Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-09-19
SUSP|C|ONOF MURDER
Nude Body Of Woman in
Canal.
JERSEY CITY SUBURBS
HUSBAND MAKES STATEMENT TO
THE POLICE.
Says Wife Went Out to Buy Some
Provisions and Never
Returned.

NEW YORK, September 19.-Detectives
of New York Jersey City and other near by
cities in New Jersey are working together
to unravel the mystery of the death of Mrs.
Joseph Pulitzer, whose nude body was
found yesterday In the Morris canal in the
outskirts of Jersey City, under circum-
stances indicating murder.
The husband of the woman tailor of
this city. was brought from Jersey City to
police headquarters in this city early today,
and after being closely questioned he was
invited to remain at headquarters until the
arrival of Capt. Titus, chief of detectives,
this morning.
Sergeant Phaer. in charge of the detec-
tive bureau last night, said that Pulitzer
told the police that he was out at the pri-
mary elections on Tuesday night, and that
when he got home he decided to have a
light repast and asked his wife to prepare
some cocoa. He discovered that there was
none in the house and she went to get some,
and also some bread and fruit. According
to the police, Pulitzer learned later that his
wife had been to the bakery for the bread,
and there he lost trace of her.
Pulitzer Makes a Statement.
Sergeant Phaler added that Pulitzer had
made a statement to the New York de-
tectives. which was considered so import
ant that it would not be made public.
Mrs. Eva Fleming, who keeps the board
ing house where the Pulitzers lived, at 100
West 10Th street, said the couple had been
living there about four weeks; that they
were very quiet, and that she had seen Mrs.
Pulitzer only two or three times, and would
not be able to recognize her. She said Pu-
liter told her they had been married about
five years.
The story told by Mrs. Fleming about
Mrs. Pulitzer going out for eatables on
Tuesday night differs somewhat from that
given out at the detective bureau. Accord
ing to Mrs. Fleming, Pulitzer told her, after
his wfe's disappearance and before it was
known she had been murdered, that he had
come home from the primaries at about II
O'Clock on Tuesday night feeling sick, and
that his wife suggested she would get some
fruit for him. He told her that the streets
were crowded with men who had been at
tending the primaries, and that ii would
not be wise for her to go out. She disre-
garded his advice, however, and taking off
some of her jewelry. went out for the fruit
and that was the last he saw of her until he
identified the body at the Jersey City
morgue.
Police Looking for a Runabout.
At the detective bureau this morning it
was said that the central office had been
notified by the Newark police to be on the
lookout for a black runabout with solid rub
Der tires. and also for small bay horse
both Of which have been missing from the
livery stable of man named Mullins since
yesterday morning
The police say that Pulitzer formerly had
business of his own. but gave 1t up and
of late has been working at times for his
brother. who has a tailor store in this city
The dead woman was a Dane G. M
Pulitzer, brother of Joseph Pulitzer. liv-
ing at IL Waverly place. called at police
headquarters this morning and was closeted
with the detectives who h,
case.
Motive of the Murder.
When the brother left headquarters he
said he had simply called to see Joseph
Pulitzer and that he had no connection
with the case
Capt Titus said that the murdered wo-
man husband was In the hands of two de-
tectives, and that they would go over the
ground thoroughly today. The captain said
he believed that Pulitzer's story was the
truth.
Capt Titus was asked what if any, clews
he had had. He replied that the most i'm
portdnt clew he had at present was the
fact that man called at the house where
the Pulitzers lived or Tuesday He said
That detectives were now at work on that
end.
The theory of Chief of Police Murphy of
Jersey City is that the woman was killed
in New York and that the body was
brought across the river on ferryboat
and taken to where it was found in a.
wagon The chief thinks that some one
who admired the woman killed her in a fit
OF Jealousy. He does not believe robbery
was the motive.
Clue in the Hitching Weight
The twenty-pound weight which was at
tached to the strap that was fastened about
the dead woman's waist was identified to-
day as the property of Charles E. Evans,
who keeps stable in Hoboken. Mr.
Evans says that early Wednesday evening
man entered the stable and said he
wanted Il rig that was capa BILE Of CARRYING
a large valise. hitching strap and weight.
which he asked for were given to him. H
did not return the rig until s o clock the
next morning.