Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1900-01-24
Funeral of the Murdered Chester
Man Took Place This
Afternoon.
IMPORTANT CLUE DISCOVERED
JOHN WAY. or MARCUS HOOK
SAYS HE SAW JIM PIERCE ON
A DARBY CAR, WEARING a
HANDSOME DIAMOND RING
HAD PLENTY OF MONEY.

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Chester. Jan. 24-Speculation as to-
the circumstances surrounding the muir
der of George b. Eyre has practically
ceased. 1t is the commonly accepted
theory that two men participated in
the horrible butchery of the young
clubman, and it is expected that sus-
poets will be taken into custody to-
day.
Chief Berry. District Attorney Smith
and ex-District Attorney Schaeffer last
night wrung from the lips OF John
Way, OF Marcus Hook, a verification of
a story attributed to him that he had
met James Pierce on a Darby trolley
car on December %. we'll supplied with
money and wearing ring answering
the description Of one that belonged to
Eyre. Way admitted reluctantly that
he had met Pierce under the circum-
stances described. In paying his fare,
Way said, Pierce handed the conductor
IS bill. Way asked him where he
got so much money, and Pierce replied,
he says to the effect that 1t was the
proceeds Of a duck hunt.
Way says he also asked where he
got the ring, and that Pierce said it
was given to him by his sister. The
value of the ring was placed at $3.50
Ways statement was not obtained
without some effort on the part OF
CHEZ Berry and the two lawyers. Way
intimated very strongly that he did not
want to say anything that might get
Pierce into trouble.
District Attorney Smith, after his in
terview, with Way, was asked as to
when an arrest might be made. We
are doing everything in our power" he
said, but we are not ready for an ar
rest. We are making the most thor
ough and exhaustive investigation, and
when everything is ready we will act,
but not before we have sufficient to
Justify such course. Everything in
our power shall be done to bring to
justice the guilty parties
THE FUNERAL TODAY.
All that was mortal of the stalwart,
companionable fellow who was known
in life as George B. Eyre, and who per-
ished so miserably at the hands OF an
assassin somewhere on the waters Of
the Delaware river month ago, will
find sepulture in the burial lot OF the
Eyre family at Chester Rural Gene
terry, on Edgemont avenue, this after
noon.
1t was the wish Of the relatives
that the occasion should be devoid OF
any display, but they gave way so far
as to assent to the participation Of the
organizations, social beneficial and
military, with which Eyre had been
connected in his lifetime. The pail
bearers were Colonel William G. Price
Jr., Eyre's uncle, who has taken an
active interest in the search for the
missing man; John r.. Mowery and
Melville James, representing the Ches-
ter Lodge OF the Brotherhood Of Elks;
w. d. r. and c., of the Hanley Hose
Company, and Ralph C. Scotney and S
d. Clyde, from the Alpha Boat Club
from which Eyre departed on his fata
cunning expedition. The funeral ser
vices were conducted at the house o.
Mrs. Eyre, the mother. at Seventh ant
Barclay streets, by Rev. F. M. Taitt
rector of st. Pauls Protestant Episco
pal Church.
CHIEF BERRY DISAPPOINTED.
Chief OF Police Berry, who made
trim to Philadelphia for the purpose o
Interviewing the mysterious "A. J. r.,
who had sent him previous letters, di'
not hesitate to express his disgust a
having been deceived into undertaking
a wild goose chase by a clairvoyant'
drivel. He had counted so confidentl,
upon being able to strike tangibl
clue which would lead up to an i'm
portant development that the reaction
following an interview with the femal
correspondent, Mrs. Alice J. Ryan, me
dium, was too much for his good ma
ture.
He dismissed the whole matter fror
his mind as belonging to the crank
category, and he returned to his orig
nal line of investigation.
Chief Berry said yesterday that 1t
true that the analysis Of the bloc
stains found upon certain portions {
the woodwork of the craft known g
the Ladomus skiff which was allege
to have been stolen from the Alph
Clubs boathouse by James Pierce, ha
shown that they were those of a huma
being and not OF duck, as Pierce
alleged to have declared they were.
said the report of the microscopic hf
been placed in the hands of the al
thorities yesterday Its significance r
mained to be demonstrated.
He said that as soon as he saw the
blood stains on the Ladomus ski
when It was found adrift near Il
Alpha boathouse a month ago a shu
der OF horror went through him, g
though he had tried to make light
them. Something, he said, had to
him they were made by human bloc
NJ and since then his surmise had prov
correct. He declined to give the mar
of the expert who had examined I
blood corpuscles
Inquiry was made at the loan off
3B of Nathan Levy this morning as
what articles supposed to have belon
## ed to Eyre had been pawned in Il
@ city A stranger pawned a gold wat
zs supposed to have been the property
$Ss Eyre at the Chester office of Mr.. lie
I& a few days after the murder. No pre-
S8 erty suspected to have belonged to
W murdered man has been pawued in Il
city.