The sun., 1902-11-09
JACK THE SLUCCER CAUGHT?
POLICE HNE Wan VINO PtWNED
MISS MORTON'S WlTCH.
Cenfesses Also That lie Pawncd Miss
McPhee's Watch->tate Police of
Massachusetts Get IIin-Says Another
Man Gave Them 10 Him to Pawn.


BosTcN, Mass. Nov. s.--The State Police
tonight arrested a man in Cambridge who
has confessed to having pawncd the watches
taken from Miss McPhec and Miss Morton.
the victims OF -Jack-the-Slugger.
The pole are very retictnt about the
arrest and further than ling that an
arrest las been made, uey do not give
OUT any part iculars. II is understood
that the man arrested has said tlat tie
watches were given to him 10 pawn 10y
another man. lie will not give the name
Of the man from whom lie alleges he got
the watches.
According 20 statement made
public this afternoon by Richard ID.
Ware, counsel for Alan G. Mason, the al
logged Jack tho Sluggor." the ali ii "a set
UP by Masou'4 family Wien he was first
arrested on last Tuesday has leen strength
tned greatly and the police will have hard
task To disprovc 1t.
Mr. Ware saws that he has discovered a
street car conductor on a certain car which
left Sullivan Square. tharlc>town, bound
through Highland avenue, SomcrNille. who
iJentiiici Alln q. Mason us one Of the
passeul:"rs who rode On The car when 1t
loft Sullivan Squarn Inst Saturday night
about 10 O'Clock. The conductor. accom-
panied by Mr., Ware. visited the (arbridge
Jail to-day and counsel for the defence
says that the conductor. whose namc he
declines to give out, pointed out Mason
from several men who were lined up before
Linn
Whsn Mason was arrested tho various
members Of his family and a Mr.. Tyler,
who WAS their guest on the night the Nor
ton woman Wa murdered, told tho police
than Alan Mason did .lot leave mis- home
that nigh, until 0.aJ O'Clock. Mr.. Tyler
thought that II was at least 9ij O'Clock
Mr War" points 20 that fac, and shows hat
1, would hc possible for Mason to have
ioac'ird Sullivan Square az the time given
ly tho car conductor, il bcing only about
tSclvc minutc-' ride from lii home.
The conductor who made the id"n;ifica-
ton told Mr.. Ware t"for" going TO the Jail
that hc remembered distinctly that shortly
before 10 o'cl Ok on Saturday night hc saw
,nan c: slight build. dark hair and eyes
with dark hat and black oycrcoa, on his
car but could no: tell WHERE he boarded it,
Soon after leaving sullivan Square "A woman
whether man got Oh with her or not.
lie su.ht man Gcs,Iibcd by tie con-
duotur LOT up and gave tie woman b IL
boat and went to tn forward art { the
car, Ia, 81 toward t.c It ar, lOluiH9 in each
lanu 4. strap. Ia" Ia, Il, I, Gus. lie con-
du,tOr iultu'r l"Iucuu'iS that a man
IN toe car uo,I,'d tho sdelt m1r. alpaTent
Ter, o., ara r,uattN'U:
7 .i !Uoa must h. a Ii tie On
lie conG,It,r "a Il le 10 remembered
AA., I 4.
etr, - AID r~n down l' sio,t. lie ttn-
liuctor had ~ dit,tIty lU'eyeI in NAH
Eg the III Iti cation. Mason, lie says,
Was tho nan "i o gn>etl !" woman his scat.
Conductor Charles Brown OF the L.,
IN whose statchrnt Mason was held for a
hearing, to-day rlcated that his previous
Statement was correct
ALAN Mason" ho said. "i> tho man who
got on nay car at the Wav-rlv terminal at
iO:2S O'Clock the SATURDAY, nj rht Miss Nor
ton was killed. He rode into Boston to
the corner OF massachusetts, avenue and
Beacon street.
Jam : Burke. aged II. living at West
Cambridge, who was visiting with his
father in Waycrly on the night of the
murder, tolls of n strange incident. Burke
and h- father got on a train at Clematis
Brook station at 9l2 o'clock on the night
Of the murder; about seventeen minutes
after the murder was committed When
the train reached Waverly and was pulling
out of the station, a man, almost exhausted
from a long run, jumped on the steps of
the last car Of the moving train. The
boy says that he came from the direction
of the Mclean Hospital. When the man
got on the train he crossed over to the
other side Of the step and held on the
grip bars.
Tie boy says that tie man appeared to
be watching tor - COndl CtoT. e. js-
euTed tie position of a Ierson WHO was
kteeliGy a ride ana Was ready to dlop of
wi ca the condut or aIpcaI,d Al oIt 4
half mile from vi ere lc got oil, lie il UIod
from tie train when it Was running at LlAh
speed
Burke describes the strange passenger
As a man OF slight build, with a irustaCt g
and black hat He l. sure tlat lie could
identity the man If | g raw him again.