Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1908-12-31

ly travelled up the state in search of
Miss Gray. By certain humorous and
yet grotesque coincidence, the hand
organs at that time we're grinding out
Dolly Gray" by the ream, and as
Donaghy came to the little street
where the Dolly Gray of another color
lived, two street-pianos, on either enA
of the thoroughfars, struck up Good
bye, Dolly Gray, I'm going TO leave
YOU" with vehemenoe that threat
ened to turn an unusually affecting
tragedy into roaring farce Dolly.
however, who weighed 800 pounds,
calmly washed her hands of Stirling
and declined TO assist In proving his
alihi
On the very day of Ivory's arrest
Donaghy I'd taken him to the scene
body was found was a little-traveled
thoroughfsre and the footprints where
the men had escaped by leaping the
little iron fence were still visible In
the soft earth. The right shoe was re-
moved from Ivory's foot and the heel
and toe fitted TO nicely into the foot
prints in the railroad yard. The marks
were there as clearly as though they
had been stonciled.
In the meantime evidence was pill
ing up In other directions. Mrs. Mary
Boyle, who was employed as a wait
ress in restaurant near Thirty second
and Market streets, testified that she
all - ah~
the day of the crime. This was import
ant as establishing the fact that they
were together. But this was not all
A gardener, named Lutz, said that
earlier In the evening all three of the
negroes had surroun jed him at point
Ave or ak blocks from where the
White crime was committed. They
did not use violence toward him, sim
ply. as he put 1t, acted suspicioasly."
He managed 20 elude them, however.
and thought no more e the incident
until he read of the arrest of the ne
groes IN connection with tho murder
OF Prof White
Within three weeks after the muir
der Ivory broke down and confessed
everything. He said that Perry, Stiri-
ing and himself had met at the Buff
falo Bin show that afternoon and com.
pairing notes, had resolved to got
money at any cost. They crossed the
Girard avenue bridge and went along
the river drive until they came To
Thirty-second street. They had intend
ed assaultlng Lutz, tho gardener, but
when he ran away they were too In
dolent to follow him. They little
dreamed that the man had nearly
thousand dollars In his possession. or
he might have been the victim instead
of the unfortunate professor. Finally
Stirling picked UP the iron bar near
the powelton Avenue station. They
resolved that he should assault the
frat prosperous-looking man they
met Several persons were permitted
to pass unmolested. At last Prof.
White was seen coming along tho
dark street Stirling turned to the
others:
There's a guy looks as II he had
money"
They agreed with him. and the
three black-hearted scoundrels fol-
lowed the unsuspecting teacher. At
favorable opportunity Stirling lot the
iron bar come down with crash on
the skull Of Roy Wilson White The
man sank TO the sidewalk with n
groan. The big brute continued using
the iron bar until the face Of the VIC
tim was unacceptable, Then they
went through his clothes and got a
few dollars in money. ring, and n
gold watch. The assassins went 10 a
nearby lot and divided tho things The
watch was Perry's share OF the loot
Perry corroborated the confession
of every detail Stirling denied 1t until
the last but weakened within the
shadow OF the scaffold. All three were
tried, convicted and hanged.
Their arrest and conviction was a
Dig accomplishment Most people gave
the credit to James l. Donaghy. He
smiles, shakes his head and says IL
was simply good team work" on the
part Of the police.