Bridgeton pioneer., 1900-08-09

day but believe that the strong arm
of an assassin pushed the life TAX
ing blade to the heart.
The body and clothing, together
with all the trinkets in the pockets,
were taken in possession of the Off
GERS, and Coroner Hand caused a
jury to be empanelled, the following
gentlemen being selected: Harry
Lore, William Oliver W. Mason, L.
Burdsall, John Henderson and A.
Tomlinson. The jury viewed the
body and adjourned until Ang. 81,
when the inquest will be held.
Constable Lore boxed up the re-
mains of Trader and brought them
to this city where they are now in
his possession.
In the Grand Jury room of the
Court House Friday were un-
packed two small boxes. The un-
packing was done by Constable Frank
j. Lore. Wonderingly nearby stood
John Hand, the young man suspected
of numbering John Trader.
When the first box was opened the
Constable unwrapped from paper
the gruesome skull as exposed. Hand
drew back little, and then, with
pale face eagerly bent forward.
: want you to see an old friend of
yours, john" remarked Lore. "Does
that look like Trader?
eyes, little" replied Hand. He
did not know what he was saying.
He could not, for there was nothing
about the fleShless skull that indi-
Gated to whom it had belonged.
There was just little tuft of hair
upon the skull, it was light. and
that was all there could have been to
indicate that it was Trader.
Hand turned from the skull mo-
ment and asked, "When did you find
it Frank?"
'pll tell you in a minute,o re-
piled the officer. There Lore turned
to the other box. He lifted from it
a stained coat, and Hand said that
it had belonged to Trader. He recog-
nized large knife, pipe, some
keys and razor, and said they were
all the property of Trader.
He continued to gaze upon the stuff
in the box little while, and then
turning to Lore said with some en-
phasis, ''Well, Frank, I'm d glad
you found it,
Then Hand sat down in chair op-
posite the detective and listened to
graphic description of the finding of
the body, and was informed that
Trader had been stabbed to death.
He was unmoved, but took the great
est interest in the story.
After the narration was complete
Hand protested that he knew moth
ing OF the mystery, and declared
that he had not seen Trader since he
parted with him at ten o'clock on
the road leading from Port Elizabeth.
He admitted, calmly enough, that he
had made many misStatements about
the matter, but not because he was
guilty of crime. He declared that
he never had quarrel with Trader,
and that neither he nor Trader were
drunk upon the night of the tragedy.
He admitted that when he arrived at
the house of Charles Edwards at
midnight he did say that ~ have
had trouble enough tonight with
drunken man to last me lifetime" "
He explained this by saying that
when he left Gertie Baker. the wom-
an he lives with, he told her he was
to return early. When he got back
SO late he thought he would give her
a bluff about drunken man, and
keep her ''from raising the devil, !"
as he expressed it.
Three More in Custody
Friday Constable Dare and Sheriff
Hendee went down to Port Elizabeth
and Saturday morning returned
4 with three men who are committed
as witnesses in the case. They were
Daniel Hand, Wesley Cousins and
Joseph Madden. They are held as
witnesses. They are important in
this matter too.
Take Madden, for instance. He
was tending bar at Sharp's hotel
when Trader went there for drink on
the fatal night. Madden fixes the
time at about seven o'clock, maybe
little earlier. Madden tells
peculiar story, however. He saws
that Trader only bought a couple of
bottles of teer while Hand declares
that when Trader came home he had
a full pint bottle of whiskey. Then
Madden declares that day after the
tragedy he noticed Traders bicycle
in the road, and his hat back in the
woods. Even when people began to
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