Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1902-09-22
DID CREED OF BLOOD
TWOMAN'SLIFE?
Alleged rlurderer Young
Was Member of ':BIoOd
AtOnement" Alliance
i'm New York.


This announcement was made by the po-
lice and detectives who have been work
ing night and day 20 uuravel what gave
promise OF one OF the greatest murder
mysteries the criminal history OF the city
has ever known
= The clothing OF the woman was found II
n room in the tenement which had been
untu recently occupied BY Hooper Young.
a wealthy young Mormon, and a grand
son OF Brigham Young The theory OF the
police IS that Young killed the woman
with whom he was Infatuated and with
whom ne had had a quarrel
Youngs father. who, the police say =
John w. Young. a promoter. u now IN
France. Neixhbors say that he had lived
at the fat with his daughter. Mary Young
untn last spring when both went away.
leaving the fat furnished They say that
Young. Jr.. was first seen in the nat ABOUT
a week ago, when he slept there each
night
When the police opened the door leading
into the fat. they found II in great eonfu-
sion. There was every evidence OF
strurzIe on the part OF the occupants. In
the small bed room they found a single
beu. the sheet OF which was spotted with
blood and other stains were found on
cunboard Among a number OF bottles
stood a tiny vial. half filed with MIGRATE
Of choral
In the room we're found one or two ar
ticIes OF woman's clothing. but they bore
no stain In the bath room were found
two towels and a mans night shirt, and
which seemed TO have been used TO wipe
up bioou stains and had been hastily
washed
Coroner SchoIer, who examined the fat.
gave Il as his theory that the woman had
been murdered by knockout drops in the
form OF hydrate choral. and that the
-
the body 50 as 10 more easily place II IN
the trunk but that he had apparently
desisted and placed II temporarily in the
bottom OF the cupboard Later he placed
the body in the trunk
Among the books found in Young's room
IN the 5Sth street fiat was the cover Of a
small memorandum on the front Of which
was stamped in gilded letters. Practical
reference" on the inside were a number
OF notes headed blood atOnement," and
followed By Biblical references. including
an excerpt from the book OF COrinth-
Sans reading: To deliver such an one
unto Satan for the destruction OF the
flesh. that the srfrit may be saved IN
the day OF the Lord Jesus"
NEW YORK. Sept ao.-The energies
OF the whole detective force OF New
York are now concentrated on the task
q running down Hooper Young, the
grandson OF the great Mormon prophet,
Brigham Young. who Is believed 10 be
the murderer OF Mrs. Annie Pulitzer,
whose body was found on Thursday morn
ing in the Morris canal near Jersey City.
After a thorough search for the past
twenty-four hours. IL is considered hard
~ likely that he Is stu in the city, but
a relentless lookout IS kept on all trains
'and ferries and bridges, and on all YES
sels leaving the city 10 guard against
the possibility Of his escape. assuming
that he Is still in hiding here.
The contingency that Young may have
adopted an avenue OF escape against
which his pursuers have been powerless
&c prevent was suggested by note re-
ceived by mail late today addressed to
Captain Titus. New York Detective Blu
reau. 90 Mulberry street.
The envelope contained a single sheet
Of rough brown paper, such as is used
r. making memoranda in business offices,
sOn which was written:
Search in vain Have killed myself.
III. YOUNG"
The post-mark showed that the letter
had been mailed at the general pOstohice
in this city shortly before noon. BY the
comparison OF the handwriting with the
several letters written by Young the
police are disposed 10 believe that the
communication was written by him.
Another important link in the chain Of
evidence connecting Young with the muir
der was supplied when a dispatch was
received from Chicago stating that the
police had opened the trunk shipped by
Young. and had found in IL the dead wom-
ans clothing. a memorandum book con-
tanning the name OF William Hooper
Young and a pawn ticket. showing that
q pair OF diamond earrings had been
pledged at pawnshop IN Park Row. this
city, on Wednesday last. by q man who
gave the name OF ''Stiner."
Prior 70 the receipt OF this dispatch. a
central ONCE detective had found a pair
OF earrings pledged in the same pawn
shop and under the same name. The ear
rings were shown tonight TO Joseph Pulit-
ger, who at once identified them as the
pair worn by his wife when she left his
room on Tuesday night.
Captain Titus received tonight a dis
patch from Superintendent O'Neill, Of
Chicago. saying he had shipped the trunk
10 New York and that IL contained in
addition to the articles previously men
toned some articles OF male attire and
a dirk knife smeared with blood.
An interview was obtained today with
three OF the Mormon elders who are &C.
cupying part OF the apartment used by
Young. They are Clarence Snow. Law
renee Taylor and ]. L. Wood. They are
all young men. and gave evidences Of
Tor. acting as spokesman for the party.
said:
The enemies OF the Mormon church
accuse its members OF practicing the
blood atonement.' There Is nothing IN
II and this crime could not have been
committed through any ideas OF Nor
rlonism that this young man may have
possessed He was outside or our church,
and We wanted nothing 10 do with him. -
In connection wlln the blood atone
rnent'' note in the apartment. Taylor in
sisted that II had nothing 70 do with the
Mormon church
Captain Titus. Of the detective bureau.
emphaticaIly declared today that the mo-
tive for the murder was robbery. He
saws The diamond earrings which Mrs.
Pulitzer wore were valued at $50.
Augustus J. Powers. president Of the
Enterprise Engraving company. OF this
CITY. informed the police tonight that aie
had seen Young whom he knew well by
sight in Herald square this afternoon.
The police Of the precinct I'm which the
murder occurred express the belief that
Young is still in the precinct and Is being
protected by an alleged Mormon secret
society which they say was supposed TO
have been broken up BY the United States
secret service