The sun., 1900-01-24
two Chester suspects to warrant an ar

two Chester suspects to warrant an ar
rest being made.
The officers and prosecuting attorney
are weaving web of evidence around
one or two residents of Chester, who are
we'll acquainted with the Delaware and
New Jersey confines of the Delaware
river.
The skiff belonging to Bonsal Ladomus
and stolen from the Alpha boat house,
and for the theft of which James Pierce,
fisherman and duck hunter of Chester is
under arrest, promises to form an i'm
portant link in the chain of circumstan-
tia evidence against the murderer or
murderers of George B. Eyre. z erce
has already admitted having had the
akiff in his possession and also acknoW-
lodges having TUNED it adrift on the day
following young Eyre's Disappearance.
1t has come to light that large spla h
OF human blood about the size Of mans
hand has been discovered upon the stern
OF the Ladomus skiff. Pierce says that
it is ducks blood, while expert chemists
saw that it is the blood OF mammal and
probably that OF man.
A woman has been found, it is said,
who declares that she saw two men in a
boat with Eyre on the morning OF De-
cember 81, since which date EprS's dis
appearance dates.
Eyre Was With Pierce.
There are several witnesses who can
prove that two men were in the CUNNING
ekiff that pulled out from the Alpha
boat house on the morning of December
2l-the day Eyre disappeared. Other
witnesses assert that Eyre was looking
for James Pierce, he Chester duck
hunter, shortly before he started on his
trip. Still others declare that Pierce
inquired for Eyre early in the morning.
Eyre told Sadie Pancoast the day be,
fore he was murdered that he intended
to 90 duck hunting with James Pierce
the following day. Two women OF Ches
ter declare that they saw Eyre. ane
Pierce walking in the direction OF th'
Alpha boat house on the morning ot De
cember 2l.
The investigation of these statement
and the theft of Bonsal =. Ladomus
skiff. with which Pierce is charged, hav
led 10 MANY rumors. The report wa
current late last night that Pierce hat
left Chester lie was not at his hom
and could not be found. Chief Berry
however. said the rumor was un
founded.
Point by point case is being butit VI
,acainst we'll known characters. II is a
oijen secret upon the streets OF Cneste
who the two suspected men are.
lie is said that when the boat contain
ing two men left the Alpha boat hous
on the morning Of December Il one o
the men stood up in the boat and loade
two breach-lcadIng guns, while the otne
sat in the stern and sculled the boat VII
an oar. Another person, whose name
withheld, declares that after the date
Eyre's Disappearance this same s1spec
showed him rng containing a damon
with red stone ON either side OF IL an
said:
''Here's ring which was given to N
Inv nv sister and it is worth $3.50.
This ring in every way fits the descrll
tion OF the one which Eyre wore an
!, which had formerly bee. the proper
OF the latter's father.
George Thomas, an a'tache oil I'll
Washington Hotel, asserts that one
the suspected men came into 'he paf
that hotel the afternoon Of December :
with package un6et his arm, lhon'
asked him its contents, and he reph'
that it contained ducks, which he III
shot along the Jersey shore the prect
ing night. When Chiet Berry question,
the same man about this package he q
CLARE, IL contained nInG1w shades, WI
to st.I. another person hs volunteer