The sun., 1919-08-05
MITCHELL SEIZED IN
SHAW MURDER CASE
r,n Of Tanner Smith Offer
Alibi for Friend Of Slain
Ex-Gangster.
ANOTHER ARREST MADE
widow of Man Shot Down in
Heboken Is Held by Police
as Material Witness.

patrick Mitchell, intimate friend OF
r.,rsr Smith and Robert Shaw, both
:, rnom were murdered last week. was
.,r.s,ed on a warrant from New Jersey
..,.raay afternoon and locked up In
n.u,s Headquarters here charged with
,nrraer OF Shaw. Mitchell's defence
,,u be an abb which the Smith family
- thew will establish for him.
IN. New Jersey authorities swore out
a.. warrant and sent 1t to New YORK
LAT. In the afternoon. 1t alleged tnet
,c,on.u shot and killed Robert Shaw
A Thursday night about 10 o'clock In
~. ,,rsets of Hoboken. At the time OF
a.. murder Of Shaw, Mitchell was In the
t.r,s Of Tanner Smith. according to the
..,osrtsa statement of Tanners aged
.,o,hsr his two sisters, Nellie and Lizzie;
n,s sancee. I,ottie Train. and his younger
brother. Patrick Smith. They said that
~.r,a,ned in their home from little
49, ~ O'clock until 1880 or there
.hou,s and that none Of them knew OF
~. shaw murder until they read 1t In
49, naper the next morning. Mitchell
"a that after leaving the Smith home
:. vent TO another friends, who viii
Also testify for him.
peter Mcdonald, aged n years, a
hssf handler. also was arrested ana
heh on a New Jersey warrant charging
Mn, with the murder of Robert Shaw
"a the shooting and wounding OF
caorra Lewis. Detective MCGEE found
~, IN Tenth avenue near Forty-eighth
s,rast late last night He was locked
rn IN the West Twentieth street station
snd will be held for the Hoboken au-
thorities The warrant was signed by
Recorder Carsten.
Police Theories of Crime.
Ths police assumption is that Tanner
Smiths friend, Robert Shaw, and his
companion, George Lewis. both shot him
10 death a week ago Saturday night ss
n sat In q game of cards in the Mar
rnai Club on Eighth avenue. After
tanners funeral, they further assume
that a number Of his friends. included
among them Mitchell. got into an au-
tomobile and went cunning for Shaw and
Lewis. They were found in Hoboken
where they were shot down by men In
an automobile Thursday night at ~
o'clock Shaw was killed instantly, but
Lewis was only wounded. He Is now
recovering In Christ's Hospital. Jersey
CITY. where he Is under police guard
awaiting the time that he may be locked
M on the charge of numbering Tanner
Smith.
Lewis, II he fights against returning
to this city, will be extradited from New
Jersey, as will Mitchell from New Yorl
for the Jersey authorities Shaw's wifi
fshore Is the real name but little used)
Who has been held in Police Headquarter'
In Hoboken as a material Witness. wal
released on $500 bail yesterday. Sh'
attended the funeral services OF her hus
band held in his fathers home. II:
Tenth avenue.
Mrs Shaw was arrested last nigh
and held as a material witness.
Costello Brothers Set Free.
James and Peter Costello. brothers
whom the Hoboken police arrested a
material witnesses for the shooting o
Shaw and Lewis, were discharged b.
Recorder Carsten when they were ar
raigned in his court yesterday. He sail
there was no evidence to show tina
either knew anything about the shooting
Joseph Mcdonnell. or Mcdonald, VIII
also was arrested following the shooting
and detained as a material witness, vii
be rearraigned tomorrow when. the 20
lice say. they will produce a witness VIII
heard Mcdonald say. "A New Yor
gangs after me for squealing."
Mitchell was arrested after he AZ
peared before Judge Wadhams to ar
sver to a charge of grand larceny In cor
nection with the theft of $3S.000 wort
OF Liberty bonds that later were foun
hidden In chimney on the lower Wes
Side. The case had been advanced o
the calendar. When Mitchell appeare
the case was adjourned and he wa
taken with his attorney to the Distri,
Attorneys office. where he was arreste
and taken to Police Headquarters.