KILLED CAPTAIN CARPENTER
THE SAILOR HENRY P. FRANK ARRESTED
HE SAYS HE DID NOT GO ON THE SCITOONER—RIVER THIEVS SUGGESTED.
Henry P. Frank, who, It was thought, had murdered Captain Carpenter, of
the schooner Long Island, off Glen Cove have Saturday or Sunday morning, was
arrested yesterday and taken to the Seventh Precinct Police Station in
Brooklyn. He told the police that he did not sail In the vessel from Jay St.
This makes the police begin to think that if the captain was really murdered
It must have been by pirates or river thieves. James Carpenter, of Sea
Cliff, the owner of the schooner, said yesterday that the man (Frank) had been
employed on the vessel only about three months, and that the captain said a
short time ago that he was afraid of him and would. discharge him. When
the captain. sailed from Now-York on Saturday afternoon be had $100. The
place where the schooner was found: on Sunday morning is about three miles from
Sea Cliff and nobody unacquainted with the shore at that point and the
handling of boats could have brought her there without her being Injured of his
schooner as he passed Fort Schuyler at 5 Saturday evening.
Captain L. Carpenter, of Glen cove, a brother of the murdered man, said
that no one man would have dared to assault his brother, who was six feet
high and weighed 200 pounds. " Early Sunday morning," he continued " two
strange men were seen passing through the village of Glen Cove and going toward
the railroad depot"
The news of Frank's arrest at Greenpoint yesterday drew a large crowd of
people to the railway station who expected to see the prisoner. Among them
was C Carpenter, the murdered man Father, who is eighty years old. The
captain's trunk, which was found in the schooner's cabin, was locked when found,
and the detectives have placed boards over the blood stains on the
vessel's hull. When the discovery was first made the blood marks were dry and the
fire in the galley stove had only just been put out. The captain's wife,
father and four brothers live in Brooklyn and they have all followed a
sea-faring life.
It is thought by Glen Cove people that Carpenter was watched by thieves
Who saw him leave this city alone and that they followed him, boarded the
vessel, killed him and then threw his body overboard. A sharp watch Is being
kept along the shore, and a reward will be offered for the finding of the
body.
Frank, who is suspected of the murder, was arrested by Detective Doulin
and Ayres yesterday morning at his mother's house. No. 811 Humboldt St.,
Williamsburg. He was asleep In bed, when Detective Doulin shook him and said "
You're wanted for having murdered a man." “What exclaimed Frank jumping up
in a hair stupid way.
" Has Tom given me away 1" He was nervous and excited and when he grew
more composed he said that ho was paid off on Friday and went to the pier at
Jay- St. on Saturday, when be saw the Captain take the schooner up atone. He
then returned, he says, to his mother's house at Greenpoint. After this
statement Frank was locked up In the police station. His mother said to the
detectives that he was a bad man and that this was no the first accusation
upon which he had been in trouble.
Coles A. Carpenter, a cousin of the murdered man, has organized parties
both at Glen Cove and Coney Island who will explore the rivers and see if
there is anything in the theory that river thieves committed the murder.
When Frank was brought before Justice Nacher, previous to being committed
to jail he looked fret-fallen.
He is of medium height, slender and not more than twenty-six years old. On
seeing Coles A. Carpenter he turned pale but recovering himself quickly
and in response to Mr. Carpenters observation : “ Do you know me ?'Yes,
certainly," and offered to shake hands with him. He waived examination and was
taken t the Raymond Street Jail, his mother and sister crying and embracing
him as he left the court.
Above article taken from New York Tribune
Tuesday November 23, 1886