Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-02-09

resist picking it up and going through
the pages than a moth can avoid the
flame. The murderers evidently had not
the slightest curiosity toward the little
work in the green bag.
The detectives summary. therefore
was that the crime had been committed
by two or three men: that they were
negroes; that they were brutal and unedu-
Gated, apd that the motive was money.
How near he was correct shall presently
be seen.
The murder occurred on Saturday night
Between that time and Sunday morning
the 30 detectives and 1000 policemen-and
Donaghy-had been industrious. AS the
church bells were calling the people to
worship the officers began to bring in
colored men from all parts of the city
They came from north and south, from
east and west. They came singly, they
came in pairs they came in squads. and
when the chief finally counted his prison
ers he found that he had 135 co,ored men
all suspected of the murder of Prof
and the big fish had slipped through the
net?
Ralph Hartman the youth, was on hand
to assist in the Identification. He was in
a separate room and did not see the pris-
oners as they were brought in the city
hall. The authorities were keyed up to
a high pitch. Everything depended on
the experiment they were about to make.
If it failed they would be all at sea, and
the ends of justice defeated.
When the last of the prisoners had
been brought In the work of elimination
began Donaghy and McKenty were in
trusted with this delicate task Some of
the suspects were obviously out of the
question. For instance, mulattoes were
set aside. So were several One-eyed per-
sons. So was a lame man. And the
work kept on until the list of possibili-
ties was reduced to sixteen.
These sixteen were lined up with their
hats on and young Hartman was brought
into the ROOM 1t was motley gathering.
Probab bly, sixteen uglier men had never
been assembled before. They looked
brutal and al of them seemed capable of
murder. Could the boy tell one from the
other. Could he identify the man who
bad spoken to him the night before
Would he he confused. Would the crowd
puzzle him?
Ralph" said Donaghy. point out the
man who spoke to you on 32d street last
hight"
The boy looked over the row of negroes
fearlessly. His glance lighted on one and
then another. Everybody in the room fe.t
the strain. He was silent-silent for what
eSmeu 10 many minutes, out Wnat In
r-ality. was. only seconds. Presently he
vent over and touched a burly negro on
he shoulder.
That's the man."
The fellow indicated gave a shudder and
oiled his eyes, All Of the others In the
line heaved a sigh of relief. The marked
man began to protest.
Deed. / amt done nuthin."
Who said you did anything?" asked the
detective sharply.
The man proved to be Henry Ivory
He had been arrested at daylight on the
railroad near Germantown Junction. He
-as subjected to severe cross-examina-
on. and finally admitted being near the
,'ow elton avenue station the night before.
nd even acknowledged speaking to Hart
1an. but protested vahemently that he
ad nothing to do with the murder of
'rOf! White.
Ivory was short in stature. with skin as
lack anthracite coal and very repul-
i've features CriminolOgists pronounced
i'm to be the lowest type of the unedu-
lted negro. The detectives resorted to
very device known to the profession to
orce "A confession from the man. Finally.
.lfter an hour of the sweating he burt
ed out:
Wei. | done told you I was there, but
it wasn't me that struck the blow
He was put in a cell and Donaghy and
his associates started out for more evil
dence. They obtained a description of
the watch that had been stolen from Prof.
White The number of the case was
39S75. and that of the movement 31593S.
These numbers were telegraphed to every
and every matchmaker in the
city.
The response came much sooner than
was anticipated. A negro named Buddy
Brown was arrested while trying to
pledge the watch with pawnbroker in
West Philadelphia. Brown said the watch
was not his, but belonged to Il man who
had a room in his mothers house He
had only lived there few DAYS and had