The sun., 1903-11-24
DU YEAU'S TURN TO EXPLAIN.
CASE AGAINST HIM FAXED UP
FOR REVENGE, HE SAYS.
He'd Dunned Nelson, Who Told jerome, and
Nelson and . County Detective Had
Him Arrested-POints in His Story
Arc Promptly Denied by Outsiders.

Are Promptly Denied by Outsiders.
The private detective arrested under the
name of Edgar E. Du Veau and indicted for
attempted robbery in the first degree took
the witness stand yesterday before Recorder
Goff in the General Sessions and gave his
account OF the circumstances which led to
his arrest.
The case against Du yeau was worked up
by Oliver Nelson, formerly employed by
the General Detective Service of $40 Broad
way, of which Du Veau was an assistant
manager, he says. Nelson told the District
Attorney that Du Veau wanted him to knock
out and rob Samuel Lewis, manufacturer
at III Mercer street.
Mr.. jerome set county detectives to work
with him, Frank Mullen posing as an ex-
jail bird and companion Of Nelson, while
other county detectives Swallowed the pair.
Du Veau was arrested the day after election,
in front of III Mercer street, at about 6I5
o'clock in the evening
In his testimony yesterday Du Veau de-
clared that he had never been in Mercer
street before the day of his arrest and denied
that when arrested he had said he did not
know Nelson and Mullen. On both points
he was fatty contradicted by disinterested
witnesses.
Several persons testified that he had
denied knowing the men, and young man
named Kroeger testified that two nights
before Du Veau's arrest he saw Du Veau
in front Of the Mercer street building look
ing at the upper windows. The robbery
as planned was to have taken place on the
top floor.
Du veau admitted that he is going under
an assumed name, and refused to tell his
real name on the ground that it would
disgrace him. He said that he first worked
here as detective for the agency OF D. G.
Meehan. and went to work for the General
these places he first met Nelson. He had
saved up $500, which he intended to send
to his mother, but Nelson, he said, bor-
rowed $50 from him at various times.
Finally he pressed Nelson for the money.
him at o'clock on the day after election.
In front Of III Mercer street, he would give
him the money. Du Veau said that he
met Nelson. who had with him man whom
he had previously introduced to Du Veau
as Tom Mullen, and that Mullen and Nelson
went into Lewis's factory, leaving Du Veau
on the sidewalk under the impression that
they had gone to get money. While they,
were gone Detective Sergeant Rappelt and
County Detective Hammond arrested him.
He acknowledged buying the foot of
rubber hose which enclosed the lead pipe.
the weapon with which the assault was o
have been committed He said that few
days before his arrest he had gone to hard
ware store with Nelson on another errand
him to buy the hose for him. Du Veau said
that he stuck it in his pocket, carried 1t to
the office of the General Detective Service
and threw it on a desk. Nelson took it
away, he said.
The next time Du veau saw this hose
was in a saloon at an accidental meeting
himself, Mullen and Nelson. They were
sitting at a table. he said when Nelson
hauled the hose out of his pocket and Du
Veau then saw that in it was a piece of
lead that had been kicked around the office
of the General Detective Service. Mullen
grabbed this weapon before Du Veau had
a chance to examine it,
He denied knowing anything about the
chloral and chloroform found in his closet
at the. Detective Service office. At the
time Of his arrest Nelson and Mullen said
that he just told them that he had the
bottles in his closet.
To Assistant District Attorney Mott he
said that he might have bought one of the
summer for the Meehan agency looking
for a man named Ellis but that it then
contained witch hazel.
He WAS in Toronto with detective
named Hay. he said, but denied sending
IA telegram TO the Mnehan agency that "he
IEllisl is sleeping, and that if 500 were not
Forthcoming he would have, TO loose
him" His name was signed TO such
Telegram produced nv Mr., NOT. Nelson
had already testified that Du Veau once
told hrn that he had planned to pull
OF a choral job in Toronto in july. that
would have netted 5000 if it had not fallen
through because his pal named Hay, got
cold feet" Du Neau said he didn't know
that there was Il 5000 reward for bringing
Ellis back to this State
Mr. Mott explained that what he wanted
10 show was that relatives Of Fills had had
him sent TO an asylum, that Ellis escaped
to Canada, where HAY ana Du \cau
were sent after him on the. promise Of
5000 reward and that Du Veau had Ellis
"sleeping" with the chloral when Hays
cold feet" spoiled the plan.
Fila Eagan. the girl who formerly
worked for Lewis and who, according to
Nelson and Mullen, told Du Veau about
Lewis's iewelrv and money was the last
witness The case will go to the jury this