New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-09-21

of the movements of Young days preceding
and days after the one on which he, the police
say, killed Mrs. Pulitzer in his rooms in Fifty
eighth-st placed her body in a trunk and, cart
ing it to Hoboken, dumped it into the Morris
Canal. In addition to clews and information Of
vital importance, there were various rumors.
which when run down. were found to be found
ed myths. and other reports which could not
be investigated
TITUS GETS NOTE FROM YOUNG"
The most startling of these was a note
ceved by Captain Titus, a, the Detective Bu-,
reeu, signed III Young" and declaring that the
writer had killed himself. 1t was as follows:
Search in vain. Have killed myself.
1t was in a small envelope such as is used in
hotels for sending cards to guests.
An examination of the postmark showed that
the letter had been mailed in the general post
office some time during the morning, and was
sent to Station A at 1:30 o'clock
When asked If he thought the letter was genu-
Inc, Captain Titus spoke evasively, but inti-
mated that it had made a great impression on
him, and that it had all the marks of being the
real handwriting of the missing man.
THE letter does not seem to be that Of
crank" said Captain Titus, "and L think that
it may possibly be genuine. The signature is
written in bold hand, and looks as II II was
written by man used to writing the signature.
1 have in my possession several letters written
by Young and several papers that he has
signed I have made a comparison, ana al
though am not handwriting expert 1 would
saw that they were written by the same person.
Young although his name was William Hooper,
was known by Hooper. and had a habit OF
signing himself II. Young or Hooper Young.
The very brevity of the note bespeaks the man.
Cranks as rule, do not write such orlel
enistIes. They generally elaborate on details,
and this note is Just the opposite in that re-
spect.
From perusal of the handwriting Should
saw that the man who wrote the note is de-
generate. 1 do not care to talk ABOUT II TOO
much at the present time, for 1 have not had
time to trace it properly. The note may not
have been mailed by the man himself, but he
NAV have called a messenger or given 1T to
ho,- ~, tho street to mail l will be able to talk
more about it later
Captain Titus after receiving the note' dl once
dispatched several detectives TO trace IT, ne
then gave orders to look for the man oouy
in tho rivers lakes and other bodies of water in
or near the city. All suicides reported at foiice
ueadouarters will be at once investigated oy 'he
Detective Bureau
oId aa..ctives at headquarters say that the
r1ntp IN
the noIice off his trail. and to draw them away
from, the avenues of escape to a search loi Ht'
body.
wOMAN'S DIAMONDS PAWNED-
-r,. de+ec.i,es bent on searching for evidence
that would give any clew TO any notNe' "ha'
go - might be naturally learned that the
woman had jewelry. and then, as the ii'eS eSi''o''
sequence searched the paWnshoPs'
Yesterday in William Simpsons pa"hshop'
No OIL Park Row they found a pair OF oia-
nond earrings which on September Ii hau oeeA
n.uned nv q man giving the name OF Stihef'
"a b,s address as No 439 West One-huhoreo-
80 .,,artvtb,rd-st Before calling Pulitzer u
"a, 81 r.n.atn Titus said he was sure thal
~. ..a,s uera those which had belonged TO the
s..a ,,,,,an as one of them bore marks OF
49,, ra,a,rs which Pulitzer said he had had done
10 his wife's earrings One OF the s0iee O.
back of one had been renewed.
I've. these are my wife's earrings am
posittye." said Pulitzer. after ne nao ''iaoe
careful examination.
The carvings were found by Detective ser
eeant Mooney They were kept at Heao4
ters all day. pending an
,soonsv and not much attention was given u
than, hv Captain Titus, as he was puss win
- oss of the case 1t was found tnat the
sar.ss ,r,h,ch ..Stiner'' had given to the pawn
hro,kar No 439 West One-hundred- and-t"entS
,b,rdst was fictitious. That NUMBER wociu oe
in Mount Morris Park
BLOODY CLOTHES IN IHoNh.
From the agent of the wells-Fargo Express
con,nany at No Loaf Sixth-ave IL nao peeh
learned that on last Thursday evening the oaS