New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-12-07
FELLOWS'S SLAYER TELLS.
CONFEssEs HOW HE MURDERED THE
sCARSDALE POSTMASTER

SAYS THAT SOME UNCOMFORTABLE IMPULSE
URGED HIM on TO THE KILLING
Edgar Burnz nineteen years old, who was locked
I'D at Police Headquarters early yesterday mot'"s
| on suspicion OF numbering Herbert +. feho"s'
station agent OF the Harlem Railroad, at scarsuae'
n. Y, Monday night, yesterday made con
fession to the police.
Burns was arrested little after O'Clock III
Madison Square Garden. while he was ioohhs a.
the bicycle race with a young woman named El'a
Smith. whom he had met an hour previous !" '"e
Bohemia Cafe, Tenderoin resort.
The following Is Burnz's confession. which was
made TO Captain McClusky In the presence oil De-
tective Sullivan:
Is Edgar Burnz am 3 Yark cy an" and
chelle but the postofice address is searsd a. "a
knew MI Te0w r sH TO thf e %as Waiting
the Dover h to 5sn down left Oa %e station
NTH M3tPe HIM T,h that m night at five minutes was
going to the city on the s for eSs
ana s asarq heard se Il whistle some uncomfortable de-
sirs came me- and don't know Why IL vas as
nash shot Sa hin in When Rs Pack Ss e gabbed
in his back pocket and took the satcheI from hi
hand and ran back o ard ' 6en s1aS the White Plains
Road toward Tuckahoe. and went into siIatterys
saloon threw the satche away taking the
money out OF lt-maybe ss5. That was all TOOK
out OF the satchel.
HIS ACTIONS AFTER THE MURDER.
then threw the satche away There were some me
ppocketbooR There was about $50 or S6 In the
lois ard left Tuckahoe on the ll:l5 and got 10
New York about Z o'clock at H Hst YORK n'' went
a @S@Ga{ n nssih MneH
to the bicycle race stayed ths ERE metroocyitan
Hotel and bed and got up at 40 yes1eTsSa{
shos cSmpan mnen IN %f"s
and bought pair Of inSe Kitchen and had some
thing to eat then went to No 81 East d Esh r. and
,bs2. Meni up to the Garden in
Square and was In there until ABOUT lE,iS rentv
eIebth-st' alone and from there l went TO n, the
Bohemia and in there met the woman was s wish;
match: We went over to the bicycle match ana
there Was a Gnscsns the weapon used belongs
II Is the Pistol pst sfd , tss' fom
it less than week ago s;S, s mad V with et this
replaced If the one shot him with was il Scar MT
dale Sunday night ,o sad no Tnngparemedaed
lived with my father and mother until MEEK ana
half ago Father and had ht''e a'"e'e"s'
6e6nd his Mr. sh PsHT' Snd
n ad Halo want you The thought never en-
tered my head. have made this , sIat thnt have
S unlimited crime n and am willing to take the
consequences. The money found upon me EeIo p.
! OF the money taken pS me ''"' "
bag and pocketbook. .,
Burnz was shown up before all the ue'eot'e'
OF the Central Office yesterday, ana MS pc'u,e
was taken also and he was measured uhaer ene
Bertillon system A little after 10 O'CLOCK ne W.
t.kan away from Police Headquarters by sheril
Molloy and Detective Humphreys, OF the Ne"
York Central Railroad. and Detective sullivan Vi
Captain McCluskys stan
Sheriff Molloy and Captain McClusky were a"eu
,tbtrh 20
his version OF the tragedy From beginning 10 emu
the expression on his face was the same ana ne
maintained a cool. nonchalant air
The news OF the capture was received early at
White Plains and Scarsdale, and many peopie
eocked to the station to get look at Burnz' know"
ing that he would come on one train OF ano.hei'
Tho marty arrived at White Plains at l2Zo o CLOCK
The station was surrounded by several hnndred
people all anxious to get the frst glimpse VI '"'
s,aver who was handcured to the Sheriff.
As they walked down to the jail. the crowd to'-
lowed and increased Men and women ran out Oh
,ras IN their excitement to see him. BurnZs
pedigree was taken. and he was then locked up IN
the upper tier, murderers' row
ASKED FOR CIGARETTES.
After dinner he was taken into the courthouse
where Coroner Birch read the warrant charging
him with numbering Fellows. He made no reply'
but asked for pack Of cigarettes About cioch
he was taken In a carriage by Sheriff Molloy ana
HIS IDENTITIES to the scene Of the crime. The blood
on the board walk marked the spot, and when
the Sheriff stopped and pointed II out Burnz
merely stared.
The inquest into the postmaster's death was De-
gun Yesterday afternoon at his nome. coroner
birch was assisted by George Clinton Andrews.
District Attorney for Westchester County. Fifteen
witnesses were examined.
Alfred Graf the neighbor who discovered the
diving man. was the first witness Richard w.
powers a conductor on the Harlem Railroad testi-
| eed TO having carried Burnz on his train from
Tuckahoe TO New-York on Monday night George
Wilson a trainman, corroborated his testimony
and told how BurnZ showed much money 20 MN
and urged him TO accompany him TO the bicycle
races Samuel Dederer told how Fellows left the
Of alton with Burnz and the circumstances or mark
ing bill while waiting for the irelght ne letters
, | "a ! and u D." were placed on 81 bill which
was given to Fellows, and was afterward founu III
. Another important witness was the young widow,
Mrs Katherine y. Herten. at whose home In
Arthur Manor. Burnz had been staying. Tears
rolled down her cheeks she began: After telling
ali she knew about the boy. she SAID that ne Iett
| her house on Monday evening, intending 70 TAKE
the SOL o'clock train for New York lie hau told
nor that his father had turned him out and that
he Was to work for SO a week at the Star Hotel. In
Twenty-eighthst., and that she would not see MIN
before next summer. because he would SCOT, go 70
Roston The inquest adjourned unti MONDAY
morning when further evidence will be obtained
GOING TO GRAND JURY AT ONCE.
Drs Magness Curtiss and Purdy. OF White
Plains performed the autopsy. which shows that
Fellows died from hemorrhages caused by gun
shot wound at the base OF the brain. Dlstrlct Az
orney Andrews will present the case to the Grand
Jury when II meets on Monday. The case Will then
probably be tried at the present term or the gu
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