The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-08-25
NOT killed UNTIL
AFTER | O'CLOCK.
Latest Developments in the Scharn
Murder Case Tend to Strengthen
the Defence of Young Scharn.

|, Indictment for burglary found against
him on Thursday.
He was again taken to the Tombs. and
later was arraigned before Judge Nc
Mahon In the court OF general sessions.
Through Emanuel Friend, his counsel.
he pleaded not guilty. Demand was made
for the fixing of bail. Assistant District
Attorney OReilly then made statement
to the court in which he said that the po-
lice had evidence against Scharn which
they were not prepared TO disclose. He
thought that by Tuesday the district at
torney's office would be In position to
make a complaint against him OF murder
in the first degree. and hence he thought
the bail should be high enough to make
certain OF the prisoner presence.
Judge Mcmahon, against the protest OF
Friend, said that in View OF the circum-
stances he would make the bail substan-
tial and that he would fix the amount Ia
ter.
Mr.. O'Reiliy's statement that the police
mad evidence which they had not disclos-
ed is considered to be an exaggeration.
When acting District Attorney Mcintyre
was Informed OF what O'Reilly had said
he remarked: II won't stand for that. The
district attorneys office Is at work on
the case in conjunction with the police,
but cannot speak for the action Of the
grand jury"
MAY DO A GREAT DEAL.
When Inspector Harley was asked'if he
would have evidence enough to make a
charge of murder against Scharn by
Tuesday, he said:
81 don't know There are three work.
ing days between now and then. and we
may be able TO do great deal.
This was taken to mean that the police
hope to have a case, but they haven't
rrt. atr w
came to Scharn's case, yesterday. was
the bolstering up of the testimony of Ed
ward Murphy the grocer's boy. who sold
Kate Sharn the pears at about $50
o'clock, on Saturday evening
The police had about made up their
minds to believe that Murphy was mis-
taken, and that II was Friday, not Sat
urday evening, when the pears were sold,
when another witness was found. He is
William Rotanz. the driver of Grocer
Reynolds delivery wagon. Ut
He was in front of the store on Satur-
day evening, and saw the girl pick the
pears from the box on the sidewalk and
take them inside. when she bought them.
He knows II was Saturday night. he
says, for that is the only night he works
late. This seems to clinch the fact that
Kate Scharn was not killed in the after
noon. but some time after o'clock In
the evening.
The testimony Is especially strong when
taken in conjunction with that about the
removal of the portieres from the line.
which two witnesses aver happened after
o'clock. And. as was shown in. yester-
day,if Kate Scharn was alive at O'Clock
her brother cannot be proven to have
killed her without breaking the alibi es-
tablished for him by the Kubin family
and Of this the police have no hope, as
yet.
DISAPPEARANCE OF PEARS.
Great stress has been laid on the dis
appearance of the pears, which the
Scharn girl bought. No traces of them
were found I'm the room, nor did Or. DON
lin. when he made the autopsy. find that
she had eaten them. II is pointed out.
however, that many persons were about
the room after the murder before the po-
lice realized that the pear incident was
OF any Importance.
There was the Scharn boy. Mrs. Law
lor, Mrs. Curley. Mr.. TAYLOR. the ambu-
lance surgeon, various neighbors, and no
one knows how many policemen. Young
Scharn cooked and ate his breakfast In
the nat Sunday morning. II was not un-
til Tuesday that the pears became i'm
portant. and then no trace of them could
be found.