The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1901-10-17
ARREST FOR DISTANT MURDER
RUSSIAN NOBLEhAN KILLED IN
ARGENTINA-CAPTURE MERE.

Prisoners n tabtnetmAker Who says Tie
sever Wa In south America He
hears the Name of the Alleged MUIR
dercr. but Description Isn't q Ft.
Central once detectives have locked up
In Police Headquarters a cabinetmakcr
named Allador Hattos. who thoy say Ia
wanted in the Argentine Republic for the
murder Of a Russian nobleman. Hattos
was arraigned In tho jefferson Market
polcc court yesterday morning. and re-
manded TO Police Headquarters a. q suspi-
cious person. He deuied all knowledge
OF the murder and said that 10 had never
BEEN In South America. He came hero
recently from Hungary. he says. Accord
ing 10 Detectives Dunn and Stransky.
who arrested HAttos. hLs mother h In
Argentina and he has been receiving letters
here In ES- Work from her. II is true,
they say. that he has como here from Hun
gary. but before that he was In Argentina
and he went 10 Hungary from there after
the murder
Il occurred nearly a year and a half ago.
Ernest Medem disappeared from his home
In Ia Plata. lie had been well known
In the capital cities Of Europe. for he was a
Russian nobleman and a spendthrft. His
relatives sent him 20 south America 20
reform. They purchased for him a stock
farm To give him something To do. Among
Medem's acquaintance In Argentina was a
man named Hattoe. lie was scen drinking
with Medem on the day that Medem dis
appeared and when cdem's friends started
TO look for Hattos they found that he too
had vanished. They also learned that a
few DAYS before the disappearance Medem
received y 900 from hbs relatives In Russia.
None Of this mopev was found In his home.
go the authorities came 10 the conclusion
that he had been robbed and murdered.
Upon further investigation a newly
made grave was found In the rear OF
Medem's home. Several feet Of earth were
removed from the grave and then Medem's
body Wa found. The corpse was sttired
In n night robe and II wa evident that the
man bad been murdered IN his sleep. Fur
ther inquiries developed that Modem ard
Hattos had uuarrclled a few days pre-
vtously because Modern tired Of SUPPORT
ing Hattos.
Then the search FOR Haito- started and
II was at this point that the New York
detectives were brought into the cass
Recently the authorities ~ the Argentine
fsspubhc learned that letters addressed to
A. Hattos were forwarded by hattos's
mother to IN address In this city. When
the New York detectives got 10 the New
York address this Haitos had disappeared
They were told that he had gone 20 Ceve-
land. They communicated with the Ceve-
land police and learned hat A. Hattos
had left Cleveland for New York. When
reached town on Monday night he went
20 tho home Of a relati We in Fast Sixteenth
There he was arrested on Monday
The Argentine CoDul in this city
was notified and he IL having the necessary
extradition papers sent on from South
The Consul furnished TO the police a
description ~ the Hattos wanted Ia South
America, together With a ~pcn-and-ink
Of the man. but In many ways this
description Of the alleged murderer does
Headquarters. Tho prisoner says hat the
police have made a grave mistake in TAX
Ing him for a murderer and he will b. aide
10 prove an alibi.