Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-11-25
KNEW ABOUT CRIME
Friend of Lewis Sought in New
York Trunk Case.
HAD LIVED WITH WAITER
Police Think He Caused Flight of
Latter on Wedding Day.
WAS EXPERT GLASS CUTTER
Detectives Make No Progress in
Solving Mystery of Murder of
t. French Artist.
HAD LIVED WITH WAITER
WAS EXPERT GLASS CUTTER

NEW YORK, November 25.-Whi!e the
police are bunting William Lewis as the
murderer of Albert Caller, the French
artist. whose body was found week ago
! sealed in a trunk in the cellar at No. 453
West 54th street. the mystery will not be
solved until countryman of the victim,
who was also friendly with Lewis, shall
have been found. This man. the detec-
| tives believe, was responsible for the dis
appearance of Lewis the day he was to
have married Ellen Enright, trained
nurse.
This friend of Caller was known in
French boarding houses as Henri
DAnarc. an expert glass cutter and
painter. He is said by the detectievs 10
have become acquainted with Caller and
Lewis when they were employed by Alex
ander McCrae of No. Patchin place.
McCrae died five months ago in Roosevelt
Hospital Persons who knew the man
wanted to explain the murder of Caller
say he lived In poverty in 1872. but
seemed we'll supplied with money two
years later.
Caller mentioned the name of DAnarc
to All artist who became acquainted with
Caller in Paris some time before he came
to America. The two Frenchmen and
avenue, the Bronx, and later Lewis ana
Caller moved to No. 40 West sd
street, where they rented furnished rooms
from Mrs. Emil Alexander. AT the close
Of the summer of 1902 Caller disappeared
and DAnarc was not seen in the neigh
borhOod thereafter.
Waiter Suddenly Vanished.
After the disappearance of Caller
Lewis moved to four places in two years
and then settled at the home Of Charles
Cloudsley, No pa West 10Th street. 1t
was in this place that D'Aharc found
Lewis on the day Lewis was to be mar
ried. The waiter disappeared at O'Clock
the afternoon of January. IL, 1893. TAX
ing with him only suit case ana q
change of clothing. 1t is believed he
pawned the suit case with his dress suit.
Inspector Russell refused yesterday to
issue any statement in connection with
the search for the man called DAnarc,
but it was declared by one of the detec-
tiveS at work on the murder case that
the foreigner who for some years was Cal
lier's chum is the most important wit
ness sought.
1t has been esta blisheti that the motive
for the murder was robbery. as Caller
showed to a friend money order for
so, COO sent by Rene Caller. his brother.
who owned mines in Sierra Leone, West
Africa. Caller also showed this friend
check and a ticket for Havre, France.
He had relatives in Normandy and in
tended to return there.
At that time Caller spoke to this
friend of D'Arnac and Lewis. and told
him of the life they had led in the
Bronx cottage. He promised to visit his
slain and packed in his own trunk, the
police believe.
Theory of Detectives.
The detectives theory is that while
Lewis was hiding the traces of his crime
at time when Mrs. Alexander was oc-
cHpying her summer home in the country,
D'Arnac visited his room and surprised
the waiter in the act of packing news
papers around the zinc casket. While
the crime is believed to have Melted the
murderer $4,000, Lewis late in the sum-
mer of 1902 was short of funds, and in
the fall of 1904. when he left the Clouds
leys the day set for his wedding. he
owed so for lodgings. At the Meaghers
Lewis was without d dollar, and after
he left their house he borrowed s. from
a former friend. This was just before
he disappeared.
In 1908 Lewis was introduced to Miss
Enright, The sister of the Brooklyn ply
stefan. He learned she was well supplied
with money. Two days before the date
set for the wedding Lewis ordered a CAKE
Church, Madison avenue and 12.,th street,
to confession. This was preparatory to
the wedding.
Lewis had no idea, the police say, OF
deserving his 1iancee until the man who
shared the murder secret sent him a let
ter. which SO far unnerved the waiter
that Mr.. and Mrs. Cloudsley had to aid
him in packing his suit case. That after
noon Lewis either met D'Anarc the
police believe, and failed to settle with
him, or decided to flee. He made no ef-
fort to get the trunks he had left with
Miss Enright.
To Set Date for Inquest.
A date will be set this week for the
coroner's inquest, at which it is expected
that Lewis will be formally charged with
murder. The detectives refused yester-
day to say what accusation, IL any, will
be made against the man who was friend
ly with Lewis. The police of Paris have
been asked to get the full history of Cal
lier and the man who claimed to be his
countryman in Normandy.
To S. a. Steele, supervisor of the
Bloomingdale Hospital Insane Asylum at