Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-05-24
TELLS OF GOULD CASE
Detective Peabody on the Rack
for ShadoWing.
SENT WIRE TO SH0LES
Machinery Of Gotham Police Depar.-
ment Used Against Wife.
SCANDAL OF THE FIRST WATER
Capt. Mclaughlin to Leave the Ds-
partment and Whole Corps
Il Stirred Up.

NEW YORK, May 24.-Frank Peabody,
the detective who was supposed to have
been lodging Deputy Police Commissioner
Hanson when the latter sent for him
Wednesday to find out what the policeman
had been doing in the line Of private sleuth-
ing outside Of strict police duty. met Mr..
Hanson last night at the Bar Association
and they had a two-hour talk. In 1t he
told all his connection with the case, as
well as that Of Inspector Mclaughlin.
Where did you 60 when you left police
headquarters at noon yesterday" asked
the deputy commissioner.
Thought It Was All Over.
81 went down to the ONCE Of De Lancey
Nicoll counsel for Howard Could" an
swered Peabody. II had made UP my mind
that 1t was all over with me in the police
department. I thought / was sure to be
broke and I thought he ought to help me
out. I had no money and I thought he
was the lawyer to seek "
well, what happened when you got to
the Officer was the next question.
He wasn't in and that made me feel
worse" said Peabody.
You know I'm in q subordinate position
III LILO ocpdElulcuts duOcQ INC uctSCtNc
Mclaughlin ought to help me. He ought
to have stood by me-"
Then he went on to tell about how he
came to be In. the case and what he had
done.
Early in March was called into Inspec-
tor McLaughlin's Office and he told me he
wanted me to go out and get Big Hawley.
looked around and didn't see him.
About ten days later 1 heard something Of
him and went to the inspector. asked
him II he still wanted Hawley. He told me
that he didn't; that he had seen Hawiey
himself. Then he told me that should
look out for Sholes."
Ran Across Hawley.
II went out to look for him. Then ran
across Hawley and asked him IL he knew
where 6holes was. He said he did and told
me the. address,"
What did you do when you found that
out" asked the deputy commissioner.
Il went uptown with Big Hawley to East
64th street. Sholes lived at 1885, / waited
outside on the corner and Hawley went
into the house. He came back with Sholes
told him that Inspector Mclaughlin
wanted to See him.
Ibid Sholes do that?' queried Mr., Ham
son. =
| SS, lie CdIu6 QOWn, GalQ EoaDO0Y.
land he and the inspector went inside In
the inspectors Office and talked for some
time. Then Inspector Mclaughlin sent
for me again He told me to take Shoies
Lancey Nicoll's Office and wait there. /
did that and pretty soon the inspector
came along and we all went into the ONCE.
They talked for time with Mfr. Nfcon
heard part Of the conversation" t :
De Lancey Nfcoll had already told Com
missioner Hanson that he knew nothing Of
Shoies until Mclaughlin brought Sholes
to see him.
information About Regain.
Peabody went on to say that Inspector
Mclaughlin was told by him that he had
information concerning Kid Regan, who
killed Joyce in Tobey's rathskeller nearly
two years ago, and that it would necessitate
a trip to Washington to look up the matter
Peabody was assigned by Former Commits
sioner McAdoo to get Kid Regan who
is brother of q police sergeant immedi-
ately after the stabbing in Tobey's.
Peabody told Commissioner Hanson last
night that he suggested to Mclaughlin that
he would go to Washington at his own ex-
pense Mclaughlin. according to Peabody,
then told him that as long as he was going
to Washington to stop of at Baltimore
and look up the marriage Of Dawson and
the Lonsdale woman. He said that Nc
Laughlin further told him to try and es-
tablish the identity Of Katherine Clemmons
as the Lonsdale woman II such were really
the case
Went Direct to Baltimore.
Peabody told the commissioner that he
went direct to Baltimore, examined the
church and register records and found the
record Of the marriage, but ascertained
That the minister that performed the -cere-
mony was dead. He said that he failed ut
terly to locate anything definite wherein
to attach the name Of Mrs. Gould with
that of the Lonsdale woman or to figure
Mrs. Gould as concerned in the case in
any way.
| Peabody then admitted that he had lied
to the deputy commissioners when he
made the statement several days ago that
he had not sent telegram to Sholes from
Baltimore. He admitted last night having
sent the telegram. Peabody further volun-
teered the information that he had not
only sent the telegram to Sholes, but had
received one In reply from Sholes who
was not In New York, having gone to
Washington. to which place the telegram
sent to New York was forwarded. Pea
body says that he arrived in Baltimore on
March % and sent the telegram to Sholes
on that day. Peabody's telegram read:
George Dawson and Harriet Lonsdale
May B, 1883. Can this be herr"
The next day, Peabody said last night,
he received this telegram from Sholes, who
was in Washington:
"she has used many aliases. Can you
locate Dawson?"
Went to Washington.
Following this. Peabody went on to state,
! he went on to washington hut refurnod