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LOOKS BAD FOR PHILLIPS(The Frank Paper.)riicic have been numerous deVelup-iiii'iiIs in tin- mysterious Hlairn)(‘ire murder cast* timing the week. 'I'he must import am arc that the police haw practically abandoned the idea that Sain Sine, the Chinese cook arrested on suspicion, was the murderer and have turned to another .suspect as being the most pu.|,ib)e per-| rat or of the deed. This iuli, idu.ii is one Mike Phillips, a Polish nuret,who lt*fI Krank tin* day after the murder under circumstances vl.ichare at least suspicious. The police think they have at least a fairlv ■strong circumstantial case against Phillips and are spending even effort lo loeate him.The eook Sing informed the police that Phillips was the last man h saw at the resort of Monte Lewis, that he had been there four night •» preceding the murder, and was there the night on which it was committed It lias been learned that Phillips haii spent _ something like $100 in the woman's place and was “about allin,” as she herself expressed it, the day before she was killed. Tt has also been learned that the womanhad a considerable sum of moneyabout her two days before the murder and the theory now held is that Phillips quarrelled with the woman and either killed her for the monev or killed her in rage and later tookthe money.Phillips had been hatching in one shack, Imt the night before he left did not stay there, instead, he slept in an unoccupied shack and left the next day without drawing $10 pay ho had coming front the Coal company. Many other circumstances direct suspicion to Phillips.Following is the description of Phillips: Nationality. Pole; speaks good Nnglisli; a feet 8 or lt;) inches tall; weight, about 150 lt;r ICO pounds, was clean shaven, dark hair and eyes, big nose, thick tips, i.pper being thicker than lower, full face, square cheeks and square build; wore a dark suit of clothes, almost black with a red thread running through the cloth; wore a peak cap and a black shirt without tie, is fond of drink and quarrelsome when drunk.The cook Sing has his hearing today. He will likely he discharged.
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Cranbrook Herald
Cranbrook, British Columbia, CA
Thu, Dec 05, 1907
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