New-York tribune., 1903-03-31
lRRESrS AT WA4ERRL1RY
Eighteen Men in Ja;l-M"rdcr Nay
Be Cleared Up.

xu.+.rhurv. Conn. March 30.-Eighteen men
-,..~1 ,rr4rr- arrest on the charge Of assault
with intent to kill was the record OF actEits w
the part or the police to-day in tnelr eitol ~
discover the authors Of some OF the ou'Oi
- ,,,oIsnce which have occurred since the nesln-
ming OF the strike Of raoteFrssen and coneuseos
of the Connecticut Railway and Lighting Com
nany. eleven weeks ago. The men arrested are
CHARGED in the warrants with ASSAULT on "L''-
,sra r MePner and George Morrisefte Oh t"V
nlwht Of February q, with intent to XIII 1As"e
two men were the non-union employees VI 80
trolley company who had charge OF car "'.A ~
waa attacked at q lonely spot on the NatsF'lne
line on the night mentioned, both ~Sfs
sauited and one was beaten into tnsenHiON.tS
and left lying the rails In the pain 'h '
cars. This disturbance occurred a httts more
than q week prior to an attack OF SilII''0t
nature on a car at Forest Park Wnsn E@o1
MendeIssohn q policeman, was killed by Dui-
LET from a mob of masked men. Since the Hiur
der was committed. detectives attracted ny ln7
large rewards offered have been quietly At WI 81
While the arrests to-day are nen1inailS tof ti'S
assault Of February 28. the ofaeials do not oenS
that they hope from this action to learn some
thing that viii clear up the mystery or Men-
delssohns death.
Colonel L. r. Burpee. attorney for the Cohhee-
tscut Railway and Lighting Company, said IN
dence against the men arrested for the wafer
vile assault, and that he felt confident OF trae-
ing out the murderer OF Msndeissohn' Colonel
Burpae added that warrants for twenty-five
men have been issusd. and that he expected
that the whole nun1be. would be under arrest
before tomorrow morning The credit TOT tne
arrests he said was due to PtnkePton oetecttYss
acting in cooperation with the local oscect'Fe
bureau. -
OF the arrested men seven members OF
the TrolIeyrnen's Union, now on strike Inese
are Charles T. Ross, Harry ". warren, Cnno[u
yandermark, Willis VandeTmark, OaYl9 y
Marsh Edward 3. Winnegar and John McIulES.
All of these except Boss and Willis VanoerInark
were arrested by squad OF dozen onicSrs
under command Of a sergeant who visited the
meeting place Of the strikers union this 1ore-
noon They were taken to the police station
and the hunt for others against whom the war
rants were dirscted was begun. Ear1y tnIs
evening the police blotteY contained the 1oiioW-
ing additional names OF men arrested on the
assault charge: John Brearton, 1r. Ernest w OIL
colt Charles Thorpe, John Ennis. James Wntty'
Michael Regan. James Quinn, Stephen BAIL
Thomas Quinn, Joseph Kelly and WilIsm COS"
feiio These last mentioned men are not strlk-
era. They are nearly all factory workers ana
Young men from twenty to thirty years Old, nav
ing homes in the west end of the city IN the
neIGhbornood Of the car barns. brearson ls
aor Of John Brearton policeman.
Counsel was secured for the arrested strlkers
this afternoon and efforts were mace 10 secure
bail. the amount being $4,000 in each case Tne
two VandeYmark8, who are brothers. ana Ihorpe,
Ennis Witty, Brearton and Wolcott secured
bail in the afternoon.