re-
porter, said:
This is terrible. l thought / had
Mrs. Goldstein. l did not know the
body of the priest was in my room"
In a talk with Coroner Bausch,
Stanley had said ne met Phillips on the
streets 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 af-
forwards he and Phillips were 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 9th?" the reporter asked Stan
ley.
Il do not, and l don't think / would
recognize them were l to see them
again"
| The police say the woman who lived
with you as your wife brought the
That's a lie" he cried, excitedly.
"She was not there that day at all. We
had quarreled."
| At the conclusion Of the autopsy Cor
oner Bausch said:
| "A complete autopsy was made by
Dr O'Hanlon and it shows no marks Of
| violence, no fracture of any kind and
no hemorrhage of the brain. The con-
| dition of the organs of the body would
indicate that death was due to chronic
| nephritls and fatty liver. There was
about a dram of dark fluid found in the
! stomach, the character of which cannot
be determined except by chemical anly-
i sis. Owing to the suspicious circum-
stances it was ueemed reasonably just
| tnat a chemical analysis should be made
of the organs which will be sent to
Prof Witthaus"
DR.. O'Hanlon said:
"The autopsy showed that the man
suffered from chronic Bright's disease,
| fatty liver and fatty heart. any one OF
which would have been sufficient TO
cause death. OF course, he might have
been given hot bath and might have
been smothered There were no signs
OF alcoholism in the stomach"
Father Phillips's friends say the
body probably would be shipped to the
| priests late home tomorrow.
they expect to make a lengthy ex-
animation of the priests acts up to May
9--the day on which he is supposed to
| have met his death.
The detectives are in possession Of a
/ photograph Of the young woman whom
| Stanley introduced as his wife. Kier-
nan says that on last Thursday this
| young woman went TO SANKEY'S house
! and tried to get in, but finding II
! locked, went down to the rooms of Mrs
| Higgins, the janitress. Mrs. Higgins
suggested that she could take the du-
plicate keys and go into the rooms. Ac-
cording to Mrs. Higgins the young wo-
man threw up her hands and ex-
claimed:
"Oh, couldn't do that would
not think Of going up into that place
alone"
She then left the place hurriedly.
The picture of the young woman
shows ner to be a rather good looking
young Hebrew girl DR.. Stanley refused
to tell who she is. He says he is mar
ried, but declares that his wife is liv-
ing separately in California.
DR.. A. S. Dougherty, Of Ashley. Pa,
nephew OF the priest, said in speaking
| OF the tragedy:
For some time past. probably twc
years. Father Phillips has suffered from