Evening star., 1886-12-02
Emma PearsOn.S Murder.
THE swEDE ARRESTED ON SUsPICIoN--DIFFICULTY
SOLVE THE MYSTERY

THE SWEDE ARRESTED ON SUSPICION--DIFFICULTY TO
SOLVE MYSTERY.
Since the finding of the body OF Miss Emma Pear
son, the beautiful Swede girl, in the woods near
Providence, X. L. four weeks ago. an account of
| which was published in THE STAR, detectives have
been busy endeavoing to ferret out the perpetrator
of the crime The girl had been stranglcd the
| marks on her neck bearing the imprint5 Of the
fingers of tn" assassin. James Andersen, the
Swede arrested last sunday, and the murdered
girl were acquainted. On the fatal sunday that
Emma pearson started To walk to Pontiac. Ander-
sens wife was not al home. In his examination
Monday before The coroner he accounted FOR the
time that Sunday afternoon until = 80 O'Clock
WAen there was an hour which he can only ac-
count for by saying that he lay down on a lounge
or bed. This covers the period when the girl was
in the nelghborno0d Of The house Andersen ap-
peared at irot unable to understand what the
coroner said and had to talk through the aid of
the interpreter; but soon he forgot himself, and
When the coroner would put question to the in
terpretcr Andersen would answer it promptly,
anu in such a way rs 30 prove tnat he not only
understood, but could speak English. Th1s sur
pris1d Coroner Greene, but Andersen denied ali
knowledge OF the whereab0ut OF the girl on the
day OF the tragedy, the inquiry was suspended for
the line being.
on Lie day the body was discovered Andersen
joined in the search for the remains, pretended
to. He went with Que party OF lntn to the pond
and remained on the shore until he water was
dragged. He then caine back towards his home and
accompanied the men ii the search i'll the woods
near The foJd leading off 10 the lett ana back OF
the Elizabeth mill. when th. party turned To-
wards his houS" and were about 10 enter The small
patch Vi woods lii which III" body was found An
dcr-en clai!a1d t. have been suddenly attacked
Wtth tOothache and cramps ia Ills stomach, and
went lnJo his house Jew minutes. Later the
BODY was discovered within four hundred feet OF
MS house, out he did Not 90 out TO learn where il
liO been iyIng, what condition II was in, and how
death was cdt4oeti. lie was ;o&ei why tie did hot
go oo'. and ha lld tnat it Gu NOT interest him,
he Knew nothing about the girl. This was The
lf!St point brought aganSv ;liHi: the second WAS
Ills Illness weeh ago, when he Led the villagers TO
lnlui, that he had been seized wish hycrulIhouia
or Insanity. 1he next WdS iII iidna1o,I!'o dtci-
Fa(l0n tlat the man wa, hot iil with either OF
tAes' disorders anu had none OF the SYMPTOM. OF
Che di1"ioe-, and the last was The tracing OF the
girl within haiiing distance of his house.
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way construction company for the c0notruc! ion OF
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None OF the interest on Reading railroad Securi-
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