The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-09-24
YOUNG IN NEW YORK.
liter in His Absence and His Dis
position of the Body.

New York, Sept. 23.-The train from
Derby. Conn.,, with William Hooper
Young on board, arrived at the Grand
Central Station at $3.50 o'clock this
morning. There was a crowd of 400 or
500 at the station when the train came
in. The crowd was orderly and no
demonstration against Young was
made.
Young was led to a closed carriage,
and, accompanied by Detective Ser
geants Hughes and Findlay, and Will
liam F. S. Hart, the prisoners coun-
sci, who came down from Derby with
the party. was driven to police head
quarters. The prisoner was plainly in
a condition bordering on collapse when
led up the steps to headquarters.
Shortly after Lawyer Hart appeared
and said in repliesl to inquiries:
Young is an innocent man. The po-
lice believe they have got him on an
alleged confession which he made be-
fore he had legal counsel. 1t will be
proven that Young was not even an
accomplish"
At the close of an interview between
Detective Captain Titus and Young,
Capt. Titus said Young had made the
following statement:
About three weeks ago met man
named Charles Simpson Filing in Cen
trail Park. He accosted me. We talked
and got acquainted, though he was a
degenerate. After that he called on me
several times at my fiat
"On the night Mrs. Pulitzer died
Filing and l met her at Broadway and
Forty-sixth streets by appointment I
had made. We went to the fiat togeth-
err. l went out for some whisky after
we got there, and left Filing and the
woman alone. When l got back l found
Mrs. Pulitzer lying across the bed with
gag in her mouth. Filing had gone.
81 ripped open her clothing and NOV
ed her hands back and forth over her
head to induce respiration. When she
did not breathe, l put my hand under
her waist and felt her heart. 1t was
not beating. Then l decided to notify
the police, but thought that instead of
calling a policeman, to go to police
headquarters. which I thought was in
the city hall. 1 got on a train and
started down town, and on the way
got to thinking what a lot of disgrac e
the affair would bring upon me and my
father. That made me decide to get rid
of the body.
Il took d long knife and cut into the
body, intending to cut the body up so
I could get it into a trunk. When
made the first cut the odor was so
awful that I could go no further
Capt. Titus said that the prisoner
described Filing as being man about
% years old, smooth face, five feet
seven inches in hight with bright,
clear look in his eyes, pale face and
wearing dark clothes, with a straw
hat when last SEEN
Young was arraigned on an affidavit
made by Detective Sergeant Hughes
and the hearing was set for Sept. 80
The proceedings were brief and with
out any unusual incident
Young was placed in the hospital
ward of the Tombs, and DIR. Campbell,
the Tombs physician, after closely OBJ
serving the prisoner for three hours,
said that he had not seen any signs
of insanity.
Capt. Titus to-day said that Young
had sold Mrs. PulitZers diamonds for
$3.50 to person for whom the detec-
tives were looking. The captain said
that a search would be made for the
Charles Simpson Filing" named by
Young.