New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-06-23
NAY BE 4HE4RN SLAYER.
Police 4rrest italian Nth Sus-
pici0us Hounds.
BOSTON BLOODHOUND on TRAIL

-rho .~or+s of +he notice and Pinkerton men
| ,o canture the murderer of Policeman Maurice
Ahearr of Ne1v-Rochele, were rewarded last
,iobt h, an important. arrest. The prisoner l.
Frank Pef. an Italian. thirty years oio' WI"
MAS captured at house in the California TO-
8 lonely place on the dividing line between Ne
Rochelle Mount Vernon and the town ~ -
chester With Peff the police arrested MS
brother and brought in five other ltailahs' i'
cl,,ding one woman. who are held as Wits
The italian who is under addest has ms he"
badly cut and two fingers bruised an" 'h'
lice l,elieve that the wounds when are -
were inflicted by the murdered oiilce' ~
death struggle he had with the ASSASSIN
prisoner declares that he has not peeii - -
Rocbeue since June L. while Chief luminous
- +,,+ no has witnesses to prove that he mas
been in New-Rochelle nearly every nlght ioi
- .,.oo,-. and that no was near Rochelle Park
on The morning that the policeman vas
10 death.
The arrest Of Per was made about > ?. NJ
The police learned of the presence OF the M
iureS man at the boarding, mouse @Iiu
Tir7rnons sent Sergeant Cody ana fa'foii'ie"
Devaugh FanelIi and McSWeeheY 10 app
him The officers surrounded lhe hou''
after waiting an hour saw Pen cornihs "oi
the road from the Tuckahoe inarpie 4uo1
where he Is employed. When the ltahd" 80"
tbe officers he turned and started to run ava
Sergeant Cody followed him. and drawing ms
r.,.o,,.er brought him to a halt and handcuffed
- 7r,,e -,o,ioa took the suspected man to the
Teu,-RocbeIIe line in a carriage, ana theh
,,o5a5 . trolley car The woman and other
..,-,.+ae Of tbe house were also taken.
A. IN o'clock Father Manzello. the itallah
,ias+ Of New-Rochele, went to the station ana
VAS admitted His arrival gave rise 10 the
r,,rnor that the prisoner was about 10 MANI
confession. The police declined to disclose the
mission Of the priest He remained nan houl
and then hurried away 1t is reported 'hdC
Father Nanzello's visit was for the purpose vi
looking at the prisoner to see II ne co"iu
identify him .,.o
were several reasons for connecting the ltahah
with the crime His clothing is said to bear
blood spots and he had a paper of tobacco IN his
nocl5at of the same brand which was dropped
an the lawn where Policeman Ahearn and MS
assaflant fought their death duel The police
the coroner held an all night session, examining
the prisoner and inmates Of the house
DIR. w F Johnson the young dentist VINO
witnessed the murder from his bedroom "lhdo"
IN the mark. was taken TO the prisoners cell
and. after looking at him. said that the man
was about the size of the person who slew the
policeman. His voice, he said, was ABOUT the
same any other Italian
Another circumstance which leads the police
TO suspect Peff is that his foot almost fits the
impression made by the murderer. The po-
lica have confiscated all of the clothing ana
personal effects of the prisoner, and VIII exam
inc them under microscope to-day The ltal-
ian explains the cut and bruises on his head by
saving that ne received them in falling over a
fence while returning home from New-Rochelle
on June Il. He says that the night was SO
dark that he lost the path and fell over stone
ence. Physicians who examined him last night
are positive that the cuts are not more than
three days old. The arrest last night Is regarded
as the most important which has been made
They attach no significance to the arrest Of
the colored man in Washington, D. c., who was
caught riding on a freight train
A bloodhound of DR.. Loueest, Of Boston, ar
rived ar New-Rochelle about midnight. in
charge of a servant OF the doctor.
The police took Ahearns clothes and night
stick and let the bloodhound scent them. The
animal was then taken to the place of the
shooting. The dog started TO run about the
park. He seemed to trace Ahearn's movements
rather than the murderer's, and to go over the
ground where the policeman had been patrolling
before the shooting. After the dog has
hausted that scent, it is proposed TO take him
TO Police Headquarters and let him smell of
the prisoner and then set him loose again.
About fifty persons, including Colonel +. Ly-
man Bill, and members of the Knights of Co
lumbus. watched the bloodhounds movements.