Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1902-09-24
YouNG's STATEMENT.
Detective Captain Titus Has Inter
view with Him.

Detective Captain Titus Has Inter
view with Him.
New York, Sept. 23.-The train from
Derby, Conn, with William Hooper
Young on board, arrived at the Grand
Central station at 9;20 o'clock this
morning. There was 400 or 500 peo'
pie at the station when the train came
In.
The crowd was orderly and no de-
monstration against Young was made.
Preparations for taking care of Young
and keeping the crowd from surround
ing him had been made. and when the
train was stopped the passengers were
told to keep their seats for few min
utes. Then Young. who was in the
smoking car, was taken off first. He
was led to a closed carriage and. ac-
companied by Detective Sergeants
Hughes and Flndlay and Mr.. Hart,
the prisoners counsel, who came down
from Derby with the party, was driven
to police headquarters.
The prisoner, handcuffed to Find
lay, was led through a large crowd
THAI had gathered to see him. He
plainly was in a condition bordering
on collapse when led up the steps into
headquarters Shortly after Young
had been In the detective headquarters,
Lawyer Hart appeared and said in re-
ply to inquiries:
Young is an innocent man. The
police believe they have got him on
an alleged confession, which he made
before he had legal counsel. 1t will
be proven that Young was not even
an accomplice."
At the close of the interview be.
tween Detective Captain Titus and
Young. Captain Titus said Young had
made the following statement:
About three weeks ago l met a
man named Charles Simpson Filing
In Central 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 I met her at Broadway and
Forty.Sixth street by appointment |
had made. We went to the fiat to-
gether went out for some whiskey
after we got there and left Filing and
the woman alone. When | got back
found Mrs. Pulitzer lying across the
bed with gag in her mouth Filing
had gone.
81 ripped open her clothing and
moved her hands back and forth over
her head to induce respiration, When
she did not breathe put my hand un-
der her waist and felt her heart. It
was not beating. Then I decided TO
notify the police, but thought that n
stead Of calling a policeman to 80 to
police headquarters. which l thought
was in the city hall. got on the
train and started down town and on
the way got TO thinking what a lot
Of disgrace the affair would bring on
mo and my father. That made me de-
eide TO get rid of the body.
Il took long knife and cut into the
body Intending to cut the body up
so that could get It into trunk.
When | made the first cut the odor
| was 30 aWfuI tnat j couId go no Iur-
| ther"
Captain Titus said that the prison
er described Eiling as being a man
about 23 years old. smooth-faced, S
feet inches in height with bright
clear look In his eyes, pale face and |
wearing dark clothes with a straw |
hat when last seen.
When Captain Titus had finished
speaking Assistant District Attorney
Garvin said
Captain Titus has said that this
man made practically the same satte-
ment to his counsel That is not Sc.
The captain Is mistaken We don'u
know what he told his counsel"
Captain Titus then said:
That is all of the statement he |
made. He volunteered all OF that. |
Knowing that his rights are being pro-
tected we cannot question him now"
Captain Titus said that Young had
not explained how. tha woman nsnnS