The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1901-05-24
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A Catholic Priest Supposed to Have
Been Murdered. tsss s.iif,.

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Tho body Of q man found late Thurs-l
day night In a house in.. Ninth avenue,
Now York, has boon identified a.
that Of Father Edward s. Phillips of
St. Gsbriel's Catholic church., Hazsll
ton, Pa, whorooently had 4 conference
with j. Piorpont Morgan % in referonoo
to tho threatened strike in the iron aud
ccal regions Of Pennsylvania. Kirk
Stanley, IA massage operator in whosa
rooms the body was found, is undori
arrcet as q suspicious ne erson.s Doom
position had advanced 80 far whom the
body was discovered that a oursory ok
animation was not sufficient to reveal
tho otuse Of death. B .lsSti 81 la ,33i
Stanley wal arrested at midnieht.s
Tho prisoner soomed to be suffering
from the ffcoss Of drink or drugs. His
manner was that Of 10 man who was
badly dtz d. Ho said his name Was
Kirk Stanley, aud that ho had oone to
that city about a year and q half ago.
He said they called him Doctor but he
had no diploma, Ho was j message
operator and intonded to open an offiCo
here. I. 81
Coroner B Bau ich visited Stanley il his
coll and there, after much pers uasionl
the prisoner told tho following remark
able story 10 tho cornone, Il,
1T is trueI knew the priest and
this is the way | became acquaintsd.
with him. | left my homo about MIDI
night May 8 and. walked over to the
coroner Of Ninth avenue and Fiftieth
street. Thoro I saw standing on The.
corner tho priest, talking with two
girls. He was somewhat Intoxicated
and 80 was /, forI had been drinking
IN my rooms. The priest W as in good
humcr and 80 we're tho girls They all
accepted the. invitation, and in d few,
minutes we woro seated in my sitting
room dring whiskey, Sss y q e. 4. 3
,s The girls remained with us about
two or three hours and then left, gay.E
ing that they had to q 60 home After
they left both the priest and \ I were
taken i'll. Ildon't know whether the
gigls had put any thing in our drinks,
or not, but Wo woro nauseAted. The
priest tooksa.small bottle Of medicine
from biyvtst pocket and swallowed a
little and thon told mo to doStho same.
! did SO, and in little while wo both
felt better. 81 s 33s ilE
1T was thon tho priest told mo he
was Roman Catholic clergyman from
Pennsylvania and ,offerod to financially
back me- in my curo, He did NOT tell
10 his Kane. II sS U 4 5sysS35
Az dawn WAS breaking I told Sthe
priest ! ;houg ght h ! would take a little
walk. az he Sair would do m good
aud sked him. to accom- papy me, but
he said bowould rather rost where he
was. went out and returned, II should;
say, two hours latef.y s ISL S! u?
Al NV hen i got back Il he$ priest was
gone. That was the II last timo III \ eyor3
Saaw him. The d cad man IN that; room
ghiohx JabtSS D on ohue showed sSlq % was
ISatas pi,ea nEles q q 4 nss s. ead
n Stanley could not deaoribe the Two: Two:
girls, nor would ho admit having had
q & woman there whom hoy yoallsd his
Dr.. "a. s. Dougherty of Ashley, j e,
nephew Of tho priest, said h
aiis'l may be that Father Phillips was
lured to Stanley'e place for the pur4
pose of robbery and that he died there
that night. I don't believe that the
murder theory is tenable..ts / have
known Father Phillips for 25 years and
this is the second time I have known Of
his going out or, a spree. s.iiS.. 4
Shortly before he left Hasleton for
Now York my mother visited him and
she told mo after her visit that she did
not tiod him to be the same man that
he was formerly, that she feared his
nervous system was giving way and
that he was deoidedly,unstrung.''