The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1909-01-01

Prof. White.
Ivory was short in stature, with
skin as black as anthracite coal, and
very repulsive features. Criminolo-
gists pronounced him to be the low
est type of the uneducated negro.
The detectives resorted to every
device known to the profession to
force confession from the man.
Finally, after an hour of the sweat
ing" he blurted out:
Well | done told you | was there,
but it wasn't me that struck the blow.
He was put in cell and Donaghy
and his associates started out for more
evidence. They obtained a descrip-
ton of the watch that had been stolen
from Prof. White The number OF the
case was 1885, and that of the move
ment 9l5,93S. These numbers were
photographed to every pawnbroker 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
a pawnbroker in West Philadelphia.
Brown said the watch was not his,
but belonged to man who had a
room in his mothers house. He had
only lived there a few days and had
given Buddy the watch to pawn
for him.
The strange negro was promptly To-
Gated and arrested He proved to be
William Perry of Georgia. Perry was
not very communicative at first, but
| finally admitted that he was in the
| neighbOrhOod of ThirtysecOnd street
on the night of the murder He said
! that third man had been in his com
pany. These admissions, while impor'
tant, We're not conclusive. There were
still links to be fitted in the chain.
At this period of the Investigation a
new character came on the scene in
the person of John Leary, an employe
of the city water works. He had been
reading a great deal about the murder
and he felt impelled to step forward
and give his own experience on the
night of the murder. He had quit
work at midnight and was crossing
the Girard avenue bridge when he me-
two colored men. They stopped, ant
one of them asked him for match
One of these men answered the de
scription of Ivory. Perry he did no
recognize.
While the authorities were browsing
over the evidence they had on hand
they received word that number o
suspicious-looking negroes who ha
been picked up on the railroad nea
Trenton were now in the Mercer cour
ty workhouse. Donaghy and Nj
Kenty determined to go to the Ne'
Jersey capital and look at the mel
They took young Hartman and Lear
with them for purposes of identific;
ton. The colored men were lined u
in the workhouSe just as they had bee
in the city hall in Philadelphia. On
of the negroes was tall, shamblin
fellow. He was stoop-shouldered an
knock-kneed, and otherwise lacking
symmetrical beauty. Both Hartma
and Leary Immediately picked hi
out as one of the men they had MT
on the night of the tragedy. He hs
given the Trenton authorities Il
name of William Fields, but afte
wards admitted that his right nan
was Amos Stirling.
Stirling was taken from the line al
brought into private room. Here
was stripped, and it was found tn
his underclothes were covered with h
man blood. When his attention vi
called to this damaging fact, he sa
unconcernedly:
ooh, that's nothing; my nose W
bleeding
Stirling was not in the state Whe
the crime was committed. Hence leg
formalities were necessary before
could be taken to Philadelphia DC
aghy made an attempt to break t
lie record in the matter of requisitiol
He took a special train to Harrlsbu
ut went to the executive mansion a
y roused Gov. Stone from sound sic
in order to get his signature on
Of papers. From Harrisburg he b
ed tened back to Trenton, only to II
ly that some over-willing lawyer h
as filed an objection to the removal
be the prisoner. Although trivial, it to
", several hours to overcome. But
mt spite of all the obstacles, Donae
on complied with all the formalities a
had his prisoner in the Philadelp
city hall in just 80 hours.
er Three prisoners were now in c
rs tody. Could they be proven gull
he Two were silent. Stirling loudly
tested his innocence. He said tina
he were free he could prove an al
ad I'm Free" rejoined Donaghy, Z
if you'll give me the names of y
~ witnesses. I'll work it out for you.
on it's any good, Ill be the first to
nc NIT it.
nv, .o,o Gpo1Iy caid that