New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-12-04
GET keller MURDERER.
KILLED FOR DRINK MONEY
Nephesc Confesses, Police Sag, Stoy-
ING Aunt Wh0 Befriended Him.

--,t, Fllrlopg nephew of Mrs. Margaret
--so,er who was murdered In her apartments, at
-. 60 Fast Ore-hundred-a nd-fou-teenth-st.. on
,,ondsv afternoon, was arrested yesterday after
.,r II OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES and
rr,;r,I-aye According TO Inspector McClusky he
-.ec.icsiiy admitted numbering his aunt. He
"a ,bA inspector. the latter says. that he COM
,..ed the crime because his aunt refused him
icy She had just given him food. The in
-..,to- saws that the youth does not seem TO
lite Ito the seriousness Of his position and his
-, ard is not wholly responsible for his acts.
r-,-1ong said he had been in various resorts
= me Fowery and lower Third-ave ever
- aIorht- ''keeping drunk all the time
1,,,,oe-osn Oswald, OF the East One-hundred-
.s-,vrenty-sixth-st. station, in passing pool
IS billiard room at One-hundred -and-nine-
.,.-,,,-s+ and Third-ave.. noticed a crowd about
- on+rarce. one Of the men spoke to the po-
,i.,r,.n ard. pointing TO Furlong, who. bare
ro.dod stood alone outside the crowd, said:
That's Furlong, the man you want
ives sure In Furlong." he replied TO the
,oI,cenan's question. What do you want of
nneo don't see what you're making al this
fuss about"
oswald started to taxa his prisoner to the
station house, when Detective sergeant PRICE,
of the Central ONCE. who had been looking Tor
Fur!ong, appeared and took the youth from the
patrolman. The poolroom proprietor had sent
word 20 the East ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
slxth-st. station that Furlong was in has Old
l,a,In. and the detective was Informed.
Price took FurIong TO headquarters, where
ya u-as examined by Inspector McClusky. The
t,s,e,,or made the following statement
z-,r1o,g mas volunteered a statement about Mrs
Keeiers death. in which he confesses that ne is
responsible His story is that he has been in the
iSad 70 feed him. He says that he went there
he rrorrjnc OF the murder and she gave him some
coffee ana bread He had tesn drinking preyously
After he finished the coffee and bread he told his
aunt that he wanted money. She refused to
her with an iron bar which lay alongside the stove
4 ta w ss foa n IN the and that he got It in
Junk shop on his way 10 her house that morning.
After he had strIck his aunt down Furlong took
from her the small pair OF earrings which she
ToE We haze reeoE@ were mem LEY were
kfecnth-st and Third-ave.. for SIS. He also took
silver watch aHe 2n b soq 6 Tg a Gn Yh csa ne o
none ana we believe that he is telling the truth
After he got the money in the pawnshop he
started down the Bowe.y spending the cash and
FGriong asked friend to pawn the earrings.
He owed this BOY so cents and said he would pay
yeath thought something was wrong and refused
william Furlorg. for whom we are looking, came
IN and took Frank away That was the last we
knew Of MS Whereabouts until to-day.
Furlong has always been morose and peculiar
IN his actions and his companions nicknamed
him "Nutty" Inspector McClusky says his
father IS a fireman attached to Engine No. &c,
IN West Thrty-seventh-st.. between Seventh
and Eighth aves.
= bundle Of bloodstained mans clothing.
wrapped in a newspaper was found yesterday
in the cellar OF No. 123 East One-hundred-
andtwentieth-st. The police say that there
was burglary in a tailor ship at One-hun-
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. and Third-aver OPP
posite the poolroom where Furlong spent much
Of mis- lime on Friday night. They will make
an effort 70 determine whether or not, as they
now suspect the bloodstaIned garments were
Furlongs' ard If he entered the tailor shop to get
fresh clothing.