The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1901-09-17

l. ing, compared my story with what hell(
n had said. My statement was read to N
? and l made objections to it, but one of th
J, officers said, That's all right, we onl
: want to help you l said | couldn't sig
Il it as there was something wrong-somt
0 thing couldn't understand. There wa
a only one sheet of paper when it was hand
s ed to me to read. Capt. Titus said moth
ing about a warning, but merely state
e that Keller had made a statement ant
e that it would be better for me to do S
4 too.
g On cross examination Prosecutor AT
l kinson asked Young that if at the time o
securing requisition papers he did no
' deny signing the confession. The prise
, ner replied, II did deny it, but at the re
quest of my lawyer. Capt. Titus KEEP
saying, i want to help you, so tell all.
This was all the warning | ever received
did not want to unburden my heart, al
he said
Mr. Atkinson then offered the confession
of Young in evidence, but this was OBJ
jected to by Mr.. Budd, on the grounC
that certain legal formalities had not beer
complied with and that the document haC
been fraudulently obtained. To substan
tiate this contention number of witness
es were called, among them Young and
Keller. By the former witness counsel
tried to show that the charge of burglary
upon which he was arrested was a myth
and that the officers tried to make him
believe that they were doing him favor
by getting him clear so that they could
extort confession from him. Young
said Captain Titus told me that Keller
had made a statement and that | had
better free my heart also. Don't go hard
on Keller, because he has not gone hard
on you. l read it myself, and made OBJ
| iections to something which | could not
understand. There was only one sheet of
paper when l signed my confession and
now there are two. While up in the
court for requisition papers, | did say
that | did not sign a confession, but this
was on the advice of my lawyer" Young
made almost complete denial of Captain
Titus statement
Nothing of Importance was elected from
Keller or other witnesses.
Mr. Chambers and Mr. Budd both took
part in the argument which followed on
Thursday morning. They claimed that
Captain Titus and his detectives had con
tradicted themselves and had testified
falsely in order to secure the reward of
$1,000, which Sheriff Fenton said was
known to them, so that they could hand
the money over to the treasury of Tam
many Hall, of which organization they
are members. ''Titus is Tammany
man, " shrieked Mr.. Chambers "He must
get this reward and turn the money over
to Tammany or off goes his head. Those
who had charge of Young in New York
dropped seed into his mind which made
him a willing victim to the schemes of
these officers, who had an Interior motive
in securing the confession; who all the
time were exercising an improper inftu-
ence around the prisoner The men who
are subservient to Titus must tell the same
story to make up the case. Policeman
| McUarty was the only officer who said he
| thought Young did say that there was
something wrong in the confession and
that he wanted it changed, but he did
not know whether such change was made
or not" The contention was over the
fact that the confession said that Young
was in the house when he was not, as he
remained on the outside. "The prisoner,
continued Mr. Chambers, was put
through what they call the third degree
in the middle of the night-through
mystic maize examination"
Mr.. Budd said few thoughts had pass
ed through his mind while his colleague
had so ably stated the case, and he wished
to present them to the court. Referring to
Captain Titus, Mr.. Budd spoke as follows:
My experience of several years at the
criminal bar is that when man on the
witness stand constantly calls the at
tention of counsel to the fact that he is
under OATH is liar"
Interest, so far as the audience was con
cerned, was not so great on Thursday
Sheriff Fenton was called to testify for
the defense concerning the objection to
the admission of the confession of Young.
The contention was that a reward of
$1,000 having been offered for the arrest of
the murderers of Washington Hunter, the
incentive to come here and testify was to
convict the defendant secure the reward
and hand it over to Tammany Hall, of
which organization the officers were
members.
Prosecutor Atkinson said the confession
was obtained without fraud, and that
under the rules of evidence it should be
admitted. The ruling of Judge Garrison
showed that he thought the same way.
The. document follows in full
II feel like as if wanted to open my
heart and tell the whole thing My name
is John Young. l am 80 years of age |
first met Charles Miller and Charles Brown
at 90 Bowery. l met Otto Keller there
also. These men knew that l worked at
Riverside and they wanted me to go over
and commit a robbery there. | said |
would not have anything to do with it. |
went with them and showed them the
house of Mr. Hunter at Riverside When
we got there l stayed about three squares
away and showed them the house. Mil
Ter and Brown went. Keller was walking
after them. l don't know whether he
went in or not | did not hear any shots.
Me and Miller and Brown came back.
They came out and we went up to River
side and from there to Burlington. Brown
lost his hat at Mr.. Hunters place. We
walked as far as Burlington and there we
stopped and slept behind church. Then
Miller went into Burlington and bought
cap. He also bought some cheese and
some bread. Brown took a train from
Burlington to Trenton. Myself and Mil
Ter asked how many miles it is from there
and some one said nine miles. Miller had
the pistol and Brown had the chisel.
Brown said he was shot and walked lame.
| could not see any blood. They told me
they got nothing. l was standing about
three blocks away from the house and
saw them running towards me. Miller
said Brown is shot. Miller asked a man
how far it is to Trenton from Burlington,
and one man told me it is about nine
miles Miller says we will walk that far.
Another fellow said it is about twelve
miles Miller had money and he bought
a ticket for me and him to Trenton. When
we got to Trenton we met Brown and all
came to New York and got here in the
evening Miller and Brown were in Mr..
Hunters house about twenty minutes.
"Signed, JOHN YOUNG"
Keller then testified as follows: 81 am
one of the parties indicted for this murder
No officer of the state has made any pro-
to testify. No immunity from punish
ment has been offered me. l was born in
Germany in 1876, on November 30, at
Newenberg. | came to this country in
September 1898, and went to work in a
saloon in New York. | met Young on
January 5, this year. in a saloon at No. %
Bowery He said he came from Baden,
which is near my former home. He said
he had been here fifteen years. About
two weeks later l met Brown and Miller
in the saloon, when they talked about
going down to Riverside The suggestion
was made by Brown and Miller. They
were to go to get some money. Young
said he knew of the Hunter place. Brown
said tell nobody as he wanted to make the
money first to pay the car fare down.
Young said Hunter was an old man and
had no gun in the house. He knew as he
used to work there. The night before we
left | slept at No II Bowery We went
down on January 20. Brown bought four
tickets at Jersey City, on which the agent
wrote Riverside "
Four tickets were shown witness and