The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1908-12-30
Most Mysterious Murder Mystery in Phiadephas History

" Travelled up the state in search OF
Miss Gray. BY a certain humorous ana
vet grotesque coincidence, the hand'
organs at that time were 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 END
of the thoroughfare, struck up GOOD
bye, Dolly Gray, I'm going to leave
you," with vehemence that threat
ened to turn an unusually Affecting
tragedy into a roaring farce. Dolly,
however, who weighed 300 pounds.
calmly washed her hands of Stirling
and declined to assist in proving MS
alibi.
On the very day Of lvory's arrest,
Donaghy had taken him to the scene
of the murder. The street where the
body was found was a little-traveleo
thoroughfare 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 stenciled.
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
had served all three of the men on
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 surrounded him at point
five or six blocks from where the
White crime was committed. They
did not use violence toward him, sim
ply, as he put it, "acted suspiciously.
He managed to elude them, however
and thought no more of the incid-~s.
until he read of the arrest of the me-
groes in connection with the murder
of Prof. White.
Within three weeks after the MUIR
der Ivory broke down and confessed
everything. He said that Perry. Stirl-
ing and himself had met at the Buff
falo Bill show that afternoon and, COM
pairing notes, had resolved to get
money at any cost. They crossed the
Girard avenue bridge and went along
the river drive until they came to
Thirty street. They had intend
ed assaulting Lutz, the gardener, but
when he ran away they were too in
dolent to follow him. They little
dreamed that the man had nearly a
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
!. first prosperous-looking man they
, met. Several persons were permitted
I to pass unmolested. At last Prof.
. White was seen coming along the
2 dark street, Stirling turned to the
1 Others
n There's a guy looks as If he had
n money"
n They agreed with him, and the
t three black-hearted scoundrels fol
d lowed the unsuspecting teacher At q
e favorable opportunity Stirling let the
:. iron bar come down with a crash on
e the skull of Roy Wilson White. The
man sank to the sidewalk with 6
d groan. The big brute continued using
g the iron bar until the face of the vic
It tim was unacceptable. Then they
l. went through his clothes and got {
8 few dollars in money, a ring, and I
d gold watch. The assassins went to ;
nearby lot and divided the things. Thu
IS watch was Perry's share of the loot
Perry corroborated the confession
e of every detail. Stirling denied 1t unit
Al the last but weakened within tn
10 shadow of the scaffold. All three We {
n tried, convicted and hanged.
10 Their arrest and conviction was
s. big accomplishment. Most people eave
g, the credit to James I. Tonagny. NJ
ID smiles, shakes his head and says
% was simply good "team work. on tn
le part of the police