The sun., 1901-12-26

with strained ears, smothering their sobS
by stuffine their skirts into their mouths.
for the sounds Of pursuit They did not
hear so much as a football or whisper.
After what seemed TO them a long, long
time. they heard wagon going away
from the house over the road, But that
did not reassure them.
They were afraid that II was merely
some neighbors passing, ignorant Of the
fact that those within the comfortable
looking house with the lighted windows
were in imminent danger OF death. Then,
again. they were afraid that the murderers
we're moving the wagon in order to lure
the women from their hiding place. But
after an hour or more the two ventured
down the stairs There was no sign of
any intruders except the rocking chair
which they themselves had upset In their
flight up TO the garret.
In the kitchen Peter Hallenbeck lay just
as they had last seen him, with his head
resting against a leg Of the stove. dead.
Three or four rivulets Of blood zigzagged
from the body OF TO the seams OF the moor
and there spread out In a long dark pool
From the steps Of the back door there
was a broad trail Of four mems footsteps
across the yard to the back lane, which
connected with the road down to Cats
kill Station. The moon was still shining
Everything was still and white. There
doors OF the church from which the con-
gregation was just departing after the
nights merry making. Sobbing hysteri-
cally, supporting each other and dragging
each other down as they stumbled, tho
mother and the wife ran up the road TO
meet some OF the people coming from
church. In a moment Greenport was in
an uproar. the store was opened and some
body telephoned to Coroner L. II. Lick In
Hudson The Coroner notified Chief Of
Police Lane Of Hudson and Sheriff Henry
j. Beet. The Sheriff and the chief always
work together In such emergencies as these,
and they combined their forces.
IL was half past Q o'clock when word
reached Hudson Of the murder BY 10
o'clock the Sheriff and the chief had dc. .
cided that IL was well TO ask the police OF
Undertook to find out whether the Van
Wormer boys were at home and In bed,
as they ought to be at that time OF night
The message was sent over the telephone,
and within half an hour word came back
that none Of the boys was at home and
they were. except that two Of them had
hired a horse and a two-seated wagon
early In the afternoon. The Sheriff and
the chief went down TO Greenport then
and studied the scene over. They found
that wagon had been driven up into
Hallenbeck's lane and had been tied to
the fence Four men from the wagon
had crossed the fence to the back door
and had then returned TO the wagon. The
wagon had not returned by the way y
Station road A neighbor Of the name Of
Elting told the Sheriff that he had heard
revolver shots before = O'Clock and that
a little later four men had passed his place
in wagon. They were very quiet and
all were masked.
There was no progress made In the case
until late this morning, when the Kinder
hook police reported that the Van Wormer
boys and young Harvey Bruce, who had
al@o been missing, were az home agaln.
Deputy sheriff Butts and Policeman Martin
were sent TO kinderhook to get them and
brought them down 20 Hudson on the
O'Clock trolley car from Albany. The
news Of their arrest was around town by
this time and great crowd had gone 10
the Hudson River Railroad station 10 meet
the suspects. and 20 make some sort OF
demonstration against them, but the po-
lice had slipped the prisoners in the back
way
Sheriff Best gave out a statement tonight
in which he said that the boys all denied
any knovledge OF the murder. Bart and
Harvey Bruco said that they had teen out
driving around the country celebrating.
and that tboy had done nothing wrong
and had not been near Greenport. The
ether two said that they had been in Kinder
hook all day yesterday and last night, and
that they could prove IT, When Mrs.
Van Wormer found what her boys were
accused OF, she supported their state
ments But she had already told
the police. much to her later confusion.
hat the bows had spent the forenoon about
the house cleaning their revolvers The
police found three reVolvers. One Of them
was borrowed yesterday from a Kinderhook
neighbor. Two Of them were 81 calibre
weapons and one was - calibre. The
twelve bullets found In Hsllenbeck's body
and ia the walls Of the kitchen were all OF
the one oalibre or the other.
on their way 70 jail. Willis Van Wormer
who wAs sitting next 20 Policeman Martin.
hecame communicable. IN tell you ore
thing he ssid 10 Martin. we got that
wagon .
-Cut II OUT interrupted HE brother
Fred. who Was sitting on The other eide
~ the policeman. "Cut II out You'll get
plenty 20 chance to talk after awhile
Willis relapssd into silence aud nothing
moro vas said by any of them. The sheriff
and the Chief uf police and the Coroner are
all confident however, that Harvey Bruce
viii H.. valuable rDuroe ~ Information
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